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00:01doesn't know i am his ceo tonight at the company gala i am funding he'll introduce his mistress
00:07as the woman who inspires his success and i'll be seated at the back table next to the coat check
00:13seven years that is how long i'd kept the secret not because i wanted to because when i married
00:19ryan fletcher i was nobody a scrappy tech developer working 18 hour days in a basement apartment
00:26eating ramen writing code that would eventually be worth billions ryan was the golden boy ivy league
00:33mba chiseled jaw the kind of man who made waitresses forget their orders he married me when i had
00:40nothing and i loved him for it i genuinely believed he loved me too then my company exploded nexaris
00:48technologies i founded it under my maiden name elliot claire elliot not claire fletcher my lawyer
00:54structured it that way for liability reasons but it became something else entirely a shield
01:00because as nexaris grew from a startup to a tech giant worth 12 billion dollars ryan fletcher never
01:05once asked what i actually did for a living he thought i was a freelancet consultant that is what
01:11i told him in the early days and he never questioned it never googled me never looked at the financial
01:18disclosures on our joint tax returns which my accountants carefully structured to show only
01:23a comfortable income the real money the staggering empire building money flowed through trusts holding
01:29companies and offshore accounts he had no idea existed why did i let it go on so long because i
01:36was testing him and he was failing three years into our marriage ryan landed a mid-level marketing
01:42position at a company called wait for it nexaris technologies my company he came home buzzing with
01:48excitement talking about the brilliant mysterious ceo who no one had ever met in person they say she is
01:54a recluse he told me over dinner some genius hermit probably ugly as sin he laughed i didn't i could
02:04have
02:04told him then i should have but something stopped me a cold whisper in my gut that said watch wait
02:11see who
02:12he really is when he thinks no one important is looking so i watched i watched him climb the corporate
02:18ladder at my company not through talent but through charm and politics i watched him take credit for his
02:24assistance ideas i watched him dismiss female colleagues as too emotional for leadership
02:31and i watched him 18 months ago begin coming home smelling of perfume that wasn't mine her name was
02:38vanessa holt senior vice president of brand strategy tall blonde impeccable the kind of woman who wore
02:45power like perfume she'd joined nexaris two years ago hired by my kuo and had quickly become the
02:51company's golden girl she was also sleeping with my husband i had the proof security footage from the
02:58executive parking garage hotel receipts on his corporate card my corporate card text messages my cyber
03:05security team flagged during a routine audit i read every single one each message was a paper cut
03:11small and precise bleeding me slowly but i didn't confront him not yet because tomorrow night was the
03:18nexaris annual gala the crown jewel of the company's social calendar 400 guests press coverage a live
03:25broadcast to investors and ryan freshly promoted to vp of marketing a promotion i had secretly approved
03:32just to see how far his arrogance would stretch was giving the keynote speech a speech in which
03:38according to the draft i'd intercepted he planned to thank the woman who inspires everything i do
03:42not me vanessa and tomorrow night for the first time in seven years the reclusive ceo of nexaris
03:49technologies would make a public appearance he had no idea what was coming but i did i'd planned every
03:55single second my phone buzzed a text from ryan tovente babe don't wait up working late on the
04:02gala speech this is going to change everything for us i smiled at the screen a cold surgical smile
04:10yes ryan it certainly will
04:15the morning of the gala ryan stood in front of our bedroom mirror adjusting a tie i'd never seen before
04:21silk herm is expensive new tie i asked from the bed keeping my voice light curious wifely
04:27he didn't look at me vanessa picked it out she has incredible taste said it matches the gala's color
04:35scheme he said her name the way people say fundy sunshine warm involuntary reverent i cataloged the
04:42moment filed it away with all the others she sounds very involved she's the best thing that ever happened
04:48to that company he said finally turning his eyes swept over me my messy bun my oversized sleep shirt my
04:54bare face and i saw it the flicker not of love not even of affection but of mild disappointment the
05:01look of a man who had mentally upgraded and was now stuck staring at the old model you're not coming
05:06tonight right he asked already knowing the answer already wanting it you said spouses weren't invited
05:12this year right yeah it's strictly a corporate thing very exclusive vanessa organized the whole guest list
05:20he smiled proud of her proud of a woman who worked at tib in my teen kinky company spending so
