Chapter 8 - The Ransom
Grant violently struggled against the heavy steel handcuffs as the officers pinned him against the van.
He screamed frantically that Natalie was the actual mastermind behind the entire corporate fraud.
He desperately claimed that she had forged his signature on all the illegal offshore banking documents.
The police captain ignored his pathetic lies and forcefully shoved him into the back of a waiting squad car.
Natalie watched coldly as her treacherous husband was finally stripped of all his unearned power.
Daniel Reed, her loyal corporate attorney, walked over and handed her a thick legal document.
He confirmed that the hostile takeover was completely finalized and the company was now entirely hers.
Natalie signed the final page with a gold fountain pen, officially erasing Grant Holloway from the corporate registry.
Suddenly, a massive explosion violently rocked the upper levels of the corporate headquarters.
Shattered glass and burning debris rained down heavily onto the street outside the parking garage.
Natalie and Daniel ducked behind a police barricade to shield themselves from the falling destruction.
The police captain's radio crackled wildly with panicked reports from the building's security team.
Lauren Price had managed to escape the foamed server room and bypass the police perimeter.
She had strapped a crude explosive vest to her chest and forcefully taken the hotel manager hostage in the main lobby.
Lauren's voice echoed terrifyingly over the building's hacked public address system.
She demanded a fully fueled helicopter and ten million dollars in untraceable bearer bonds immediately.
She threatened to detonate the entire building if Natalie did not personally deliver the ransom to the lobby.
Daniel furiously grabbed Natalie's arm and begged her to let the SWAT team handle the dangerous situation.
Natalie pulled her arm away and stared determinedly at the burning entrance of her building.
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She refused to let a desperate mistress destroy the massive corporate empire her grandfather had built.
Natalie completely ignored the screaming police officers and walked calmly straight into the burning lobby.
