Chapter 6 - The Pregnant Wife Walked Into the Boardroom and Exposed the Executive Who Thought She Was Too Weak to Fight BackMeline had never entered a Vitali board meeting.
That changed the next morning.
She walked through the doors wearing a black suit.
Everyone looked at her.
Alessandro sat at the head of the table.
His shoulder was bandaged.
The directors whispered.
One stood.
“This is a private meeting.”
Meline smiled.
“I'm his wife.”
Another director laughed.
“This is not a family discussion.”
“No.”
She placed a folder on the table.
“It is a fraud investigation.”
Silence.
She opened the folder.
Bank transfers.
Forged medical records.
False witness statements.
Every piece connected to one executive.
Graham Bell.
Alessandro's chief operating officer.
The room turned.
Bell's face went pale.
“You have no idea what you're talking about.”
Meline smiled.
“You're right.”
She opened another folder.
“Which is why I brought someone who does.”
Lucia walked in.
The room went dead.
Bell stood.
“No.”
Lucia looked at him.
“Yes.”
Alessandro stared.
“How?”
“I found the original records.”
Bell backed away.
Lucia continued.
“You helped Stefano move stolen artifacts for fourteen years.”
Bell tried to run.
Security stopped him.
The board voted.
Alessandro kept control.
But Stefano was still missing.
And Meline's pregnancy was progressing.
At six months, she felt the baby kick for the first time.
Alessandro was beside her.
His hand rested over her stomach.
He froze.
“That was him?”
Meline laughed.
“Or her.”
He smiled.
“I don't care.”
“You don't want to know?”
“I know.”
“What?”
“That I love both of you.”
She looked at him.
“You really changed.”
“For you.”
Then the doctor arrived.
His expression was serious.
“Mrs. Vitali, we need to talk.”
Meline sat.
“What?”
“Your earlier toxin exposure has affected your pregnancy.”
Alessandro stiffened.
“How?”
“The placenta is showing signs of damage.”
Meline looked terrified.
“What does that mean?”
“It means you may deliver early.”
“How early?”
“Possibly within weeks.”
Alessandro grabbed her hand.
“We're prepared.”
The doctor shook his head.
“There is more.”
“What?”
“The toxin is still present.”
Meline stared.
“Someone is still poisoning her.”
Alessandro's face became expressionless.
“Find them.”
The hospital launched an investigation.
Food.
Medication.
IV lines.
Everything.
Then they found the source.
A supplement Meline had been taking.
It had been prescribed by a private doctor.
Dr. Elaine Carter.
A doctor recommended by Sabrina Vitali.
Alessandro looked at the name.
“Sabrina.”
Meline frowned.
“Who?”
“My cousin.”
A woman they had barely seen.
They confronted her.
Sabrina denied everything.
Then Meline noticed her bracelet.
A tiny silver owl.
She remembered seeing the symbol in her father's documents.
She opened her bag.
Pulled out a photograph.
The same owl.
On a man standing beside Stefano.
Meline whispered,
“You were there.”
Sabrina started crying.
“I didn't know what he was doing.”
“You helped poison me.”
“I was threatened.”
“By Stefano?”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
Sabrina looked at Alessandro.
“Because your father promised him control.”
“Over what?”
“The family.”
She began shaking.
“Stefano wants the baby because the baby is the legal heir.”
Meline stood.
“Then why poison me?”
“Because he wants you weak when the child is born.”
Alessandro's face changed.
The baby was not the target.
Meline was.
He pulled out his phone.
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“Everyone is moving to the safe house.”
But before they could leave, the hospital lights went out.
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