Chapter 5 - The Poisoned Plot
Three weeks before the grand gala, Clara had begun noticing subtle, alarming changes in her physical health. What started as slight morning dizziness soon escalated into sudden bouts of extreme fatigue and a persistent, bitter metallic taste in her daily tea. Sensing that something was terribly wrong, Clara avoided the corporate doctors affiliated with her husband and secretly visited a private toxicity specialist outside the state network.
The blood test results were devastatingly clear: trace amounts of a rare, slow-acting synthetic toxin were accumulating in her vital organs. It was a chemical engineered to cause heart failure within months, mimicking natural disease.
Clara hadn't confronted Patrick immediately. She was a CEO trained in high-stakes corporate strategy, and she knew that if she accused him without airtight legal proof, his high-priced lawyers and corrupt allies on the board would frame her as mentally unstable, attempting to place her in a facility while taking administrative control of Vance Enterprises.
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Instead, Clara remained completely silent, playing the role of the frail, unsuspecting wife while secretly hiring an elite team of private intelligence operatives. They tapped Patrick’s phone, monitored his financial transactions, and placed hidden tracking devices on his vehicle. What the investigation uncovered in less than two weeks was far worse than financial theft or marital infidelity.
👉 Read PART 6 to find out the dark secret Victoria and Patrick were keeping from each other!
