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Chapter 9 - The Man Watching Us
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POV: LUCAS REEDThe name Damien Vale stayed on my screen long after Gabriel stopped talking.The access report showed that Damien’s administrative account had been used to renew the surveillance contract, but Adrian had warned me that an account name was not proof of personal approval, and right now, I needed to know who else could use it before deciding what the report meant.Gabriel arrived at my studio carrying a folder and two coffees. He placed one beside me and studied the report.“This doesn’t prove Damien renewed it himself,” he said.“I know. Adrian told me.”“An administrative account can be shared. Someone may have used his login, or the system may have recorded the account owner even if another employee submitted the request.”“So we have a name, but not the person behind the keyboard.”“Exactly. We need the access history.”I showed him the company name and renewal date. He agreed to check the security provider’s records and identify the employees who had permission to us
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POV: ADRIAN KINGSLEYThe authorization on the surveillance contract carried my executive code, but I had never approved the renewal. Someone had used my office to keep Lucas under watch, and I needed to know who had done it before the evidence disappeared.Julian stood across my desk while I read the contract again. The code and approval format were correct.“Could someone have copied it?” I asked.“Possibly. Your office has delegated administrative access, which means someone with the right permissions could submit a renewal under your authority.”“Get the full access log. Quietly. Do not alert Damien until we know who approved it.”“You think he may be involved?”“He has access to the acquisitions department. I will not give him a reason to cover his tracks.”After Julian left, I called my mother. I explained the contract and asked whether she knew someone had been watching Lucas. Her expression barely changed.“I know nothing about it,” she said.“Did Father arrange security around
The Billionaire Who Bought My Silence Chapter 9 - The Man Watching Us
POV: LUCAS REEDThe photograph from the reception had given me the name of the man who approved the first transfer of my mother's paintings. It had also raised a question I could no longer ignore: who had been watching me before I ever met Adrian Kingsley?I returned to the image on my laptop the next morning and checked the information saved with the original file. The photograph had been copied from a private archive shortly before Adrian sent it to me, and even though that did not prove he had arranged the copy, the timing bothered me. Someone had opened the file, and I wanted to know who had access to it.I called Evelyn and asked whether she had noticed anyone following her or waiting near the gallery. She laughed at first, thinking I was asking because of the trouble around the painting. When I explained that a vehicle had been seen near me more than once, her voice changed."Why didn't you tell me this before?" she asked. I explained that I had not been sure it meant anything
The Billionaire Who Bought My Silence Chapter 8 - The Photograph From The Reception
POV: ADRIAN KINGSLEYMy mother had warned me about Lucas, but the photograph Julian found made me question what she was trying to protect.I called Victoria as soon as I finished speaking with Lucas. She answered quickly, and I asked why she had invited him to meet her when she knew he was investigating the foundation. I also asked why she had told him to stay away from the private archive."Because he is getting too close to matters that should remain within this family," she replied. "You have allowed this search to become personal, Adrian. Lucas will use whatever he finds against us.""You don't know him. He has refused money and restrictions more than once. He wants answers about his mother."Victoria let out a quiet breath. "That is what he tells you. You are too involved to see the danger clearly."I looked through the glass wall of my office at the city below. My mother had spent years treating every problem as a threat to the family name, and I had accepted that way of thinkin
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POV: LUCAS REEDAdrian Kingsley's mother wanted to meet me, and I suspected she knew more about my mother's disappearance than she wanted anyone to discover.Her message arrived while I was studying the old letter I had found among my mother's belongings. She introduced herself as Victoria Kingsley and invited me to meet her that afternoon at a private members' club in Manhattan. She wanted to discuss Eleanor Reed but gave no details about what she knew.I considered refusing. The Kingsley family had already given me enough reasons to be careful, but Victoria had known Richard Kingsley and might have known my mother too. If she had information that was missing from the foundation's records, I needed to hear it. So, I agreed to meet her, although I decided that I would not accept anything she said without evidence.When I arrived, Victoria was waiting in a quiet sitting room near the windows. She greeted me politely and invited me to sit. Her silver hair was neatly arranged, and her
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POV: FIRST PERSON - ADRIAN KINGSLEYJulian arrived carrying a thin folder and an expression that told me the morning had become more complicated.“Lucas Reed has found a letter from his mother,” he said. “It mentions your father.”I closed the report. “What does it say?”“He told Evelyn Hart that Eleanor believed your father could help recover paintings with altered ownership records.”I remembered my father correcting every answer I gave at the dining table. Richard expected loyalty, not questions. I had spent years separating his private dealings from the man I knew. Lucas's discovery made that excuse harder to hold.“Did Lucas show it to anyone else?”“Not that I know. He told Evelyn what it said. She has not shared a copy.”“Ask whether Evelyn kept notes. Don't pressure her.”Julian opened his folder. “The digital archive lists several private meetings arranged by your father. They were kept separate from the normal acquisition records.”He placed three pages on my desk. Each show
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