05:25in my
05:26budget sleeping with seven by husband but he added his voice dropping into that patronizing tone i'd grown
05:32to despise i got you something since you'll be home alone he pulled a small paper bag from his briefcase
05:40inside a scented candle lavender the kind you buy at a drugstore checkout line thought you could have a nice
05:46relaxing night and maybe do a face mask or something you've been looking a little tired
05:52lately tired i was running a 12 billion dollar empire performing due diligence on a major acquisition
05:58and quietly documenting my husband's affair yes i was tired thank you ryan that's thoughtful i held the
06:08candle like it was a grenade he kissed my forehead a gesture so perfunctory it might as well have been
06:13a
06:14post-it note and left i listened to his car pull out of the driveway then i moved the dress
06:19was already
06:19waiting in my private closet the one behind the bookshelf in my home office the room ryan thought
06:25was just where claire does her little computer stuff it was a custom valentino midnight black with
06:30a neckline that could start wars my stylist had flown in from milan my jeweler had sent a diamond
06:35choker worth more than ryan's annual salary his real salary not the inflated one he bragged about to his
06:41friends i sat at my vanity a sleek hidden station that would make any hollywood actress jealous
06:46and began the transformation hair swept into a sculpted updo makeup that sharpened every angle
06:53of my face heels that added four inches and approximately 10 years of authority when i was
06:58done i stared at my reflection this wasn't claire fletcher the freelance it consultant who waited at
07:03home with drugstore candles this was claire elliott founder ceo billionaire the woman 400 people were
07:09about to meet for the first time my phone rang my coop tia daniel park everything's set he said your
07:15entrance is scheduled for 9 on 15 pm right after fletcher's keynote the board is seated press is
07:21corralled security has been briefed no one enters or exits the main ballroom during the reveal and the
07:26screen loaded and ready the moment you walk on stage the presentation switches from fletcher slides to yours
07:32good and daniel c make sure vanessa holt has a front row seat i want her to see everything already
07:38done
07:38she's at table one right next to the podium i took one last look in the mirror the woman staring
07:44back
07:44at me was someone ryan had never met someone he'd lived with for seven years and never bothered to
07:49see funtonite he'd see her and it would be the last thing he'd ever see coming send the car i
07:55said i'm
07:55ready
07:58the nexorus annual gala was held at the meridian a converted cathedral turned event space that dripped
08:04with gothic grandeur soaring stone arches candlelight a ceiling that disappeared into shadow
08:10my events team had spent three months and two million dollars transforming it into a showcase of
08:15corporate power and aesthetic precision every orchid arrangement every lighting cue every note of the
08:22string quartet had been selected by my office brian thought vanessa had organized it of course he did
08:28i arrived in a private entrance at the back of the building escorted by daniel and two members of my
08:33personal security team the main event was already underway through the walls i could hear the murmur of 400
08:39guests investors board members tech journalists and every senior executive at nexorus my company my
08:46night daniel handed me a tablet showing the live security feed of the ballroom i scanned the crowd
08:52until i found him ryan center of the room champagne in hand laughing with a cluster of executives who
09:00hung on his every word he was performing the charming self-made man who'd risen through the ranks on pure
09:06talent the lie was so polished it gleamed and there glued to his side like a designer accessory was vanessa
09:13she wore a red gown that screamed swendy look at me her hand resting on ryan's arm with the casual
09:19possessiveness of a woman who believed she'd already won she leaned into him whispered something and he
09:25laughed that private intimate laugh he used to save for me i felt nothing that surprised me months ago
09:31seeing them together sent acid through my veins now clinical detachment a surgeon studying a scan before
09:37cutting his keynote speech starts in 12 minutes dingle murmured good let him have his moment it'll
09:46make mine more memorable i watched on the tablet as ryan took the stage the applause was generous
09:52he was well liked i'd give him that charm was his only genuine skill he adjusted the microphone
09:57flashed his camera ready smile and began thank you all for being here tonight nexaurus isn't just a
10:03company it's a family my family i thought that you've been robbing blind and every great success
10:10story has that one person who makes it all possible the person who believes in you when no one else
10:16does
10:17who pushes you to be better he paused looked directly at vanessa seated at table one her face
10:23glowing with anticipation vanessa holt would you please stand up she rose graceful and triumphant
