“I am Elena Vance. I am the CEO of the Vance Hospitality Group. And you are standing on my property.”

Tiffany gasped, pulling the robe tighter around herself. “Vance? Like… the hotel?”

“Like the hotel,” I confirmed. “Like the resort. Like the motel you work at.”

Mark’s face drained of color. He looked like he was going to be sick.

“But… but we’re married!” he stammered, grasping at straws. “Half of this is mine! California is a community property state!”

I opened the folder. I flipped past the acquisition papers to the last document.

“Actually, Mark,” I said, tapping the paper with the gold pen. “Do you remember the prenup I asked you to sign? The one you laughed at because you thought I was poor and you were ‘protecting your assets’ from my debt?”

Mark nodded dumbly.

“You didn’t read the fine print,” I said. “Clause 14B: In the event of proven infidelity or gross misconduct, the offending party forfeits all claims to marital assets and spousal support.“

I pointed to Tiffany.

“And proposing to your mistress while your wife holds the mop? I think a judge would call that gross misconduct.”

Mark fell to his knees. It wasn’t a proposal this time. It was a collapse.