Chapter 6: The House of Cards Collapses
Richard sprinted out of the boutique, leaving a humiliated and furious Victoria behind. He practically ripped the door off his Ferrari, dialing his Chief Financial Officer in a blind panic. "What the hell is going on with my accounts?!" he screamed into the phone.
The CFO’s voice was trembling on the other end. "Richard... the feds are here. The SEC just raided the corporate headquarters. They have a mountain of evidence showing you've been siphoning corporate funds into offshore accounts. They've frozen everything. The board is in an absolute panic. They’re holding an emergency vote of no confidence in one hour."
"Who gave them the files?!" Richard roared, slamming his hand against the steering wheel.
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"The majority shareholder," the CFO whispered. "The holding company we thought was a silent partner. The proxy just revealed themselves, Richard. It's... it's your wife. Elena owns sixty-five percent of Apex Tech."
The phone slipped from Richard’s sweating hand, clattering onto the floorboard. He felt as though the earth had suddenly opened up beneath him. The meek, apron-wearing woman he had humiliated in his kitchen wasn’t just a housewife. She was the ghost in the machine. She was the absolute owner of his entire reality.
