Chapter 4

Beatrice started preparing for a divorce.

She was in no hurry to bring it up with William. Instead, she began putting her own dowry in order.

When she married, the Cornwall family provided a massive estate. Lands, shops, jewelry, and fine textiles added up to a considerable fortune.

For years, she had ignored these assets and left them to the estate managers. Now she checked the ledgers and discovered several shops were losing money fast.

The managers had been skimming heavily from the profits.

She summoned them to her study and questioned them one by one.

"This shop reported a…