10:29smoothing her red gown the crowd applauded politely camera flashes popped this woman ryan continued
10:36his voice thick with rehearsed emotion is the reason i'm standing here today she's not just a colleague
10:42she's my partner my inspiration my everything vanessa this award this night it's for you he lifted a
10:50crystal trophy from the podium the nexaurus leadership award given annually to the company's most
10:55outstanding contributor an award that my board selected an award that this year i had specifically
11:02instructed to remain unassigned until tonight he was giving my award to his mistress on my stage in
11:08my building paid for with my money vanessa's eyes glistened with tears she mouthed away love you ryan
11:14ryan mouthed it back the crowd murmured some touched others uncomfortable several board members exchanged
11:20glances they knew they all knew who the real ceo was and they could feel something seismic approaching
11:25daniel looked at me it's time i straightened my diamond choker smoothed the valentino and took a
11:33breath lights i said but the room went dark every screen every spotlight every ambient glow extinguished
11:42in a single coordinated blackout 400 people gasped vanessa clutched the trophy brian froze a podium
11:49blinking into sudden darkness then a single spotlight hit the stage door and i walked
12:11the spotlight was blinding and warm 400 faces turned toward me a sea of confusion curiosity and
12:17dawning recognition the enormous screens flanking the stage flickered to life displaying a single
12:23image my face alongside five words in gold white text claire elliott founder and ceo the gasps pulled
12:30through the ballroom like a shockwave board members who kept my secret for years sat back with quiet
12:36satisfaction journalists scrambled for their phones and ryan my husband my betrayer stood frozen at the
12:43podium his mouth hanging open the crystal trophy still clutched in his white knuckle hand he didn't
12:49recognize me not immediately the woman he'd kissed goodbye that morning messy bun sleep shirt tired eyes
12:56or no resemblance to the woman now commanding the stage in valentino and diamonds i watched the
13:01recognition crawl across his face like a slow crack spreading through glass clear he whispered the
13:07microphone catching it broadcasting his confusion to every corner of the room i didn't answer him not yet
13:14i walked to center stage my heels clicking against the polished floor with metronomic precision i stopped
13:20three feet from the podium close enough to see the vein pulsing in his temple close enough to smell vanessa's
13:26perfume still lingering on his jacket good evening i said my voice amplified steady warm the voice of
13:33a ceo addressing her empire for those of you who don't know me and apparently that includes my own
13:39husband send my name is claire elliott i founded nexeris technologies in my basement apartment eight
13:46years ago with eleven thousand dollars and a belief that technology should serve people not exploit them
13:52i pause letting the irony breathe i've led this company from a startup to a 12 billion dollar
13:58global enterprise i've signed every major deal i've approved every strategic hire and yes
14:07i glanced at ryan whose face was now the color of old chalk i approved every single promotion within
14:13this building including yours ryan a murmur rolled through the crowd ryan's grip on the podium tightened
14:20now i understand there's been some confusion about tonight's leadership award i gestured to the
14:26crystal trophy in his trembling hand my husband seems to have taken it upon himself to present it to
14:32someone let's talk about that the screens behind me changed a new slide appeared a detailed organizational
14:40chart of nexeris with every executive's name title and reporting line at the very top funclair elliott
14:47ceo directly below in the marketing division farian fletcher vp of marketing and beside him
14:53connected by a dotted line farce vanessa holt svp brand strategy
15:01ryan fletcher was hired at nexeris three years ago i continued my tone shifting to something clinical
15:08detached a surgeon presenting findings he entered as a junior marketing associate
15:14he was promoted four times in 36 months sem an unusual trajectory that raised questions among several
15:20department heads i can now confirm that each of those promotions was approved by my office not because
15:26of his performance metrics which were consistently average but because i wanted to understand something
15:31i turned to face i wanted to understand what kind of man i married the silence in the room was
15:40absolute
15:42even the string quartet had stopped the answer unfortunately was illuminating
15:47i clicked a remote the screens changed again this time they showed a series of internal performance
15:53reviews ryan's with every metric highlighted client satisfaction below average campaign roi bottom
16:00quartile team leadership scores consistently poor peer reviews included phrases like takes credit for
16:06others work and dismissive of female colleagues these are your actual performance reviews ryan the
