Chapter 6 - Gala Chairperson Demands An Immediate Quiet Exit Now
Upstairs in the grand ballroom, the music swelled once more as the panicked socialites tried to resume their conversations. Evelyn Sterling stepped away from the crowd, hurrying toward a secluded service corridor near the catering kitchens.
She pulled her diamond-encrusted smartphone from her evening clutch, dialing an encrypted number with shaking fingers. The call connected on the second ring, answered by a deep, gravelly voice from the other end.
"The boy figured it out," Evelyn whispered urgently into the phone, pacing across the tiled floor. "He found the girl with the pearl, and he knows she's Eleanor's daughter." A heavy silence hung on the line before the voice responded.
"Contain him," the man ordered coldly. "If Alexander discovers the truth about the trust fund, the entire Vance shipping empire collapses overnight." Evelyn swallowed hard, her throat feeling as dry as the desert sand.
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"He took her to his Manhattan penthouse," Evelyn reported, her voice trembling slightly. "Security won't be able to get inside without setting off the federal alarms." A dark, menacing chuckle echoed through the phone speaker.
"Let him play the hero for a few more hours," the man instructed before abruptly hanging up the call. Evelyn stared at her phone screen in sheer terror, realizing she was trapped in a game she could no longer control.
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