Chapter 4: The Hidden Motive
Khloe survived surgery.
So did the baby.
The doctors ordered weeks of strict observation.
Marcus refused to leave the hospital.
On the third day, Detective Hayes returned with another discovery.
"We searched Isabella's phone."
Marcus looked up.
"What did you find?"
She placed printed messages on the bedside table.
Months of conversations.
Not with friends.
Not with family.
With one person.
Andrew Pierce.
Chief Financial Officer of Thorne Global.
The messages revealed everything.
Destroy Khloe's confidence.
Create public scandals.
Convince Marcus the marriage was failing.
If divorce followed, Andrew would help Isabella gain influence over Marcus and secure control of several pending corporate mergers.
It wasn't jealousy.
It was business.
A billion-dollar conspiracy disguised as romance.
Marcus felt sick.
Andrew had worked beside him for nearly ten years.
He trusted him completely.
Within an hour, federal investigators arrived with financial warrants.
Andrew's office computers were seized.
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Offshore accounts were frozen.
The conspiracy was beginning to collapse.