16:12ones your direct supervisor filed the ones you never saw because vanessa dentalhly began sleeping
16:18with you approximately 18 months ago him buried them and replaced them with fabric rate evaluation
16:23vanessa still standing at table one went rigid her face drained of color the trophy on the table in
16:30front of her suddenly looked like an accusation which brings us to miss holt i turned my gaze to
16:37vanessa she flinched as if i'd struck her vanessa holt was hired two years ago based on an impressive
16:43resume that my hr team has since verified contains three fabricated credentials including a master's
16:48degree she never earned she has systematically inflated ryan's performance records redirected
16:54departmental budgets to fund personal expenses and used her position to suppress complaints from junior
16:59staff members who witnessed their relationship i clicked again expense reports appeared on screen
17:06hotel suites first class flights from skenden aspen all charged to nexery's corporate accounts
17:12all approved by vanessa all benefiting ryan these charges total 412 000 i said embezzled from my company
17:25my company that i built line by line code by code while my husband sat at home and never once
17:33asked what
17:33i did for a living ryan finally found his voice it came out cracked desperate claire slayer wait you
17:40don't understand this isn't what it looks like vanessa and i sam were just colleagues this is a
17:46misunderstanding the crowd shifted uncomfortably several people actually laughed short incredulous
17:52bursts of disbelief i tilted my head a misunderstanding let's clear that up i clicked the remote one final
18:00time the screens displayed a text message exchange his phone her phone time stamps read receipts
18:06everything rufian can't wait to see you tonight wear the red dress tune vanessa if 2d already picked it
18:15out are you sure she won't come buturian claire please she thinks it is corporate only she'll be home with
18:23a face mask and a candle she has no idea about anything but a vanessa or t poor thing does
18:29she
18:29even know you are planning to leave her friterion bricked after the promotion i'll have enough leverage
18:36six morning tops then astagask the words hung on the screen 10 feet tall illuminated for 400 witnesses
18:43and a live press feed the silence that followed was the loudest sound i'd ever heard ryan's face crumbled
18:50not with guilt not with guilt with exposure the mask didn't just slip it shattered into a thousand
18:56pieces on the stage floor he looked at me and for the first time in years he truly seven stain
19:01saw me
19:02claire i you're fired ryan my voice was quiet final active immediately security will escort you out
19:11your corporate accounts have been frozen your company car has been repossessed and your access badge
19:17was deactivated sim i checked my watch approximately 90 seconds ago two security guards appeared at the
19:24edge of the stage waiting i turned to vanessa ems holt you're also terminated my legal team will be in
19:31contact regarding the embezzlement charges i'd recommend retaining a lawyer vanessa opened her mouth
19:39but nothing came out the trophy sat on the table in front of her gleaming mockingly i turned back to
19:45the
19:45audience 400 faces stared at me stunned riveted many openly admiring the board members were nodding the
19:53journalists were typing furiously this was the story of the year and they knew it the next series
19:59leadership award i said picking up the crystal trophy from where ryan had abandoned it on the podium
20:04will be presented later this evening to someone who actually earned it in the meantime please enjoy the
20:10rest of the gala the champagne is excellent sem i selected it myself i walked off stage to a sound
20:16i hadn't expected applause it started slow a few bold souls in the back then swelled rolling through the
20:22ballroom like thunder not polite corporate applause real applause the kind that shakes walls i didn't look
20:29back at ryan i didn't need to the last thing i heard before the stage door closed behind me was
20:35vanessa's voice shrill and breaking ryan do something ryan and the silence was absolute devastating silence
20:55the backstage corridor was cool and quiet a stark contrast to the electric chaos i just left behind
21:01my heels echoed against concrete floors as i walked toward the private suite daniel had prepared
21:06my hands were steady my pulse was calm seven years of waiting watching documenting and it was done in
21:13under 15 minutes daniel fell into set beside me the press pool is losing their minds every major tech
21:20outlet wants an exclusive your pr team is fielding calls from cnn bloomberg and three international networks
21:26no interviews tonight i said release the prepared statement at midnight let the footage speak for
21:31itself done and claire the board wants you to know they're fully behind you every single member harrison
21:37actually stood up and started the applause i allowed myself a small smile harrison wells my chairman was 72
