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When she died, the only thing s account and a few vacation properties My randfather had insisted she had an iron-clad prenup, equally dividing the bulk of her estate to any children she gave birth to My father challenged the will, trying to find a loophole, but there were none The only reason I know any of this is because o He hated htfully so Preston Davenport is one shady motherfucker

I haven’t brought any of this information to Ainsley’s attention yet As far as she’s concerned, our dad is cold, absent, and a habitual womanizer, but she has no idea what evils he’s truly capable of I know one day it will co to protect her naivety for the ti

I shut the door and take a seat in front of his desk “You wanted to see ot home?”

He shakes his head “I’ht to the airport after this I just needed to drop in and check on a few things before I left town”

“Where are you going now?”

“Miain until Friday, but there’re industry professional events throughout the week I figured it was a good time to spy on the competition”

I have no doubt he’s heading to Miahly doubt the reason behind this trip has anything to do with boats

I nod “Why am I here, Dad?”

The LA skyline is behind his back as he steeples his fingers “I wanted to see how your little project with Jas”

“I have it handled”

He raises a salt-n-pepper brow “You sure about that? I hear she’s causing problems with her stepsister”

I clenchproblems and I have that handled as well”

“You know” My father twirls a pen between his fingers “I have no proble the et eirl”

“Who said I was emotionally involved?”

His greenish-brown eyes, identical to my own, assess me carefully “I have my sources”