Chapter 7 - The Mastermind Unmasked
Marcus’s hand moved instinctively toward his shoulder holster, but before his fingers could touch the leather strap, two silenced gun barrels were pressed against the back of his neck by Roman’s personal bodyguards.
Marcus froze, his cold, arrogant demeanor dissolving into slick, greasy panic.
"Roman, listen to me!" Marcus stammered, his forehead dripping with sweat. "She’s lying! She’s trying to frame me! I’ve been loyal to you for fifteen years!"
"Loyal?" Roman asked, his voice dropping into a soft, deadly purr as he stood up from the desk. "You staged the car accident two years ago because Ethan discovered you were embezzling forty million dollars from our European transport lines. When he survived the crash, you couldn't kill him without raising my suspicion... so you buried him alive inside his own skin."
Roman pulled out a sleek black tablet, displaying a live security feed from the driveway.
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Federal agents and private security forces were already raiding Marcus’s luxury penthouse, seizing millions in stolen bearer bonds and unearthing the encrypted ledger detailing every bribe paid to Ethan's medical team.
👉 Click to keep reading as Claire steps forward to help Ethan speak his first real words.
