Chapter 4: The Devastating Secret
Mark lunged toward her, but the Auditor stepped in, holding up a digital tablet that displayed a massive, red-ticked graph showing the instant evaporation of the company’s liquidity.
“It’s already done,” Amelia said, looking Mark in the eye with a gaze that felt like a blade. “The accounts are locked. The authorities are outside. And Mark? I’m not just the bride you abandoned. I’m the primary lien-holder on every single asset you currently think you own.”
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She leaned in, whispering so only he could hear. “You thought I was the one who was going to be left in the ashes. But you forgot one thing: I’m the one who lit the match. I didn't just destroy your career, Mark. I orchestrated your entire rise so that your fall would be absolute.”
Chloe tried to scramble toward the side exit, but the room was already sealed. There was nowhere to run. The guests, who had spent the evening praising Mark, began to drift away, their phones already out, their loyalties shifting as quickly as the stock prices on the ballroom’s projection screens.
