The Double Life of My Billionaire Husband – Episode 52
Natalie selected her own attorney, refusing every recommendation connected to B.M. or Klein Enterprises. Sebastian delivered full financial disclosure and instructed his counsel not to challenge provisions protecting her independence.
The resulting agreement surprised both legal teams. Natalie waived automatic control of Sebastian’s companies but retained ordinary marital rights and independent ownership of everything she earned. Any gift above a modest limit required written acceptance.
More importantly, neither spouse could use private investigators, company security, or medical access to monitor the other without consent, except during an immediate threat to life.
Sebastian added a provision of his own: decisions involving Natalie’s employment at B.M. would remain under an independent committee even if their relationship changed.
“You don’t have to prove love by giving up protection,” she told him.
“It isn’t proof,” he said. “It’s structure for the promise I already made.”
They signed in separate rooms and reviewed every page together afterward. The process lacked romance, yet Natalie found honesty in discussing divorce before remarriage. A relationship free to end could also be freely renewed.
Her mother read the agreement from her recovery apartment and approved with amused seriousness. “Now plan a wedding that does not begin with anyone asking for fifty thousand dollars.”
Sarah volunteered as maid of honor before Natalie formally asked. Daniel claimed the role of best man and operations manager, then received strict instructions that the ceremony was not a corporate launch.
Natalie chose the original church, a simple reception, and flowers Stephanie had loved. She refused a celebrity designer and purchased a dress within a budget she established herself.
Sebastian accepted every choice except the guest list, where he requested places for several employees who protected B.M. during its hidden years. Natalie agreed after meeting them and hearing stories about the man he had been outside her view.
One former assistant described Sebastian sleeping in the office during B.M.’s first year and sending his salary to fund a worker’s surgery. Generosity had preceded Natalie, though secrecy had shaped it even then.
Natalie began recognizing continuity between Sebastian and Bash. They were not two men but one person who divided tenderness from power because he feared either would compromise the other.
The public learned about the planned ceremony after a venue employee posted the date. Reporters gathered outside the church, transforming a private renewal into another story about wealth and scandal.
Klein board members worried that publicity around Cassie’s hotel assault would damage the company. One director advised Sebastian to postpone the wedding until public attention faded.
Sebastian rejected the suggestion. “My mother spent her life being treated as an embarrassment the family had to hide. I will not repeat that with my wife.”
The director warned that shareholders might challenge his leadership. Sebastian welcomed the vote, believing a company dependent on concealing his marriage had learned nothing from Stephanie’s treatment.
Natalie heard about the confrontation through Daniel. She appreciated Sebastian’s defense but refused to become a symbol used in another corporate war.
She requested permission to address the board herself. Sebastian’s instinct was to protect her from hostile questioning, but he recognized the old pattern before acting on it.
“It’s your decision,” he said. Natalie scheduled the meeting for the following morning, aware that the board expected a grateful wife standing behind a billionaire. She intended to arrive as the B.M. employee whose life their reputational strategy had reduced to a liability.