Chapter 3: The Real Ledger
Chapter 3: The Real Ledger
Victoria’s voice cracked. “What did you do?”
Elena smiled faintly.
“I made copies.”
Silence.
“I spent two years inside your system,” Elena continued. “You thought I was just a naïve girl in love. I was mapping everything—your accounts, your routes, your shell corporations.”
Julian stared at her in disbelief. “Two years…?”
“I didn’t fall into this family,” Elena said softly.
“I chose it.”
Victoria lunged forward—but agents restrained her.
“You used my son,” Victoria hissed.
Elena’s expression flickered—for the first time, something human.
May you like
“No,” she said quietly.
“I didn’t plan to love him.”
