Chapter 5 - The Locked Doors
Ethan’s gaze swept past his terrified family members and wealthy colleagues.
Sitting in the very last row, near the heavy oak doors of the chapel, was the rugged man with the thick dark beard from the video. Vanessa had introduced him to the family as her estranged older brother, claiming he had just flown in from Europe to walk her down the aisle.
He wasn't her brother. He was her secret partner.
The bearded man saw Ethan staring directly at him. He saw the lethal, terrifying realization in the billionaire's eyes. Driven by pure, animalistic panic, the man jumped out of the pew and sprinted toward the chapel's exit.
He grabbed the heavy brass handles of the double doors and shoved.
They didn't move an inch.
Ethan’s private security detail, posing as ushers in the back of the room, had already slid the heavy steel deadbolts into place the second they heard the commotion at the altar.
"Grab him," Ethan commanded, his deep voice echoing powerfully through the high ceilings of the chapel.
Four massive, heavily armed private security contractors tackled the bearded man to the marble floor. He screamed and thrashed violently, but they pinned him down flawlessly, securing his hands behind his back with heavy zip-ties.
Vanessa let out a horrific, high-pitched wail of pure agony. Her grand, meticulous assassination plot had just violently unraveled in less than three minutes.
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She hiked up her deflated lace gown and tried to run toward the side exit.
👉 Vanessa didn't make it three steps before Ethan unleashed a financial slaughter that would destroy her soul.
