All Chapters of I am Mrs. Ballmer: Chapter 131 - Chapter 138

“You brat... you're good with words!” She sniffed, hiding her emotion.“I'll stop worrying now that I know you're alive. Oh, that's right! Happy belated birthday! Sorry I didn't say anything before.”“No problem. Hearing your voice is the best gift. Thank you, my dear, beautiful, and thoughtful little brother.”“Stop it, don't be so sappy!” Hector complained, embarrassed. “I'm not talking to you anymore, class is about to start and I need to catch up on my vacation homework. Bye!”“Go on! Study hard, young man!”After ending the call, the atmosphere around Helena changed completely. The sadness of her illness disappeared, replaced by a radiant glow.Henrique watched the transformation, fascinated.“You two seem very close,” he commented.“It's true!” Helena smiled nostalgically. “Even though we're not blood relatives, we're closer than any ‘real’ family.”Her expression became distant."My adoptive grandmother...

“Are you blind?!” whispered one reporter, nudging his colleague who had shouted earlier. “That's a family of three! How could that woman be Helena?”“Exactly!” agreed another, lowering his camera. “Have you become obsessed with this headline? Does every woman with black hair look like Helena to you now?”“One look at that person is enough to know she's protected. Do you want us all to get killed for offending a big shot?!”One by one, the reporters began to grumble against the person who had shouted first, relieved to have found an excuse to back down.“Yeah... maybe I was wrong,” admitted the culprit, sweating cold.“But she really does look a little like her from behind. You were also confused at first, weren't you?”Similar in what way?!“ scoffed a gossip reporter. ”That Helena is a poisonous snake, a fake white lotus. But you can see from a di

“Really? What did you say?” Helena asked immediately, curiosity shining in her eyes.Henrique Ballmer, with the calmness of someone who had just decided the fate of an empire, picked up his cell phone and opened his email inbox to show her.Helena quickly approached, his woodsy scent invading her senses, and craned her neck to take a look.She was speechless when she saw the screen.— ...Apart from the heavy files containing irrefutable evidence and the number of an encrypted Swiss bank account, the body of the email contained only a few words. No greetings. No long-winded threats. No unnecessary punctuation.Just the absolute coldness of the numbers:[8 million. 24 hours.]That was... totally Henrique Ballmer's style. Surgical. Lethal. Arrogant.Helena blinked, processing the elegant brutality of it.“Not bad... not bad at all,” she murmured, a smile of approval appearing on her lips. “The less you say, the more her imagination will fill in the gaps with terror. She'll panic complet

“If we pool all our private savings, liquidate some quick investments, and ask for favors... we can somehow come up with that amount!” Tania murmured, cold sweat dripping down her forehead.In particular, the agent was terrified. That hacker hadn't chosen a random number. Eight million was exactly the maximum amount they could raise in 24 hours without having to declare bankruptcy or expose the situation. Whoever was on the other side knew them intimately, playing with them like a cat plays with a mouse.At that moment, Camila, feeling despair scratch her throat, had a sudden idea:“Since the other party managed to track our information...” She clenched her teeth, her eyes bloodshot. “Why can't we do the same? Hire someone! Track down that bastard's IP address now!”Tania shook her head, laughing almost hysterically at the actress's ignorance.“Camila, do you think an anonymous encrypted account in