Chapter 1 - The Crashing Empire
Julian stared at the glowing screen of his cell phone in absolute horror.
The continuous vibrating sound echoed loudly in the painfully quiet room.
I remained on the cold floor, my bleeding back burning with every breath I took.
Selene dropped her expensive crystal champagne flute, letting it shatter completely across the hardwood floor.
She frantically asked him what was happening, her arrogant smile completely gone.
Julian could not speak, his eyes wide and panicked as he read notification after notification.
The multi-billion dollar real estate empire he had spent ten years building was actively dissolving in mere seconds.
Every single bank account associated with his name, his companies, and his hidden offshore trusts had just been frozen.
I slowly pushed myself off the ground, ignoring the searing pain radiating from the open wounds on my back.
Julian looked down at me, his face devoid of all color, finally realizing he had awoken a sleeping dragon.
He desperately dialed his chief financial officer, but the call went straight to a disconnected automated voicemail.
I walked toward the mahogany desk and picked up a silk towel to wrap carefully around my bleeding shoulders.
Julian demanded to know exactly what my father had done to his impenetrable corporate network.
I simply smiled and reminded him that he was the one who claimed I was powerless.
Suddenly, the heavy wooden doors of the mansion were violently kicked open by a team of heavily armed men.
Julian instinctively stepped back, confidently shouting that he was a powerful billionaire and they were trespassing on private property.
The men in dark tactical gear completely ignored his empty threats and swiftly secured the perimeter of the room.
A tall man in a tailored suit walked calmly through the broken doors, holding a thick leather folder.
Julian recognized him instantly as the lead investigator for the federal anti-corruption bureau.
He nervously tried to explain that this was all a massive misunderstanding orchestrated by his angry wife.
The investigator ignored him, reading a formal arrest warrant for massive corporate fraud and international money laundering.
Julian laughed nervously, claiming that nobody had any actual proof of his hidden financial crimes.
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The investigator looked Julian directly in the eyes and smiled a very cold, terrifying smile.
The investigator revealed that they possessed every single encrypted file, simply because his mistress Selene had just secretly given them the master password.
