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CHAPTER 260
The boardroom of Everhart Holdings’ Manhattan office was quiet.The lights were dimmed, the windows drawn against the glare of the afternoon sun. At the far end of the long glass table, Javier sat alone, hands folded, gaze fixed forward.Across from him sat Emerson Routh—Senior Advisor, ten-year board member, and the man Javier had once trusted to carry sensitive contracts when he didn’t want them traced through his own name.Now, Javier stared at him like one might look at a locked vault that had just been found pried open.“I assume you’ve read the report,” Javier said.Emerson adjusted his blazer, trying to mask his nervousness behind a forced chuckle. “I’ve read several this morning, Javier. You’ll need to be more specific.”Javier tilted his head, as if quietly admiring the courage it took to lie so boldly.“The signature on the breach matched a biometric ID tied to one of the private accounts in Zurich,” Javier said. “An account only three people had access to. Myself. My wife.
CHAPTER 259
The air in the room thickened as Clara stepped farther inside, her heels muted against the carpet. Her composure was nearly flawless—shoulders squared, chin held high, eyes sharp behind delicate glasses—but Javier had long since learned that poise was often the first mask worn by a liar.She didn’t offer a handshake.“I know what it looks like,” Clara began. “But you’re wrong.”Valeria narrowed her eyes. Garrick remained standing near the screen, visibly unsure whether to sit or run.Javier didn’t blink. “Do I look surprised?”Clara hesitated for just half a beat. “You always look unreadable. That’s part of your charm, isn’t it?”“Charm is for people trying to win something,” Javier replied calmly. “You’re here to negotiate. So say what you came to say.”Clara took a seat across from him, folding one leg over the other. “You’re not going to find Roland. Not unless I give him to you.”“Bold of you to assume I need your help to find a man who’s already hiding under your instructions.”H
CHAPTER 258
Javier stood still, eyes fixed on the man who had just burst into the ballroom. The room was deathly silent except for the heavy breathing of the IT security officer who had delivered the news. Javier didn’t move. He didn’t flinch.“What exactly was wiped?” he asked, his voice even and quiet, but sharp enough to silence the whispers building in the crowd.The man swallowed hard. “Everything from the Langston Vault backup. Financials. Signed digital agreements. The entire chain of board correspondence. Gone. Not deleted—scrubbed. It wasn’t a virus—it was human.”Mr. Garrick stepped down from the stage, his expression tightening. “But that server wasn’t connected to the internet. It was air-gapped. No outside access.”“It wasn’t accessed from outside,” the IT officer said. “It was breached from inside. Someone with your internal encryption keys.”Garrick’s face paled.Javier said nothing. He turned, calmly scanning the ballroom. His eyes swept over every guest, every supposed ally, ever
CHAPTER 257
The golden ballroom of the Seraphine Hotel shimmered beneath crystal chandeliers, casting reflections across champagne glasses and polished marble floors. Laughter, fake smiles, and the sound of soft jazz mingled in the air—typical of a high-society charity gala meant to impress, not inspire.Javier Everhart walked in unnoticed.As always, he wore a simple dark-gray suit—well-cut, but not flashy. No designer logo, no name tag, no entourage. He moved quietly past socialites, government donors, and business tycoons who barely spared him a glance.A waiter nearly bumped into him at the entrance.“Oh—watch it, sir,” the man said, sneering. “You’re not valet, are you?”Javier gave a
CHAPTER 256
The room darkened as the monitors blinked out. For a split second, all Javier and Valeria could hear was the faint hum of electricity rerouting. The Everhart estate had gone silent. Too silent.Javier didn’t panic.He stepped back from the now-dead holographic screen and looked to Valeria. Her expression was sharp, eyes alert, every instinct in her ready for war."They triggered a silent disruption virus," Javier said calmly. "It was embedded inside the server backdoor—someone had access weeks ago. This wasn’t spur of the moment."Valeria grabbed a nearby tablet and opened the auxiliary control panel. "We can still reroute through the Everhart satellite relay. It’s off-grid."Javier nodded. "Do it. I’ll initiate the isolation protocol. We’re cutting them out of the mainframe."Her fingers moved fast, typing command lines and authorization codes while Javier moved to a backup terminal embedded behind the painting of a forest valley on the gala wall. A hidden panel popped open, revealin
CHAPTER 255
Javier didn’t flinch.He studied the photo on his phone again, eyes narrowing only slightly at the shadowed figure near the front door of his private estate. The timestamp had already ticked thirty seconds past. Whoever had taken the photo wanted him to panic.He slipped the phone back into his pocket, straightened the cuffs of his suit, and calmly turned to Valeria.“We’re not going home.”Valeria blinked. “But—”“If they expected me to bolt,” Javier said, his voice low and razor-steady, “then the house is already compromised. Running there now would only play into their hand.”He turned toward his lead security advisor, a man named Rourke, who had blended quietly into the crowd since the gala began. “Activate protocol O-3. Blackout mode. Get every feed, every drone, every sensor at the estate live and reporting.”Rourke’s brow lifted slightly. “You’re sure you want to initiate O-3? That locks out internal staff.”“If anyone is still inside,” Javier said without emotion, “they’re not
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