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Chapter 11

"What do you mean it is not there?" I shouted into my phone, pacing across the living room floor. "A quarter of a million dollars does not just disappear from an account overnight, Marcus!"On the other end of the line, my finance manager sounded like he was sweating. "Adrian, I am looking at the system right now. The transfer went through on our end at ten last night. But the receiving bank says they never got it. There is no tracking number, no glitch report, nothing. It is like the money vanished into thin air.""Fix it!" I snapped, running my fingers through my messy hair. I hadn't even buttoned my shirt properly, and my jacket was thrown over the back of a chair. "That money needs to be in that account today. Find out where the error is and call me back!"I slammed the phone down on the table, my heart hammering against my ribs. That was a massive amount of cash, and losing it right now was a disaster.My mother was sitting at the dining table, completely rigid. She didn't lo

Chapter 12

The morning was a complete nightmare. I sat at my desk, staring at three letters that had just been delivered by a courier. They were formal legal notices from my top three suppliers, and the words on the paper made my stomach turn. They were demanding full payment of my outstanding debts by five o'clock this afternoon. If I didn't pay, they were going to freeze my shipping routes and take me to court.I picked up my phone and called Marcus for the tenth time. "Any news from the bank?" I demanded before he could even say hello."Nothing, Adrian," Marcus said, his voice shaking. "They are still running a security check on our accounts. The two hundred and fifty thousand dollars is completely stuck. We cannot move a single dollar out of the firm right now.""We need that cash today!" I shouted, slamming my hand on the desk. "If we don't pay the suppliers, they will shut us down by tonight. Do you understand what that means?""I know, Adrian, but my hands are tied," Marcus whispered.

Chapter 13

The afternoon was slipping away, and I was back at my office desk, staring at a stack of new files. After Adrian left my room, the entire building felt quiet, but I knew the calm would not last very long.My phone buzzed on the desk, and I saw Elara’s name on the screen. I picked it up immediately."Ahtisa, you need to look at your computer right now," Elara said, her voice sounding tight and fast. "I was monitoring the internal mail system for Jehanna Holdings, and something very strange just popped up. An outside email address just sent a private message to Mr. Harrison, one of your father's oldest board members.""Who sent it?" I asked, leaning forward and opening my laptop."It is a private address, but the name attached to the account registration is Isabella Thorne," Elara explained. "I managed to intercept it before it reached Mr. Harrison's inbox. She is trying to leak a story about you."I clicked on the file Elara forwarded to me. My eyes scanned the lines of the email.I

Chapter 14

I barely slept a wink all night. By six in the morning, I was already in my car, driving down the empty streets toward my office building. My head was pounding, and my eyes felt hot from staring at my phone for hours, hoping for a message from the bank saying the glitch was fixed.When I turned the corner onto the main street where my firm stood, my heart dropped straight into my stomach.There was a crowd of my employees standing out on the pavement. None of them were inside. They were all gathered in small groups, whispering to each other and pointing at the main entrance.I slammed on my brakes, parked the car haphazardly by the side of the road, and threw the door open."What is going on here?" I shouted, pushing my way through the crowd of workers. "Why is everyone standing outside?"My main supervisor looked at me, his face pale. "Mr. Vale, we arrived twenty minutes ago, but we can't get in. Look at the doors."I stepped around him and stopped dead in my tracks. The large glass

Chapter 15

The morning air was cold as I walked through the glass doors of Jehanna Holdings. Elara was right beside me, holding a thick stack of folders against her chest. Every single person in the main lobby stopped what they were doing to watch us walk toward the private elevator. I could feel their eyes on my back, full of curiosity and doubt. They all knew my father had passed away, and they all knew I was a former police officer who had never spent a single day running a major business.When the elevator doors opened on the top floor, the hallway leading to the boardroom was completely silent."Are you ready, Ahtisa?" Elara asked, her voice dropping to a low whisper as we reached the double doors. "The entire board is already inside. They have been talking since eight this morning.""I am ready," I said, keeping my breathing steady. "Where is Mr. Harrison?""He is inside with the others," she said, checking her tablet. "Do you want me to call him out?""No, I will go in and speak to him