21:44years old and i'd never clapped for anything that wasn't a dividend in case inside the suite i poured myself
21:51a glass of the same champagne being served in the ballroom a 2008 vintage i'd sourced from a private
21:57seller in reams it tasted like victory clean cold and effervescent my phone was already exploding i
22:05ignored most of it but one notification caught my eye a security alert from the ballroom i pulled up the
22:11live feed on my tablet ryan hadn't left he was standing near the exit flanked by two security guards
22:18arguing his face was red contorted his hands gesturing wildly vanessa was beside him mascara
22:25streaking down her cheeks clutching his arm the guests were giving them a wide berth the way people
22:31avoid a car accident while still rubbernecking i zoomed in ryan was on his phone shouting at someone
22:37i tapped into the audio feed my building my security system my rules
22:44don't care what she said i'm her husband i have rights she can't just fire me in front of everyone
22:50i'll sue her i'll sue the entire company
22:54the security guard a former marine named torres whom i'd personally hired
22:58responded with magnificent calms sir your access has been revoked you need to vacate the premises
23:09do you know who i am yes sir you're the gentleman who was just fired by the ceo please exit
23:18through
23:19the south doors i watched vanessa tug ryan's sleeve whispering urgently he shook her off she stumbled in
23:27her heels catching herself on a table the crystal trophy she'd been clutching earlier was nowhere to be
23:33seen someone had quietly reclaimed it then ryan did something i hadn't predicted he pulled out his phone
23:39dialed and held it to his ear my phone rang i stared at the screen varian fletcher pastor is calling
23:46me
23:47while i watched him on camera 30 feet of concrete and steel between us i answered claire we need to
23:54talk
23:55right now you owe me that i owe you nothing ryan absolutely nothing you just humiliated me in front of
24:05the entire
24:05industry you destroyed my career my reputation do you have any idea what you've done i showed them
24:14the truth if the truth destroys you that's not my fault it's yours this is insane you've been lying to
24:21me for
24:21seven years seven years clear you let me believe you were some some nobody it free answer while you
24:28were running a billion dollar company that's fraud that's manipulation no ryan that's a woman watching
24:34her husband reveal exactly who he is when he thinks no one important is paying attention cheated on his
24:39wife and planned to leave her once he'd extracted enough professional leverage from her own company
24:43you weren't married to me you were married to the idea that you were the impressive one in this
24:47relationship silence heavy suffocating silence then then quieter the money claire the accounts
24:59i tried to log ins everything's frozen i can't access anything that's correct my forensic accountants
25:06have flagged every joint account for review any funds traceable to nexar is revenue or my personal
25:12holdings have been secured you'll retain access to your personal savings m which according to our
25:17records amounts to approximately eleven thousand dollars eleven thousand claire i can't live on
25:24eleven thousand dollars funny that's exactly what i started nexaris with i manage i'm sure you'll figure
25:30something out i could hear his breathing ragged panicked the breathing of a man watching his entire
25:35constructed life collapse in real time and ryan my lawyers will be filing for divorce monday morning
25:42the prenuptial agreement you signed the one you didn't bother to read because you thought i had nothing
25:47worth protecting is ear tight you'll receive exactly what it specifies nothing i hung up on the
25:54security feed i watched him stare at his phone his face a mass of disbelief then he sank onto a
26:01chair
26:01head in his hands vanessa hovered uncertain her hand reaching for his shoulder he shrugged it off
26:08violently i closed the tablet finished my champagne and poured another glass outside the sweet window the
26:14city glittered a sprawl of lights and ambition same city where i'd once coated in a basement dreaming of
26:21exactly this moment not the revenge the freedom the undeniable unshakable proof that i have built
26:28something extraordinary and no one not a cheating husband not a scheming mistress
26:35not a world that constantly underestimated quiet women could take it from me my phone buzz a text from an
26:43unknown number hide clear it is woman to woman you don't know the full story he told me you were
26:48separated he told me you didn't care i am not the villain here asterisk i read it twice then i
26:55typed
26:56back four words sit check your employment contract asterisk and i blocked her number
27:10monday morning arrived with the precision of a scalpel i was at my desk by 6 a.m my real
27:15desk on the 42nd
27:17floor of the nexarisk tower a corner office with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the river for
27:22seven years i've conducted business from shadow offices private residences and secure video links
