Chapter 3 - The Audit Unveiled
The giant screen behind Ethan zoomed in on the first page of the confidential audit folder, displaying itemized bank transfers spanning eighteen months.
Loud murmurs rippled across the Grand Regent ballroom. Prominent corporate executives, city officials, and local media personalities stared at the financial records displaying Chloe’s personal signature on fraudulent offshore invoices.
"What is that?!" Chloe panicked, her voice trembling violently as she tried to block the screen with her hands. "Ethan, turn that off right now! Someone hacked my accounts! That isn't real!"
"It’s completely real, Chloe," Ethan said, his voice dropping into a chilling tone of authority. "Three months ago, my father’s compliance team noticed small discrepancies in the Vance Foundation’s charity gala funds. Over six hundred thousand dollars vanished into shell companies registered in the Cayman Islands."
Chloe’s heart sank into her stomach. Her face turned as pale as the frosting smeared across Ethan's suit.
She had secretly diverted those charitable funds to pay off her family's back taxes and finance her extravagant designer wardrobe, believing the Vance family's accountants would never notice such a minor rounding error in a multi-million-dollar fund.
"You didn't just steal from my family, Chloe," Ethan continued, taking a step toward her. "You stole from the pediatric cancer ward my late mother built with her own hands."
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Chloe looked around the room in terror. Her closest influencer friends, who had been cheering her on moments ago, were now filming her downfall with their own phones.
👉 Read Part 4 to learn how Ethan uncovered Chloe's secret scheme before the party.
