LOGINI stood to the side calmly, neither sad nor happy. The police forcibly separated Shawn and Tiffany and led them away.As Shawn passed by me, he glared at me with bloodshot eyes. "You… you have the heart of a viper! How could you?"I adjusted my newly fitted glasses. "I gave you chances. When you spent 100 thousand dollars on a designer bag, when I got the lingerie invoices, and when you two tore up my working papers—I warned you every single time, but you chose to ignore the rules."Ignorance is no excuse, Shawn. You have to face the consequences."In the end, Shawn was pushed into the police car. Meanwhile, Tiffany continued wailing, "My bag! My apartment! My money! I'm not going to jail! I can't survive without my favorite food!"The sirens blared, cutting through the city's chaos. What had been a grand wedding had become a spectacular arrest scene.…Three months later, the court issued its verdict.Shawn was convicted of multiple crimes, including wire fraud, securities fra
The investors' faces turned pale."That's our investment!""Shawn, you used our funds to bankroll your mistress' shopping and gambling habits?""Call the police! We have to report this!"Shawn's face was ashen, and his whole body was trembling. He pointed at the screen and stammered, "I-It's all fake! Meredith forged them! She's an expert at cooking the books! She framed us!"Tiffany panicked as well. She gathered her dress, trying to make a run for it. "It's not my fault! Shawn made me sign them! I didn't know anything! I'm a victim too!"I moved on to the next slide, revealing the Related-Party Transaction Exemption Statement, along with the voice recording I had captured.Tiffany's voice played clearly. "So, I get to be a boss? That's perfect! I wanna be a CEO!"Then came Shawn's. "As long as the accounts are balanced, we can clear the IPO audit without a problem."There was no denying it anymore. Shawn collapsed to the floor."Turn it off! Turn that shit off!" Tiffany scr
Two weeks later, Shawn and I had our wedding at the most luxurious hotel in the city. At the same time, this was also his Pre-IPO Investor Appreciation Reception.To ensure he would make the most out of that day, he invited all the creditors, investors, and business partners to attend. He also gathered a few financial media outlets to livestream this milestone.The venue glittered with excess. Crystal lights blazed overhead, and fresh flowers covered the entire hall.Dressed in a custom white suit, Shawn stood at the entrance, greeting guests and smiling as if everything in the world had gone his way. Tiffany was beside him. She wore a white "bridesmaid" dress, though the word hardly fit. The cut, the fabric, the long train sweeping three yards behind her made it indistinguishable from a wedding gown.It was more elaborate than mine could ever be.She held onto Shawn's arm and stood at his side so naturally that anyone who saw them would assume she was the bride.Whispers rippl
Moral coercion, illegal conversion of assets, forgery, and large-scale financial fraud—every last line that shouldn't have been crossed was trampled under Shawn's and Tiffany's feet at that moment.Shawn stared at me without a shred of guilt in his eyes, just greed and threat. "If you sign off on this guarantee right now, I'll let what you did to Tiffany slide. Otherwise, we'll settle this in court. When word gets out that you abused her, let's see who will still trust you with an audit."I looked at the two of them—one a raging narcissist, the other a psychopath. As much as I was livid, I couldn't explode just yet.The loan agreement was already legally active. If I called the police at this point, Shawn would frame it as a domestic dispute. The funds had already been transferred, which meant recovery would be tricky.Worse, my audit working papers had been destroyed. Before I could make a move, I needed to stabilize the situation and secure more evidence.I wasn't just going t
A week later, I returned home and found my study door wide open. The floor was a mess, with shreds of paper scattered everywhere.Tiffany was sitting on the carpet, scissors in hand, cutting up my audit working papers and archival documents to pieces. She folded the pieces into paper planes and flung them across the room."Woohoo! Here comes the plane!"Seeing me enter, she didn't stop. She even picked up an official notice with a letterhead and waved it at me. "Meredith, you're back! I saw all this paper taking up space, so I thought I'd help you clean it up."My blood ran cold. These were the core audit working papers for the initial public offering of Harrison Group—the only backup of the original supporting documents!There were also several top-secret materials I had been compiling so I could submit them to the regulators as whistleblower evidence. Now, they were all in pieces.If these working papers were lost, I wouldn't just risk having my certified public accountant lice
The year-end company gala was held in a ballroom at a five-star hotel. Hundreds of employees from Harrison Group attended it. Shawn sat at the head of the main table. As his fiancee and business partner, I should've been beside him, but that seat was taken by Tiffany. Well, technically, she wasn't sitting on the chair—she was perched on his lap instead.She wore a low-cut gown and leaned against Shawn as if she would fall apart if she didn't hold onto him. She held his wine glass, feeding him small sips.The maroon liquid trickled down from the corner of his mouth and onto her chest. He laughed, then lowered his head to lick it.The crowd erupted."Mr. Harrison is in a good mood tonight!""They seem really close!"I sat across from the main table, calmly cutting my steak. The gazes around me felt like cameras—some sympathetic, some mocking, but mostly just there to watch the drama unfold.Suddenly, Tiffany grabbed the corporate seal from the table—that should have been locke







