MARRYING HIM WAS A MISTAKE
Sandra Morrison made the ultimate sacrifice for love-she gave her husband everything. The $240 million real estate empire her father spent his life building. Her position as CEO. Her identity. Her future. She signed it all over to Jimmy Banks on his birthday, believing they were partners, believing in forever.
Seven years later, forever has an expiration date.
Sandra has become a ghost in her own life. The company that bore her family's name is now Banks Enterprises, and her name has been systematically erased from every document, every decision, every achievement. She's just Mrs. James Banks III-the perfect accessory to her husband's success story, the woman who stays quiet at dinner parties while he takes credit for building an empire on her father's foundation.
When she finally discovers the affair-lipstick on collars, hotel receipts, a blonde woman who looks at her husband the way Sandra used to-she confronts him. And Jimmy doesn't even pretend anymore.
"I don't love you. I never really did. You were convenient. Your company was convenient. But you? You were always just a means to an end."
The truth shatters her: their entire marriage was a transaction. He saw an opportunity-a young, naive heiress who'd just lost her father-and he took it. He married her, convinced her to sign over her inheritance, then spent years pushing her out until she was nothing but a name on a marriage certificate.
But here's what Jimmy doesn't know: the woman he married-the fierce, brilliant Sandra Morrison who could close million-dollar deals before lunch-she's still in there. Buried under years of gaslighting and self-doubt, but not gone.
Sandra decides she's taking it all back. Her company. Her father's legacy. Her life. Every single thing Jimmy stole from her while calling it love.
This is the story of a woman who gave up everything and her fight to reclaim it. A story about manipulation masked as marriage, ambition disguised as affection, and what happens when someone who made themselves small finally remembers how powerful they really are.
Sandra Morrison disappeared for seven years. Now she's coming back. And Jimmy Banks is about to learn that the biggest mistake of his life wasn't stealing from her-it was underestimating her.
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Chapter 6
...happened to Oliver."
"And if we find out Jimmy hurt him?"
Marcus looked at me with such fear.
"Then we make sure he pays for it," I said. "Along with everything else."
Marcus nodded slowly. "There's something else."
"What?"
"Oliver a package at my apartment yesterday Before he disappeared." He pulled out his phone, showing me a photo. "It's another flash drive. With a note that says 'Insurance. If anything happens to me, give this to Sandra.'"
My blood ran cold. "What's on it?"
"I don't know. I haven't looked. I wanted to wait for you." He glanced around nervously. "We should go somewhere private.
"My car," I said. "James is waiting around the corner."
We walked quickly. When we reached the car, James straightened from where he'd been leaning against the driver's door.
"Mrs. Banks. Is everything alright?"
"We need privacy, James. Can you take a walk?
His eyes flicked between Marcus and me, reading the situation.
"Of course, ma'am. I'll be around the alley on the corner if you need me."
He walked away without another word.
Marcus and I got in the backseat. He pulled out the flash drive.
"Are you sure you want to see this?" he asked.
"I need to see it," I said. "All of it.
Marcus plugged the drive into his phone.
The screen was filled with folders. one video file labeled: "THE TRUTH."
He clicked it.
Oliver's face appeared on screen. He looked scared and tensed.
"If you're watching this," he said, "something has happened to me. And you need to know what James Banks is really capable of."
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