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Nathan kissed my forehead softly, then placed a thick folder beside my coffee like it was nothing more than routine paperwork. \u201cJust sign here, Charlotte,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>His mother slid the documents closer. \u201cIt\u2019s practical. Assets should stay within the family.\u201d I looked down and saw it clearly: transfer of ownership\u2014my grandmother\u2019s company. Eight hundred million dollars in contracts, patents, and properties built from nothing by a woman who once arrived in America with a broken sewing machine and a will to survive. I had never told Nathan the full truth about it. Not because I was hiding it\u2014but because I thought I was loved, not studied.<\/p>\n<p>Then I understood. Diane\u2019s voice turned patronizing. Richard called it \u201cfamily expansion.\u201d Nathan smiled, but it didn\u2019t reach his eyes anymore. That flicker of calculation told me everything. They hadn\u2019t married me\u2014they had targeted me. 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