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Beneath its thick lining, strapped tightly against my ribs, was the one thing he had never imagined I would bring along on a romantic anniversary flight.
He wanted to know what would happen to my controlling shares if I suddenly disappeared, whether a grieving husband had to wait years for a probate court to declare a missing wife legally dead, and how quickly voting authority over my father’s multi-billion-dollar medical technology corporation could transfer to his hands.
At first, I tried to convince myself that he was merely anxious about becoming a first-time father and taking on greater family responsibilities.
That was the exact day I stopped calling my deepest, most agonizing fear paranoia.
I quietly strengthened my independent corporate trusts, hired a top-tier private security firm, and prepared for the unthinkable possibility that the man sleeping beside me every night was actively planning a future where I no longer drew breath.
If I left too soon, he would deny everything, erase his digital paper trail, and simply wait for another, cleaner chance to finish what he started.
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