My Husband’s First Love Became My New Boss and Fired Me — She Had No Idea Who Really Owned the Company
Chapter 7
Ethan called an emergency board meeting.
The leak had triggered panic among investors.
People believed hidden ownership structures meant the company had been manipulated.
Some directors demanded Ethan reveal every asset.
He agreed.
Then he discovered the deeper problem.
Someone had been moving money through a private subsidiary.
The same subsidiary Victoria had been investigating.
Olivia had blocked the transactions months earlier.
That was why she had become a target.
Victoria looked at Ethan.
“Someone wanted her gone because she was getting too close.”
Ethan nodded.
“Exactly.”
Olivia studied the transaction records.
“This company isn’t connected to our normal operations.”
“What does it do?”
“Nothing.”
“Nothing?”
“It exists only to move money.”
Ethan frowned.
“Who owns it?”
The legal team searched.
The answer shocked them.
One of the shareholders was registered under the name of Ethan’s deceased uncle.
His uncle had died five years earlier.
Someone was using his identity.
Victoria immediately recognized the financial pattern.
“It’s a laundering operation.”
Ethan looked at Olivia.
“This is why you were fired.”
Victoria stepped forward.
“Not just because you blocked the restructuring.”
“They wanted someone else in your position.”
“Someone who wouldn’t notice.”
Ethan’s expression hardened.
“Who appointed them?”
They traced the chain.
The answer led to a board member named Charles Monroe.
Victoria’s uncle.
She stared at the screen.
“My family.”
Ethan frowned.
“Your uncle?”
“Yes.”
Charles had once worked with Ethan’s father.
He had been removed from the company years earlier.
Now he appeared to be using Victoria’s directorship to gain access to the company again.
Victoria felt sick.
“He used me.”
Ethan looked at her.
“Maybe.”
She swallowed.
“Then I need to stop him.”
For the first time, Ethan and Victoria stood on the same side.
Not because of their past.
Because they finally had the same enemy.
