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Jimson had the gall to furrow his brows in concern. “I hope she’s all right... that poor girl.”
| watched him carefully and decided to test him.
“She is,” | said flatly. “She was found an hour ago.”
A single blink. No twitch. No shift in weight. Just that same
damned smug confidence.
Jimson remained eerily calm.
Too calm.
And that toldeverything | needed to know.
Then, suddenly, Jess exploded.
“Why are you acting like Olivia's disappearance is the end of the
world? Are you that scared? Or is it that you care too much?”
Her voice was high-pitched and hysterical, a mix of rage and
confusion.
| didn’t raise my voice. “Do you even know what she was doing
here? What she found?”
Jess scoffed. “She’s a secretary. She's been here forthree days.
Why would anything she says matter?”
| walked forward slowly, each word clipped and deliberate. “That secretary uncovered something you've failed to
detect in two years. She was doingmyjob. She disappeared onmywatch.”
Jess clenched her fists, her face crumpling with disbelief.
“You're insane. You're-what, in love with that married woman
now?”
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| looked at her, this woman | once thought might be useful. Now
| only felt disappointment. “If you'd focused less on appearances
and more on substance, maybe your brain wouldn't be so dull.”
Her lips quivered. “I'm resigning.” Then, louder, “I've already
called Neil. I'm going to let him know how you're humiliating
your own people over soutsider.””
| sighed and rubbed my forehead. Of course she called my
father. She always cried to him when she couldnt win on her
own. “Letguess. You told him I'm biased. That I've lost my
mind over Olivia.”
She nodded defiantly. “Yes. Because that’s exactly what this is.
Favoritism. Obsession.”
Behind her, Jimson chimed in. “I'm resigning too. I've given this
company everything. If loyalty means nothing anymore, then
I'm done.”
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A few other executives glanced at each other, looking uncertain
-sready to follow Jimson’s lead just to survive the fallout.
Right then, my phone vibrated. A message from Gai. My father had just called him to ask for my response.
| took a slow breath, then turned on the speaker. “Father,” | said calmly, “the purpose of this inspection has been
achieved. I've
seen what | chere to see. The ones who needed to expose themselves have done so. | have nothing more to
add.”
Jess looked stunned.
Still, she wasn’t done. “You don’t deny it, do you? That you're
obsessed with her? A married woman, no less. What are you
going to do-fight Ethan for her?”
My eyes narrowed. “The only reason | care about Olivia is
because she chere on my behalf. She looked into financials
thatyoushould’ve been checking. She put herself in danger because this branch is rotten from the inside. You let
it happen.”
“She didn’t tellme,” Jimson shouted, his mask slipping. “She
didn’t report it toanyoneofficial. She just wanted to show off in front of you!”
“She didn’t trust you,” | snapped. “And now | understand why!”
Jimson stepped forward. “Even if she found something-there’s protocol. She should've ctome! Not go
around acting like
sdamned investigator!”
But before | could reply to Jimson, a weak female voice cut
through the silence from the doorway, quiet but firm enough to
freeze every movement in the room.
“The mole is... Jimson.”
Olivia's POV
The room fell into a stunned silence when | appeared at the
doorway-soaked, bruised, and barely able to stand. My clothes
clung to me, dripping saltwater onto the marble floor. The blood
from my thigh had soaked through the towel I'd tied around it,
staining it a deep rust-red.
| met dozens of eyes. Confused. Alarmed. Guilty.
Then | saw him.
Alexander moved first. His face twisted with disbelief, then
tightened with concern as he strode toward me. “Are you
alright?” he asked, his voice low fut
sharp, like he wasps ithe
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His hand reached out to steady me, eyes catching the makeshift
bandage on my thigh. “You're bleeding. Let's get you to the
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He didn’t argue. Instead, he wrapped an arm around my waist
and, without hesitation, liftedoff my feet. | wasn’t expecting
it-his arms were warm and strong, his scent familiar in a way
that made my chest ache. The room was dead quiet as he slowly
helpedforward.
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