Chapter 4
Chapter 4
Decker’s team worked with terrifying efficiency.
24 hours later, he initiated a video conference with me-
“Your situation’s worse than I thought. Vincent’s trust structure is a perfect closed loop. By the time you win a lawsuit in the Caymans, the money will be long gone and laundered clean.”
My heart suddenly plummeted.
‘But… He got too greedy.”
“To maintain absolute control, he made himself both the sole administrator and supervisor. Once he goes down, the whole structure collapses.”
‘We need startup capital.”
With that, Decker sent me a document.
‘I found a joint emergency fund account under both your names. Swiss bank. Twenty million.”
Twenty million?
Oh yes, I remembered that.
Needs dual-factor authentication from both parties,” Decker reminded me.
I know.” I knew Vincent’s passwords, inside and out.
All his passwords related to the same few numbers.
Our wedding anniversary, his birthday, and… Luna’s birthday.
I took a deep breath and logged into Swiss Bank.
Entered the account number and my verification code.
System prompt: [Please enter administrator’s dynamic verification code.]
Wedding anniversary-wrong.
Luna’s birthday-wrong.
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Walgreens Notified Me About His Plan B Purchase… So † Upgraded Him to Plan Bankruptcy
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My heart raced.
Wait.
That bastard kid, Kai.
I entered Kai’s calculated birthday.
[Verification Successful!]
I immediately entered the transfer amount: 20,000,000.
Heart pounding like a drum, I clicked “Confirm.”
The screen showed: “Processing transaction…”
I did it!
had ammunition to fight back!
Three-minute countdown.
50 seconds…
30 seconds…
My phone suddenly started ringing frantically!
t wasn’t a deposit notification-it was the bank’s anti-fraud alert.
WARNING: Your account has triggered a high-risk transaction alert. Account permanently frozen.]
rozen?
How was that possible?
‘d passed verification!
My phone rang again.
Vincent.
I answered.
‘Hey babe, good evening.” His voice carried that cat-and-mouse amusement.
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Walgreens Notified Me About His Plan B Purchas Sol Uvaraded Him to Plan Bankruptcy
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This was you?”
‘Gotta say, you’re a bit smarter than I thought. Actually guessing Kai’s birthday.”
But Jade, you’re so naive.”
In financial games, every loophole you can easily spot is a trap.”
My head was buzzing.
What do you mean?”
I left that account there on purpose, just to test your greed and stupidity.”
I set up a ‘reverse trigger’ alert. Any attempt to bypass me through password guessing for large transfers utomatically triggers the highest level of risk control and permanently freezes the account.”
Only I can unlock it. You idiot!”
he world spun around me.
Not only had I failed to get the money, I’d blocked off the last possible route.
Vincent chuckled on the other end.
Thanks, Jade. You saved me the trouble of dealing with that joint asset.”
Oh, and thirty minutes ago, as CEO of Whitman Corp, I forcibly liquidated all the company’s key stock
oldings and cashed out.”
Right now, Whitman Corp’s liquid assets are-ZERO.”
Good luck, my ex-wife.”
collapsed to the floor.
I’d lost!
Lost everything!
The twenty million emergency fund was frozen, Whitman Corp’s liquid assets were drained.
Vincent had used one trap to cut off my last lifeline.
I was completely broke now.
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Walgreens Notified Me About His ‘Plan B’ Purchase….. So I Upgraded Him to ‘Plan Bankruptcy
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The sole heir to a billion-dollar empire couldn’t even survive tomorrow.
Looking back at the video conference, I spoke with a trembling voice.
“Mr. Ashford, I’m out of money.”
“I know.”
Decker lit a cigarette.
“Not just legal fees-I don’t even have startup capital anymore.” I closed my eyes, waiting for him to end the
call.
But Decker just blew out a smoke ring.
“Ms. Whitman, I think you’re misunderstanding something.”
“That little ‘financial game’ Vincent just pulled on you? Child’s play where I come from.”
‘On Wall Street, destroying an enemy is way more fun than earning a few million in consulting fees.”
He flicked his ash. “Contingency basis. I’m taking the case.”
Thirty percent of whatever we recover.”
I was so excited I nearly cried.
Thank you…”
‘Don’t thank me yet. Now, let’s get to work.”
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