THE NEW SUBPLOT BEGINS.
Emma's POV.
The security guards managed to block Derek at the city archives before he could alter any historical files, and by the time the weekend ended, the financial newspapers were still talking about the massive thirty percent drop that had completely crippled Jace’s Enterprises, but my ex-husband's sudden weakness only made Vera more desperate to find a new way to strike back at my position. I was sitting at the vanity table in Nathan’s master suite on Monday morning while he adjusted his tie in the mirror behind me, and our quiet routine was interrupted when my phone flashed with a high-priority enrollment update from Pearl’s private academy, showing that Vera had somehow used her remaining high-society favors to secure an emergency transfer for Gina into
