“CHEAP MAN!” She Left Her Fiancé For Her Lover—Unaware He Was Heir To A $4B Empire
Chapter 8
Daniel locked down the entire headquarters.
Security teams surrounded the archive.
The hacker had accessed the system using Daniel’s personal authorization.
That meant one thing.
Someone had cloned his credentials.
Investigators traced the breach to a device connected to the hotel division.
The same division Adrian had targeted.
Daniel immediately went there.
He found employees evacuating.
A fire had started in the records room.
Someone was destroying evidence.
Daniel rushed inside.
Smoke filled the hallway.
He saw a woman trapped behind a collapsed cabinet.
It was Olivia.
She had come to retrieve documents.
Daniel pulled the cabinet away.
“Can you walk?”
She nodded.
They escaped.
Outside, Olivia handed him a small drive.
“I got it.”
“What is it?”
“Everything.”
The evidence exposed Adrian’s entire plan.
Bribes.
Stock manipulation.
Corporate espionage.
Illegal land acquisitions.
And one final document.
A private agreement between Adrian and Richard Moore.
Their goal was to acquire the green district land.
Estimated future value:
$7.8 billion.
Daniel stared at the number.
They had been willing to destroy Cole Global for it.
Adrian was arrested.
Richard cooperated in exchange for a reduced sentence.
The investigation expanded into a larger corporate scandal.
Daniel finally had clear control of the company.
But his biggest decision was still unresolved.
What to do about Sophie.
She had lied.
She had betrayed him.
But she had also helped expose Adrian.
One evening, she came to his office.
“I know what you’re going to say.”
Daniel looked at her.
“I don’t.”
“You should hate me.”
“I did.”
She nodded.
“Do you still?”
He thought for a moment.
“No.”
She looked up.
“Why?”
“Because I understand you.”
Sophie began crying.
“I don’t deserve that.”
“No.”
He smiled faintly.
“But neither do I deserve to spend my life angry.”
She nodded.
“I love you.”
Daniel looked away.
“That’s not enough.”
“I know.”
“What is?”
“Trust.”
He turned back.
“Can you rebuild it?”
She whispered:
“I’ll try.”
Daniel said:
“Then start by being honest.”
She nodded.
They didn’t get back together immediately.
They started slowly.
Coffee.
Conversations.
No promises.
No engagement.
No assumptions.
Sophie began working in the foundation’s community programs.
Daniel focused on the green district.
Months later, the first buildings opened.
Families moved in.
Small businesses opened.
A medical clinic began operating.
The project was becoming what his father had imagined.
But Daniel discovered another message in the archive.
It was from Alexander.
Written only weeks before his death.
There is one final reason I kept you away from Cole Global.
Daniel opened the attached file.
And the truth had nothing to do with business.
