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CHAPTER 34
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2026-07-09 20:59:10
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Matthew’s Point of viewMorning arrived with the kind of pressure that could be measured in stock prices, breaking news banners, and the number of armed guards standing outside my headquarters.By the time my car pulled into the underground garage of Kane Corporation, my phone had already vibrated twenty-three times. Investors, board members, foreign partners, all wanting the same thing. Control.The elevator doors opened onto the executive floor, where controlled chaos greeted me. Assistants hurried between offices carrying folders, security personnel spoke quietly into their earpieces. Large television screens mounted along the hallway displayed the same footage from every news channel.Rachel, my wife has become the city’s favorite headline, “Rachel Kane’s connection to the Raphael scandal raises new questions.” “Heiress or mastermind?” “Will Kane Corporation survive another controversy?”The anchors repeated the same carefully chosen words, each report feeding the next until specu
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Rachel’s POV“You found it,” he said simply.There was no surprise in Matthew’s voice, only certainty. As though somewhere along the way, he had stopped expecting me to prove myself and had simply started expecting me to see what others could not.It should not have mattered, yet those four words settled somewhere inside me far more deeply than I wanted to admit.Antonio was already issuing instructions, “I’ll have reconnaissance drones over the area within fifteen minutes.”Matthew shook his head, “No drones.” Antonio looked up, “If anyone has been protecting that place for years, aerial surveillance will warn them before we even arrive.” Matthew said.Antonio nodded once, “Ground team?” he asked.“Small unit,” Matthew answered. “Quiet.” His attention shifted back to me, “You are coming.” he said. Nearly an hour later, we were inside the Intelligence Center preparing for the operation. Several large monitors displayed satellite images of the abandoned church from different angles, t
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Rachel’s POVThe estate was already awake long before I stepped into the hallway.Staff moved quietly through the marble corridors, security teams rotated shifts. Somewhere downstairs, I could hear Antonio barking instructions into his phone while the intelligence department argued over the latest data recovered from my mother’s hard drive.Life inside Kane Estate never slowed. Not even after discovering that my mother had known this day would come. I paused outside the study, my fingers tightening around the mug of coffee I’d forgotten to drink, the image of my mother’s face lingered stubbornly in my mind.“If you are watching this, Rachel… it means I ran out of time.”Those words had followed me through the night. She had looked straight into the camera, straight at me, not frightened, not defeated, Just… determined.As though she had accepted that one day I would have to finish whatever she had started. A quiet sigh escaped me, somewhere between learning my mother might still have b
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Rachel POVThe war room was already crowded by the time I walked in.Large digital maps covered the walls, red markers blinked across several districts of the city, and Matthew’s captains stood around the central table discussing security routes in clipped, practiced voices. Phones rang almost constantly while members of the intelligence team hurried from one station to another carrying folders and tablets.Nobody noticed me immediately, I preferred it that way, I tucked my notebook beneath my arm and quietly took a place near the back of the room, listening instead of speaking.Edward Hale was still alive, that alone made this morning different from yesterday, and after what he’d revealed at the safe house, that I had always been the real target, Matthew had doubled security throughout the estate. Edward was being treated in a private medical wing beneath the mansion, surrounded by armed guards, if Clarissa discovered he had survived, she would finish what she’d started.Antonio spr
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Matthew's povThe press conference hall was already overflowing when Rachel and I stepped onto the stage. Camera flashes exploded like lightning, and reporters shouted over one another.“Mr. Kane!”“Mrs. Kane!”“Did Rachel forge the Raphael documents?”“Are federal investigators involved?”“Is Kane Corporation distancing itself from the scandal?”None of them waited for answers, they wanted reactions, fear, anger, and a mistake. They weren’t going to get one. I pulled out my chair and sat down without a word. Rachel took the seat beside me, exactly where she belonged.The room slowly quieted, people expected me to open with a statement, instead, I looked toward Antonio.“Begin,” I said.He connected a laptop to the massive screen behind us, the headline accusing Rachel remained frozen on the display. Then, with a single click, it disappeared, and a forensic report replaced it.The room stirred, one reporter frowned. “What is this?” the reporter asked. Antonio answered before I could,
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Matthew’s point of viewThe first headline appeared at exactly twelve past 6 in the morning By eighteen past 6 in the morning, every financial news station in the country was broadcasting Rachel’s face across their screens.RAPHAEL HEIRESS LINKED TO CORPORATE FRAUD.DID RACHEL KANE STEAL HER OWN FAMILY’S EMPIRE?INSIDE THE RAPHAEL SCANDAL.By six thirty in the morning, reporters had gathered outside Kane Headquarters, by seven o’clock, investors were calling my board members, and by seven fifteen, the market had begun reacting.I stepped into the executive boardroom without changing my pace. Nearly every screen covering the walls displayed a different version of the same lie.Around the long conference table, directors argued over one another. “What if the shareholders panic?” “We need a statement immediately.” “This could cost us billions.” “The board is demanding…”“Enough.” One word, that was all it took and the room went quiet. Antonio entered a moment later, carrying his tablet
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Rachel’s POVThe first thing I heard that morning was laughter, it was soft, warm, and happy..It floated through the mansion walls like a cruel reminder that happiness still existed for everyone except me.I opened my eyes slowly, staring at the cracked white ceiling above my bed while rain tapped
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Rachel’s POVThe moment I stepped out of Raphael Enterprises, I felt like invisible eyes were following every moment I made. Most employees had already gone home after the disastrous luncheon, but a few people still lingered outside the building pretending not to stare at me.The phone in my hand
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Rachel’s POVThe moment I stepped into Racheal Enterprises, I knew something was wrong, the lobby was polished and luxurious, gleaming marble floors, crystal lighting hanging from the high ceilings. The employees moving through the building in tailored suits while soft instrumental music drifted th
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Rachel’s POVThe morning sky above the Raphael mansion looked bruised, I barely slept, because every time I closed my eyes, I saw the anonymous messages again.- Danger follows people you love.The words followed me into my dreams, wrapping around my chest like invisible chains, I sat upright in be
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