Chapter 4 - Gathering the Evidence
"You won't get away with this, Andrew," Evelyn hissed, her voice dripping with venom as security seized her arms, pinning her against the pillar. "I have documents. I have backups. If I go down, I am taking your entire empire with me."
Andrew didn't even blink. He signaled to his chief legal counsel, Mr. Vance, who had quietly stepped out from the study upon hearing the commotion.
"Mr. Vance," Andrew said coldly. "Initiate Protocol Zero."
Vance adjusted his glasses, a grim smile touching his lips. "Right away, sir. Protocol Zero executed. All of Ms. Evelyn’s digital assets, offshore accounts, and communication logs have already been mirrored and locked down by our cybersecurity team over the last forty-eight hours. We anticipated her betrayal."
Evelyn’s face drained of all color. Her lips parted in shock. "That's... that's impossible. How could you know?"
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"I didn't know for certain," Andrew replied, his eyes dark and unwavering. "Until tonight. But your desperate push to have the west wing locked down, your insistence on firing the senior domestic staff who remembered Elena, and your constant anxiety around the basement corridors made my investigators look closer. Every lie you told has been cataloged."
Elena stepped forward, her voice gaining strength. "She kept my wedding ring, Andrew. In her private safe upstairs. Along with the original medical records from the night of the faked crash."
