Funding the Unworthy
Language: en
Before my father-in-law's company, Vertex Corp., went public, it needed to raise capital. I secretly injected fifty million dollars, just for Chloe's sake, becoming their biggest backer. At the celebration dinner, after a few drinks, Robert turned on me in front of the whole family. "Now that we have a publicly listed company, do you truly believe you're still worthy of my daughter?" Chloe quietly chided him, "Dad, what are you talking about?" But Robert sneered, "Since you married him, what has he ever done to help our family?" I cracked a smile. "Without me, Vertex Corp. would have had a…