Chapter 5 - The Digital Lockdown
As Luca lay clutching his broken hand on the marble floor, panting and sweating in pure agony, Jessi stepped away from him with complete composure.
She walked over to her bridal handbag, pulled out a military-grade encrypted laptop, and set it down onto the glass table near the balcony doors.
She flipped the screen open. The display glowed with complex command lines, displaying a green status bar that read: FEDERAL SEIZURE IN PROGRESS — VANCE GLOBAL LOGISTICS.
Arthur’s eyes bulged as he stepped closer to the screen, recognizing the private server directory structures that only he and his senior accountants were supposed to know.
"You... you broke my fingers... you're insane..." Luca gasping in a terrified whisper from the floor, his face pale from shock and pain.
Jessi ignored him, her fingers flying across the keyboard as she typed the final administrative override command.
"I hunt shell companies for a living, Luca. Welcome to your bankruptcy," Jessi said in a quiet, decisive whisper that carried across the dead silent room.
Arthur lunged toward the laptop in a desperate bid to slam the screen shut. "Shut it down! Shut it down right now! I'll have you killed!"
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Jessi didn't even flinch. She simply pressed the enter key, executing the final lockdown sequence.
👉 Read Part 6 to see who arrived at the penthouse as the override code executed.
