Chapter 2: The Fall of a Queen
Carmen had built her life on intimidation.
Power lunches. Strategic marriages. Quiet threats wrapped in polite smiles.
She believed fear made her untouchable.
She was wrong.
The first crack appeared the next morning.
Two police vehicles parked outside her estate.
Not to arrest her.
Not yet.
But to deliver notice.
An official investigation.
Assault.
Conspiracy.
Attempted coercion of property transfer.
Her smile never faltered—not in front of them.
But the moment the door closed, she called Javier.
“What did you do?” she hissed.
“I did what you told me,” he snapped back. “You said she’d sign!”
“She was supposed to break, not fight back!”
Javier’s silence said everything.
Then came the second blow.
His company board called an emergency meeting.
By afternoon, he was suspended.
By evening, removed.
No access.
No authority.
No protection.
And then…
The evidence leaked.
Not to the public.
Not yet.
But to the right people.
Investors.
Legal teams.
People who didn’t tolerate scandal.
Carmen tried to fight.
She called favors.
Pulled strings.
Threatened old allies.
But one by one…
They disappeared.
Because Alexander wasn’t just reacting.
He was dismantling.
Piece by piece.
System by system.
Until finally, three days later…
The warrant arrived.
This time, they didn’t knock gently.
And Carmen—
May you like
For the first time in her life—
Wasn’t the one in control.
