throb behind her eyes that matched the rhythm of her racing heart. The room wa

lt like sandpaper. And then she saw it. The black phone was lyin

calls. Al

e new

getting

ing her completely alert. She sat up, her head swimming for a moment before settling. Panic was

en from her nightstand, her ha

the sc

is dan

expose my re

th. She picked up the phone again, her thumb hovering over the chat history. She scrolled up, past

ee months ago. The sender field didn't say Oero. It

ting to a labyrinth of shell corporations. This wasn't a company; it was a ghost, designed to be untraceable. But her engineering mind didn't give up. She cross-referen

but one of the most aggressive, ruthless firms on Wall Street. A

andful of deleted photos. Most were nothing, but one caught her eye. It was a close-up of a man's hand on the steering wheel of a luxury ca

he piece detailed his rise to power, his complete lack of empathy, and his brutal takedowns of rival firms. And there, on his wrist, was the watch. T

to embezzle funds found his entire professional existence meticulously dismantled aft

catfishing one of the most powerful,

were crushing her. Her future felt utterly extinguished. She had entangled herself wi

on the screen. She had to reply. Silence was an admission of gui

terrible flu, I can barely get out of bed.

e stared at the screen, her breath held

e faster than

Prov

d command. He didn't believe her. Of course he di

were sick to a man who was thousands of miles away, without showing h