However, if he had abandoned her, forced her out of the house, or filed for divorce before the will was read, then the inheritance would change.
In that case, Brandon would receive only a modest monthly allowance for basic living expenses.
Everything else—the house, the investments, and the seventy-five million dollars—would belong entirely to Olivia.
Silence filled the room.
Brandon stared in disbelief.
“That’s impossible,” he said.
Harrison calmly turned another page.
“It is not,” he replied. “The divorce filing you submitted last week triggered the clause exactly as Leonard described.”
Every condition had been met.
The fortune now belonged to Olivia.
Brandon slowly sank back into his chair.
The color drained from his face.
Then he turned to Olivia.
His expression changed instantly.
The arrogance disappeared, replaced by desperate panic.
“Sweetheart,” he said quickly. “I wasn’t thinking clearly. I’ve been grieving. We can fix this. I love you.”
Olivia looked at him quietly.
She remembered the suitcases tossed together without care.
The check on the floor.
The night she slept in her car.