The Ex-Con Billionaire You Threw Away

Hilbert Rider was the real power behind the Shanhai Group, and he owed his father-in-law, so he took the blame for his brother-in-law's crime and served three years. He kept working for the family from prison. When he was released there was no welcome, only his wife Tilly Jameson's coldness and the divorce papers. Tilly's suitor had taken credit for years of Hilbert's work, and when Hilbert said so he was laughed at, slapped and put out of the house. The cheap crystal ball Tilly had once given him, the only gift, was broken in the scuffle, and he swore off the family for good. At the Thousand Merchants Congress he came back under his own name and was insulted again until his assistant stood up and told the room who he was. Tilly learned that her business success of the last three years had been arranged by him. His father died and he went back to fight his father's mistress and her son over the inheritance, and won.