Jaxen POV
Liliana’s voice drifted through the phone, sweet and gossipy.
“I ran into Scarlett at the auction. She dropped a fortune on some antique crystal orb. Eight figures, easy…”
The rest of her words blurred.
Where the hell was she getting money like that? My mother? Regina?
No wonder she hadn’t come crawling back after I cut off her cards. She was out there living large, acting like our marriage was already ancient history.
I ended the call and immediately dialed Carlsen, the trust fund manager. “Starting this month, stop all payments to Regina. Cut off every channel. Make it hurt.”
My mother’s money was out of reach, but starving my aunt’s lifestyle? That was easy.
I’d spotted Scarlett at the airport earlier, right before Mom’s flight landed. She’d been standing straight-bac