27:28letting daniel serve as my public facing proxy now for the first time i was physically present
27:34in my own building and the effect was seismic employees i'd never met face-to-face apt in hallways
27:40eyes wide some smiled nervously others whispered to colleagues a few brave souls nodded respectfully
27:47the gala footage had gone viral over the weekend 14 million views on the initial clip alone with every
27:53major news outlet running their own edit the headlines ranged from admiring to sensational
27:58billionaire ceo exposes cheating husband at own company golly the wife he never saw coming inside
28:05nexarisk's bombshell reveal claire elliot tech's most powerful woman was hiding in plain sight
28:13my pr team had released a single measured statement nexarisk technologies is committed to transparency
28:19accountability and integrity at every level personnel changes announced at the annual gala reflect these
28:25values miss elliot looks forward to leading the company into its next chapter no drama no emotion
28:31just facts the contrast with ryan's public meltdown now immortalized in a dozen camera phone videos
28:37was devastating jessica my attorney arrived at 8 a.m sharp with a leather portfolio thick enough to stop a
28:44bullet the divorce filing is ready placing it on my desk pernuptial enforcement asset separation the works
28:54ryan retained a lawyer over the weekend sem gerald marsh a mid-tier family attorney he's already
29:01making noise about hidden assets and marital deception let him make noise the prenup is ironclad he signed
29:09willingly with independent counsel present seven years ago every clause has been reviewed annually
29:15by my legal team he's also claiming emotional distress says the public exposure at the gala caused
29:21him severe psychological harm and professional destruction he wants compensatory damages i almost
29:27laugh professional destruction his performance reviews and the real one show he was barely competent
29:33he was promoted because i allowed it not because he earned it his perfection was a fiction i funded
29:37there's more jessica continued her expression tightening he's contacting three tabloid outlets
29:43offering his side of the story for chatelemenary angle loyal husband blindsided by a deceptive
29:48controlling wife who hid her wealth to manipulate and entrap him i leaned back in my chair he's gonna play
29:56the
29:59victim
30:00already is one outlet is running a piece tomorrow ryan fletcher speaks out she lied about everything i felt
30:10a familiar coldness settle in my chest not anger but calculation pull the security footage from the gala
30:17his exact words on the phone with me the text messages vanessa's fabricated performance reviews package
30:23everything and send it to our media council if he wants a public war he'll get one scene but fought
30:28with evidence not emotion already anticipated that jessica said sliding a usb drive across my deck
30:35everything's compiled time stamped verified and legally cleared for release good hold it for now let him
30:42publish his story first let him commit to his narrative then we'll release ours
30:48you really did plan for everything didn't you i'm a coder jessica i debug problems before they crash the
30:55system by noon the tabloid story dropped ryan photographed looking haggard and sympathetic
31:01outside a modest apartment building painted himself as a devoted husband deceived by a cold calculating wife
31:09risk he told the reporter she watched me struggle
31:16she let me believe we were equals she could have helped me lifted me up
31:21instead she studied me like a lab experiment
31:25what kind of person does that the comment section erupted half the internet believed me the other half
31:32fault twitter was a war zone my name trended for 12 straight hours i waited at 6 pm i authorized
31:39the
31:39release not through a tabloid through nexarice's official channels kicked up immediately by every
31:44serious news outlet the package was clinical and devastating ryan's real performance reviews the
31:50embezzlement trail the text messages the hotel receipts security footage of him screaming asterisks
31:59in my guard and one final piece a short authenticated video clip from our home security system dated
32:09three weeks before the gala ryan and vanessa in our living room on our couch while i was supposedly at
32:15work the internet shifted like a tide by midnight ryan's sympathetic narrative was rubble the hashtag
32:22number she built that trended globally my inbox filled with interview requests speaking invitations
32:28and unexpectedly messages from thousands of women who saw themselves in my story i read one from a
32:35woman in ohio you showed us that being quiet isn't the same as being weak thank you
32:43i stared at that message for a long time alone in my corner office the city lights blurring below
32:49then i closed my laptop and went home tomorrow there would be more but tonight the truth had spoken
32:56and it was louder than any lie ryan fletcher could ever tell
33:13three weeks after the gala the divorce proceedings began in earnest and ryan launched his counter-attack