Chapter 16

I drove away from my chained office building with my hands shaking on the steering wheel, my mind spinning into a dark place. The image of the legal notices taped to the glass doors kept flashing behind my eyes, making it hard to focus on the road. I didn't know where else to go, so I drove straight to Isabella’s apartment complex, praying that she would finally answer her phone or at least open the door for me.When I reached her floor, I didn't even knock gently. I pounded my fist against the door until I heard the lock click from the inside.The door opened, and Isabella stood there, wearing a simple house dress. Her face didn't hold that sweet, welcoming expression she usually gave me. She looked annoyed, her eyes scanning my messy hair and wrinkled clothes with deep disapproval."Adrian, what are you doing here?" she asked, her voice sharp as she stood in the doorway, not moving to let me inside. "I told you I was busy this morning. Why were you pounding on my door like a madm

Chapter 17

The news of Adrian’s business collapse traveled fast, hitting the city news stands by the middle of the afternoon. When I returned to the mansion later that evening, the entire house felt strangely cold and empty. The usual loud noise of the television was gone, and none of the servants were walking the hallways. They all knew the family dynamics were shifting, and nobody wanted to get caught in the crossfire.I walked into the large kitchen to pour myself a glass of water, enjoying the quiet after a grueling day at the firm. I had just set the glass down when the swinging doors burst open, and Elena stepped inside.Her face was a complete mess. Her eyes were red and swollen from crying, her makeup was smeared across her cheeks, and her expensive hair was tangled as if she had been pulling at it for hours. She didn't look like the proud, arrogant woman who used to look down her nose at me every single morning. She looked completely shattered."Ahtisa," she gasped, her voice crack

Chapter 18

The clock on the dashboard of my car showed it was nearly eleven at night by the time I finally drove out of the company parking lot. My shoulders felt incredibly tight, and my eyes were burning from hours of reviewing the new shipping contracts with Mr. Harrison and the legal team. It had been an exhausting day, but for the first time since my father passed away, the heavy knot of anxiety in my chest was gone. We had secured the board's loyalty, and Adrian's empire was officially crumbling.As I pulled up to the security gate at the main street, I noticed a familiar dark sedan parked under the dim glow of a streetlamp.The driver's side door opened, and Lucien stepped out into the cool night air. He wasn't wearing his formal suit jacket anymore; his white shirt was slightly unbuttoned at the collar, and his sleeves were rolled up to his elbows. He looked completely relaxed, yet his dark eyes instantly locked onto my car as I came to a stop.I rolled down my window, the cool bree

Chapter 19

The room smelled like cheap bleach and old cigarettes. I lay on the thin mattress of the motel bed, staring at the peeling wallpaper on the ceiling. My phone was completely dead, and I didn't even have the energy to find a charger. After Isabella threw me out, I spent the remaining cash in my pocket on this terrible room just to have a place to hide from the world.By the time the sun came up, the hunger in my stomach was clawing at me, and my mouth tasted like dust. I needed money. I needed a way out of this city, but my accounts were totally frozen.Then, I thought of the mansion.There had to be something left there. My mother always kept a small emergency box of cash hidden in her closet, and all my expensive designer suits and watches were still sitting in my bedroom upstairs. If I could just slip inside, grab my things, and find my mother's hidden money, I could leave this place and start over somewhere else.I got out of bed, washed my face with cold water in the tiny sink, a

Chapter 20

The sun was setting by the time I finished organizing my desk. After the confrontation with Adrian this morning, a quiet stillness had settled over my office, but I knew the peace would not last. People like Adrian and Isabella did not just disappear into the shadows when they lost. They bit back.My laptop screen flashed, and Elara’s private messaging window popped open.Ahtisa, the fish is biting, the message read. Isabella Thorne just initiated an encrypted outgoing call from her laptop. It is routing straight to the corporate headquarters of Vanguard Shipping.A cold, calm feeling washed over me. Vanguard Shipping was my father’s biggest and most ruthless competitor. They had been trying to steal our eastern trade routes for over three years."Connect the audio feed to my line, Elara," I murmured into my headset.A soft click echoed in my ear, and then the sound of static filled the line, followed by Isabella’s voice. She didn't sound like the sweet, gentle girl she pretended t

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