Chapter 4 - Watching corrupt high society elites panic as federal financial agents freeze offshore bank accounts tied to a cowardly ex fiance tonight.
Inside the private elevator, Luka pulled out a sleek black smartphone, tapping the screen to initiate an encrypted conference call with federal authorities.
"Agent Vance, execute freeze order Alpha-Nine on all assets registered to Brandon Miller and Miller Logistics immediately," Luka ordered firmly into the receiver.
Across Chicago and New York, electronic banking networks instantly locked down over forty million dollars in corporate assets and personal investment portfolios.
Sitting in the hospital lobby, Brandon received a frantic phone call from his father, the chief executive officer of Miller Logistics.
"Brandon! What did you do?! Our corporate accounts were just frozen by the Department of Justice!" his father screamed over the phone speaker.
Brandon's smartphone slipped from his trembling hand, shattering against the marble floor of the hospital entrance as reality crashed down upon him.
The bribe money he had accepted to abandon Maya was gone, his family's corporate empire was collapsing, and his social standing was destroyed.
He looked out the glass doors just in time to see a black armored Suburban pull away into the dark, rain-slicked city streets.
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Maya was no longer an helpless, abandoned victim; she was the sole heiress to the Sterling fortune, protected by the most dangerous man in New York.
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