33:19i should have expected it a cornered animal doesn't retreat it bites and ryan stripped of his job his
33:25reputation and his carefully constructed identity was desperate enough to bare his teeth it started
33:31with his mother patricia fletcher a woman i tolerated for seven years of thanksgivings and forced smiles
33:37appeared on a daytime talk show dabbing her eyes with a monogrammed handkerchief
33:44my son is devastated claire manipulated him from the very beginning she married him under false
33:52pretenses she hid billions of dollars what kind of wife does that what kind of woman watches her
33:57husband struggle and says nothing the host nodded sympathetically do you believe claire targeted ryan
34:04absolutely she wanted a trophy husband someone handsome charming who'd make her look normal
34:09she used him as a prop while she built her little empire in secret and now she's thrown him away
34:14like
34:14garbage little empire guy noted the diminutive 12 billion dollars and she called it swin little
34:22asterisk the same woman who'd spent the last five christmases at my vacation home in aspen
34:27drinking my wine sleeping in sheets i'd bought and never once asking how i could afford it all
34:34the interview gained traction suddenly ryan wasn't just a cheating husband he was a fardewit
34:39victim of female manipulation a growing chorus of voices online rallied behind him painting me as a
34:46calculating sociopath who'd orchestrated an elaborate trap then came the legal offensive gerald marsh ryan's
34:53attorney filed a motion claiming the prenuptial agreement was signed under materially misleading
34:58circumstances his argument i had deliberately concealed the true extent of my wealth rendering
35:03ryan's consent uninformed and therefore void if the prenup was thrown out ryan would be entitled to
35:09a significant portion of my assets potentially billions jessica called me at 7 a.m they're going for
35:15the jugular claire marsh is filing in judge harman's court harman is olds cole skeptical of prenups and has a
35:22history of ruling in favor of the disadjuvanted spouse this is strategic forum shopping
35:30can we challenge the venue already filed but claire i need to be honest scam if they get the prenup
35:35voided this becomes a very different fight your personal holdings your trust structures even nexaris
35:42equity could be on the table my jaw tightened i had built nexaris from nothing every line of code
35:48every sleepless night every risk taken with my own dania zane and now ryan the man who never once asked
35:55what i did for a living who assumed his wife was a nobody who cheated on me in my own
35:59home wanted half of it
36:03what's our strongest defense i asked the prenup itself it was drafted by one of the best firms in
36:08the country ryan had independent counsel he signed willingly but marsh will argue that your concealment of
36:13assets constitutes fraud which could void the entire agreement i didn't conceal assets from ryan
36:18i structured my business under my maiden name for legitimate legal and liability reasons he never
36:23asked he never looked he assumed i was small and i let him that's the argument but i let him
36:31assume
36:32is a gray area legally we need to prove that ryan had every opportunity to discover the truth and chose
36:39not
36:39to i thought for a moment pull his browsing history from our home network every device i want to know
36:47if he ever sent even once and googled my name search for nexaris or looked at our financial records
36:52you have that data i designed the home network myself every device that connects his log every search
37:01query every website visited every download sem archive for seven years claire that's him legal
37:07the network disclosure was in the household technology agreement he signed when we installed the system
37:14page 14 clause 8 he initialed it a long pause you really did think of everything i'm a systems
37:22architect jessica i build structures that don't break even when people try to tear them down
37:28that night i sat in my office the real one behind the bookshelf with six monitors and server back and
37:36pulled up seven years of brian fletcher's digital footprint every search every click every idle browse
37:43during the hours he thought i was just doing from eight years ago he had never not once searched for
37:49claire elliott never searched for nexaris never opened a financial document a tax return or a bank statement
37:55he had however searched for vanessa holt approximately 340 times he'd also searched for
38:02how to hide an affair signs your wife suspects cheating and this one made my blood run cold
38:07marrying someone richer without a cleanup that last search was dated four months before our wedding
38:13i stared at the screen with blue light harsh against my face he had planned this maybe not the specifics
38:20but the shape of it marrying someone who received anything someone who could control someone who
38:25might have access he just hadn't realized the scale of what he was trying to see
38:30i saved the files and printed them and sent them to jessica in a single note
38:35the difference is
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