ARIA
"Exactly. If I'm gone, Michael and Emma get more money. My parents get access to Vivienne's share to 'help' her. James gets a bigger piece of his triggering distribution."
I count off on my fingers. "I'm the only one who doesn't need the money, which makes me expendable in their eyes."
"Except you're not expendable. You're my wife. And I will burn down anyone who tries to hurt you."
"I know. But Dante..." I cup his face. "You need to understand what you married into.
The Sinclairs aren't just a dysfunctional family. We're a case study in what happens when wealth becomes the only measure of worth. When children are resources instead of people. When love is conditional on financial success."
"I understand. And it doesn't change anything."
"It should change something. You're no
