Chapter 21 - the shadow of the past
Five years passed since the day Grant Maddox was thrown into prison; Emma had forged the Sterling empire into an unshakable global power. The core project operated incredibly smoothly, bringing in billions of dollars and cementing the chairwoman's monopoly.
Emma was no longer just a waitress or an underground accountant. She had become a true queen, holding absolute power of life and death over the conglomerate. The impoverished and hidden past had faded away, giving way to a life of ultimate authority and absolute safety.
But in the world of the ultra-rich, peace is only a fragile concept. One autumn evening, as Emma was double-checking the central tower's cybersecurity system, a highest-level warning signal suddenly blared deafeningly.
It was not an ordinary digital attack. This signal was encrypted using a classic algorithm, the very one used to threaten her father, Arthur, before he was murdered. The blood in her veins instantly froze.
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The ghost of the past seemed to have never truly rested. Someone from the remnants of her old enemies was deliberately sending a direct challenge aimed right at her!
👉 read part 22 to see emma face the danger.
