Chapter 12 - THE HIDDEN THREAT
Arthur noticed the sudden shift in his daughter's expression, leaning forward with a concerned frown. "Who was on the line, Chloe?"
"It wasn't Victoria," Chloe answered slowly, setting the phone down on the table. "That voice... it belonged to someone else in the inner circle."
"There are auditors who helped Victoria bury the offshore accounts twenty years ago," Arthur muttered, his brow furrowing deeply.
"Then we need to find those financial ledgers before they have a chance to shred the remaining evidence," Chloe declared firmly.
She stood up from the sofa, walking over to her desk and opening the secure laptop connected to the corporate mainframe.
"Marcus," Chloe called out into her office intercom, summoning the chief legal counsel back to the penthouse suite.
Within three minutes, Marcus hurried through the double doors clutching a heavy leather briefcase under his arm.
"You called for me, Madam Chairperson?" Marcus asked, catching his breath as he approached the desk.
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"I need every single audit report signed by the corporate treasurer over the past decade," Chloe instructed rapidly.
Marcus hesitated for a fraction of a second before nodding obediently. "I'll pull the classified archives from the basement vault right now."
