FAZER LOGINOlivia pov;I tapped the red pen against the page, then moved to the next sheet of paper.“Incident two,” I continued, my voice steady and sharp. “Another Few months past: crucial financial documents for the Riverwalk Plaza deal vanished from the shared drive right before Mason Grant’s presentation. Everyone blamed me because I had uploaded the files that morning. But look at my log. The deletion happened at 1:15 AM. The exact same time as the calendar wipe.”Luca gasped, leaning in closer. “The exact same time?”“Yes,” I said. “Now look at incident three: few weeks ago, a fake email was sent from my desk address to a local reporter, leaking minor gossip about the board. I proved I was in a meeting with Victor Hale when it was sent, so HR dropped it. But the server command used to spoof my email address was executed at 1:15 AM.”“And what about today?” Adrian asked, his voice low and serious. “ what time did the bidding package leak to Carter Innovations?”I flipped to the very last p
Olivia pov;“Give me the phone, Luca!” I shouted, pushing my chair back so fast it scraped loudly against the floor.“Olivia, wait, stay calm,” Luca said, his hand shaking as he held the black phone receiver out to me.I grabbed the phone and pressed it to my ear. “Marcus? Is that you? What happened to Ethan?”“Olivia, thank goodness you’re there,” Marcus’s voice came through the speaker, low and frantic. “Few minutes ago, someone accessed Mr. Kingsley’s private server using root admin controls. Every single file on his hard drive was deleted. When I ran upstairs to check his office, the door was wide open. His coat is still on his chair, his personal keys are on the desk, but he isn’t in the building. Security cameras on the sixty-fifth floor were wiped few minutes before it happened.”My heart hammered against my ribs. I held the phone tightly with both hands. “Did you check the parking garage? What about his private car?”“His car is still in his assigned space,” Marcus replied. “T
Olivia pov;“I’m allowed to yell!” Luca snapped, pouring hot tea into three ceramic mugs. He brought a mug over and pressed it into my cold hands. “Drink this. It’s chamomile.”I held the warm mug, letting the steam touch my face. “They had digital proof, Luca. My name was on the server logs at two in the morning. Victor Hale looked at me like I was a bug under his shoe.”“Victor Hale is an old man who only looks at balance sheets,” Luca said, sitting down right beside me and wrapping his arm around my shoulders. “He doesn't know you. We know you. You wouldn't steal a paperclip from that company, let alone confidential bids.”“Ethan tried to stop them,” I said, looking down at the pale yellow tea. “He argued with the board. But if he pushes too hard, they will turn on him too. Chloe knows that. She’s using me to tear down Ethan’s company.”“Then we tear her down first,” Luca said, his brown eyes flashing with anger.“We need to be smart, Luca,” Adrian said, leaning forward with his el
Olivia pov;“Hand over your laptop, phone, and building pass right now,” the security guard said, standing right outside the boardroom doors.I unzipped my work bag with shaking hands. I pulled out my silver company laptop and set it on the small table. Next came my work phone. I reached into my pocket and pulled out my plastic security keycard, setting it on top of the black phone screen.“Is that everything?” the guard asked, his face blank and strict.“Yes,” I whispered. My throat felt dry, like I had swallowed sand. “That’s everything.”Sophia Reynolds stood next to me, her hand resting gently on my shoulder. “I’m walking you out, Olivia. Let’s go through the side elevator.”“No,” I said, taking a deep breath and straightening my navy suit jacket. “I walked in through the front lobby, and I am walking out through the front lobby. I didn’t steal those files, Sophia. I won't hide like I did something wrong.”We stepped into the glass elevator and rode it down sixty floors. My stomac
Ethan pov;“I am, Chairman Hale,” Olivia said. Her voice cracked slightly on the first word, but she cleared her throat and continued clearly. “And I want to state for the record that I did not access the server room, nor did I transfer any confidential documents to Carter Innovations or any other party.”“The digital log files tell a different story,” Chloe noted, tapping her tablet screen gently. “Your master passkey was scanned at two-fourteen in the morning.”“Then someone stole my keycard or duplicated my digital badge,” Olivia replied, turning her body to face Chloe directly. “I left my desk at six o'clock yesterday evening. I did not return.”“Can anyone verify your location at two in the morning?” Ryan asked, raising an eyebrow.The question hung in the air like a cloud of smoke.Olivia’s eyes flicked to mine for a brief, dangerous second. The truth was right there. I had been with her. I knew exactly where she was because I had held her in my arms while she slept. But if she
Ethan pov;“You cannot protect her this time, Ethan,” Chairman Victor Hale said, slamming his palm flat on the long mahogany conference table. The wood groaned under the force, and the sound echoed off the high glass walls of the boardroom. “The evidence came directly from our secure servers. Her ID card scanned into the server room at two in the morning, and three files were sent to Carter Innovations from her computer terminal.”I stood at the head of the table, resting both hands on the edge of the smooth dark wood. My dark suit felt tight across my chest, and my jaw was set so hard my teeth hurt.“The evidence is fake, Victor,” I said, keeping my voice low and steady. “Olivia did not download those files. She did not sell our bidding strategy to Damian Carter. Someone used her credentials to frame her.”Across the room, Chloe Whitmore leaned forward in her leather chair, setting down a thin black pen. She adjusted her spotless cream jacket and looked at me with calm blue eyes.“Et







