Victoria tried to smooth down her light lavender dress with trembling hands.
She pointed her long fingernail dramatically toward the weeping maid on the floor.
Victoria: She was trying to steal your financial documents from the nursery office!
Victoria: I caught her red-handed and tried to save our dear son!
Elena shook her head frantically as she wiped the tears from her face.
Elena: Mr. Vance, she has been trying to take his papers for weeks!
Elena: She hurts the child's future every time you leave this house!
Julian's eyes widened in pure rage as he processed the shocking truth.
A heavy tension filled the grand hall beneath the high, arched ceiling.
Julian: Is this true, Victoria? Were you trying to steal his trust fund?
Victoria: Do not believe a simple servant over your lawful married wife!
Julian pulled his phone out of his pocket and held up the screen.
Julian: I watched the live camera security footage on my drive back.
Julian: I saw you screaming at Elena and grabbing my son's original files.
Victoria's face turned completely pale as her carefully constructed lie collapsed instantly.
She took another step backward toward the tall white columns near the wall.
Victoria: Julian, please, I was only doing what was best for us!
Julian: You were doing what was best for your own selfish greed!
Elena stood up slowly from the cold marble floor and stepped beside Julian.
She pulled a small tape recorder out of her apron pocket and held it.
Elena: I recorded her phone call with her lawyer from yesterday afternoon, sir.
Julian pressed the play button on the small silver recording device immediately.
Victoria's voice echoed loudly through the quiet, grand marble entrance hall.
The recorded voice clearly discussed forging Julian's signature on the custody papers.
It proved beyond a doubt that Victoria planned to take everything he owned.
Julian felt a sharp sting of betrayal deep inside his heavy chest.
He had trusted Victoria and brought her into his peaceful home and life.
Now he saw her true nature as a deceitful and dangerous enemy.
Julian: You pretended to love my son just to get my money!
Victoria: You never gave me the respect or wealth I truly deserved!
Julian: You will never get another penny from my family estate ever again!
Victoria glared at him with icy hatred, dropping her fake sweet persona entirely.
Victoria: Good luck trying to prove anything in a real court of law!