Chapter 8 - UNCOVERING THE SCHEME
While Elena recovered in the hospital, Marcus brought a team of forensic accountants into his corporate headquarters.
They spent thirty-six straight hours auditing financial ledgers connected to Chloe’s fashion distribution company.
What they uncovered was a massive web of money laundering and corporate espionage aimed at Marcus’s firm.
Chloe had been siphoning offshore funds to buy stock in Marcus’s tech firm through shell companies in Delaware.
Her goal was to force a legal marriage with Marcus or ruin his family to trigger a buyout clause.
"She didn't just push Elena out of jealousy, Marcus," his head investigator revealed, laying out bank records.
"If Elena lost the baby, your grandfather's trust charter would have transferred twenty percent voting power to Chloe's family," the investigator explained.
Marcus stared at the complex paper trail, his blood running cold at the level of calculated sociopathy.
"She planned this for months," Marcus whispered, realizing how deeply his family had been targeted.
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"Then we won't just send her to prison. We are going to bankrupt her entire bloodline," Marcus vowed coldly.
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