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Chapter 5 - The Locked Safe

Inside the warmth of the Maybach, Evelyn adjusted the soft white blankets around her newborn sons, Leo and Alexander. The butler handed her a steaming cup of herbal tea and a warm cashmere wrap.

"Welcome home, Miss Ashford," the butler said respectfully. "Your grandfather's legal team has been waiting for your signal for six months."

"Thank you, Thomas," Evelyn said softly, her voice steady. "It’s time."

Meanwhile, back at Ashford Hall, chaos had erupted.

Graham slammed the grand front doors shut against the freezing wind, his breathing heavy and erratic. "Who were those people, Mom? Why did she have a motorcade?"

Vivian waved her hand dismissively, though her fingers trembled as she held her diamond necklace. "Nonsense! She probably spent her meager savings to rent those cars to intimidate us! She’s trying to embarrass us!"

"Rented?" Chloe snapped, her voice sharp and anxious as she pulled her emerald silk robe tighter around herself. "Graham, those were custom-armored Maybachs with private diplomatic plates! Nobody rents those on short notice!"

Panicked, Graham rushed up the marble staircase to the third-floor master office—the room Arthur Ashford had built decades ago. He ran to the large portrait of the mansion's founder, swinging it open to reveal the heavy titanium wall safe.

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He punched in his usual code. The digital panel flashed red: ACCESS DENIED.

👉 Read PART 6 to see the terrifying message that popped up on Graham’s phone screen!

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