Chapter 4 - THE THREAT FROM OUTSIDE
Outside the private gates of Sterling Manor, Emily sat inside her luxury sports car, breathing erratically.
She retrieved her encrypted smartphone from her leather handbag, dialing a contact marked under a false name.
"He hit me, Charles!" Emily shrieked into the receiver, her red fingernails digging deep into the leather steering wheel.
"Did you secure the biometric drive from his study before he caught you?" a raspy voice demanded from the speaker.
"No! That pathetic maid stepped in the way and Jonathan caught the entire interaction on camera!" she yelled.
"You fool... if Sterling checks the server logs tonight, he will realize we cloned his corporate access codes," Charles growled.
Emily looked back at the grand iron gates of the estate, her face twisting into a bitter, malicious grin.
"He thinks he won tonight," Emily whispered viciously. "I’ll make sure his precious firm crumbles by morning."
She slammed her foot onto the accelerator, speeding down the winding Connecticut road into the dark night.
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Back inside the mansion, Jonathan sat in his private study, logging into his secure corporate mainframe with a grim expression.
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