Beside it, I placed another folder containing debt summaries, project exposure reports, and the refinancing proposal.
The color disappeared from Arthur’s face.
“Where did you get these?”
“Through my business.”
He frowned.
“What business?”
I slid one last document across the table.
Northbridge Logistics Solutions.
Founder and majority shareholder: Claire Bennett.
Arthur stared at my name.
Then me.
Then the document again.
“No.”
“Yes.”
His mouth fell open.
“You own Northbridge?”
“I own the company that owns Northbridge Capital Partners.”
Arthur jumped up so quickly his chair scraped backward.
“You knew?”
“I heard you at the restaurant.”
His expression changed.
I repeated his own words quietly.
“‘She’s sweet, but she has no money, no connections, nothing.’”
His face went white.
“Claire—”
“And your mother said I’d be useful.”
“That was just—”
“Your sister said I should sign whatever your father’s lawyer gave me.”
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