Chapter 6 - The Cousin Who Pretended to Help Us Revealed Why She Had Been Watching Diana Since ChildhoodVanessa locked the office door.
Diana faced her.
“You betrayed us.”
Vanessa laughed.
“Don't be dramatic.”
“You told Gabriel.”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
“Because he promised me the company.”
Diana stared.
“Your father promised you my company.”
“He promised me what was mine.”
“This isn't yours.”
Vanessa's smile disappeared.
“You always had everything.”
“What?”
“The money.”
“The attention.”
“The inheritance.”
“You were born first and still somehow became the favorite.”
Diana shook her head.
“I didn't know.”
“Exactly.”
Vanessa walked closer.
“You didn't know because your father hid it.”
Diana looked at her.
“Why are you doing this?”
“Because I want what you have.”
She looked toward me.
“And because he wants you.”
I frowned.
“What?”
Vanessa smiled.
“The board knows.”
Diana's face hardened.
“They know about us?”
“They know about the relationship.”
“We aren't—”
She stopped.
Vanessa laughed.
“Please.”
Then Gabriel entered.
He looked at the charter.
“Give it to me.”
Diana refused.
“No.”
Gabriel shook his head.
“You don't understand.”
“I understand enough.”
“Your father was weak.”
Diana's eyes hardened.
“Don't.”
“He chose Owen's father over me.”
I stared.
“What?”
Gabriel looked at me.
“Your father convinced Edward not to sell me the company.”
“Why?”
“Because he believed I was dangerous.”
Gabriel smiled.
“He was right.”
He raised a gun.
Diana stepped in front of me.
“Move.”
“No.”
“Owen.”
“No.”
Gabriel looked at us.
Something in his expression changed.
“You two.”
He laughed.
“That's unfortunate.”
The lights went out.
Liam attacked first.
Chaos erupted.
I grabbed Diana.
We ran.
Gunshots echoed behind us.
We reached the stairwell.
Diana slipped.
I caught her.
“I'm okay.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes.”
She looked at me.
“Don't let go.”
“I won't.”
We ran downstairs.
The building alarm screamed.
Police flooded the lobby.
But Gabriel was gone.
Vanessa was arrested.
Liam stayed.
Diana stood beside me.
“What now?”
“We expose him.”
“How?”
“The charter.”
She held it.
“No.”
I frowned.
“What?”
“It's incomplete.”
I looked at the pages.
One section was missing.
“The transfer agreement.”
“Was taken.”
“By Gabriel?”
“Yes.”
We stared at each other.
Then my phone rang.
Unknown number.
I answered.
Gabriel's voice.
“You have twenty-four hours.”
“For what?”
“To bring me the one thing your father hid.”
“What thing?”
“Your father's original ledger.”
I froze.
Diana looked at me.
“What?”
Gabriel continued.
“Your father kept a record of everyone involved.”
“Where is it?”
“You know where.”
I didn't.
But then I remembered something.
My father's old toolbox.
The one I had kept in my garage for eleven years.
Inside was a broken watch.
He had told me never to throw it away.
I suddenly understood.
The ledger wasn't inside the company.
It was at home.
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I looked at Diana.
“I know where.”
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