The moment Jannica thought she had outmaneuvered me, I let the full weight of my plan come crashing down on her.At nine in the morning sharp, I walked into Magnus Tech's boardroom, where our most critical investors were waiting. Andrew, Evan and Robert sat beside me and their expressions look unreadable. Outside this room, Jannica's misinformation was still spreading like wildfire. She thought she had bought herself time but in reality, she had run out of it."Gentlemen, let'# get straight to the point."I pulled up the data on the screen with figures, charts and and detailed reports from our new investors. Then I let the silence stretch as they took it all in. Soon, I delivered the final blow."Everything you've heard about Magnus Tech collapsing? About our investors pulling out?" I asked before I paused and making sure I had their full attention. "It was a lie."A few investors exchanged glances. Some were skeptical while the ohers were intrigued. Then Andrew handed them a sealed d

I walk back inside with a phone gripped tightly in my hand. Henry was seated in the conference room. He was hunched over and his fingers are twitching. Robert and Andrew stood nearby and watching him like hawks. Soon, Evan noticed my expression. "Did you find something, sir?"I glanced at Henry. "Oh. I found plenty." I said.His head suddenly snapped up. "I... I don't know what you are talking about!"I didn't bother sitting down. Instead, I slid my phone across the table and the screen paused on the footage of him with Jannica."Then care to explain this?" I asked.Henry soon paled. "No! That is not what it looks like!!!"Andrew then scoffed. "It looks like you handing over something to a hooded figure and getting chewed out by Jannica.""Who is the person with her?" I asked again.Henry swallowed hard with his sweat beading on his forehead. "I... I don't know his name. I swear!"Evan crossed his arms. "Then tell us what you do know."Henry shifted uncomfortably. "Jannica cam

By noon, Chandler had everything he needed. The fake report wasn't just a sloppy work. It was outright illegal. Whoever had helped Jannica and Danica forge the numbers had left behind a digital footprint. And Chandler had already tracked it."Evan." he said while tossing a file onto the table. "Tell me what you see."Evan flipped through the pages until his brows are furrowing. "Wait a second... These numbers don't match. It's like they used a template but forgot to change some identifiers.""Exactly."Then Chandler's lips curved into a smirk. "They stole an old report from a bankrupt startupvthen altered a few details to make it look like Magnus Tech."Andrew let out a low whistle. "That's an amateur work. No way Hansel was behind this.""Because he wasn't his work. This was Danica and Jannica's work."Evan crossed his arms. "So what's our move, sir? Should we call them out? Sue them?"Chandler shook his head. "Not yet."They needed to make an example out of them. And for that,

I drove the car in silence and let the city lights to pass by in a blur. The weight of the situation pressed against my chest but I wasn't shaken at all. If anything, Mrs. Stewart's betrayal had only reinforced something I would always known. It is that loyalty was conditional.When I arrive at Mr. Harold's estate, I get out of the car before I adjust my coat. The guards at the gate gave me a nod before letting me inside without a word.Inside the estate, Mr. Harold was waiting in his study with a glass of whiskey in hand. He glanced up when I entered and his expression looks unreadable."Chandler." he greeted. "You should take a seat first."No one speaks for a moment. The crackling fireplace is filling the silence between us. Then, he exhaled and put his glass down. "So you finally uncovered the truth." he said."You knew?" I asked.His lips twitched into a tired smirk. "Not at first. But I had my suspicions." he said before meeting my gaze. "Lucy was always ambitious and calculat

The night was quiet but Chandler's mind was a battlefield. He stood in his office and the glow of his computer screen illuminating his sharp features. His system flickered in the corner of his vision and displaying all the elements of his next move.It was time to act.Mrs. Stewart had made her move when she start aligning herself with Jannica and Danica. She manipulated them into believing they had the upper hand. She thought she could outmaneuver him.She was wrong. Because Chandler had never stopped preparing.His fingers danced over the keyboard while accessing the files he had carefully compiled over the past few weeks. Every transaction, every communication and every hidden investment Mrs. Stewart had made outside of their virtual vicinity.She had been careful. But not careful enough.With a few searching, Chandler triggered a silent notification to a select group of investors. It is ones who had loyalty not to Stewart but to profit. They are investors who wouldn't hesitate to