She Hired a Poor Mechanic to Fix Her Car… Then Discovered He Was a Billionaire!
Chapter 8
The note changed everything.
Daniel increased security around Emma.
She hated it.
“I don’t need guards.”
“You do.”
“I’ve handled myself before.”
“This isn’t about pride.”
She stared at him.
“Are you always this controlling?”
“When someone’s threatening you, yes.”
She crossed her arms.
“Then we’re going to have problems.”
Daniel smiled.
“Probably.”
Despite everything, Emma laughed.
The tension broke.
They continued searching for Richard.
Three days later, they found him.
He had been hiding in an old property outside the city.
Emma entered the room alone.
Her father looked exhausted.
“Dad.”
Richard looked at her.
“You shouldn’t have come.”
“You disappeared.”
“I was trying to protect you.”
“You betrayed me.”
His eyes filled with regret.
“I know.”
“Why?”
“Because they threatened you.”
Emma froze.
“Who?”
“The people behind the competitor.”
Richard explained everything.
He had been blackmailed for months.
They threatened to destroy Emma’s reputation.
Then they showed him photographs of her leaving work.
They knew where she lived.
They knew where she went.
Richard had believed cooperating was the only way to keep her safe.
Emma cried.
“You should have told me.”
“I was afraid.”
“So was I.”
Richard looked at her.
“Daniel knows?”
“Yes.”
Richard sighed.
“He’s a good man.”
Emma smiled sadly.
“You know him?”
“Everyone knows Daniel Carter.”
She laughed.
“Apparently.”
Richard handed her a flash drive.
“This is everything.”
Emails.
Bank records.
Contracts.
Names.
Proof.
Emma took it.
Then Daniel entered.
Richard looked at him.
“I’m sorry.”
Daniel nodded.
“Help us finish this.”
They returned to the city.
The evidence was enough to expose the competitor.
The board scheduled an emergency meeting.
Emma prepared to present everything.
Daniel stood beside her.
“You ready?”
“No.”
“Good.”
She looked at him.
“Why good?”
“Because people who aren’t afraid usually aren’t taking the situation seriously.”
She smiled.
“You really are different.”
“So are you.”
The meeting began.
Emma presented the evidence.
One document after another.
The board members grew increasingly uncomfortable.
Then Richard entered.
He admitted everything.
The competitor’s representatives tried to deny the accusations.
But Daniel produced the original ledger.
The missing ledger.
The room fell silent.
The evidence was undeniable.
By the end of the meeting, the competitor’s plan had collapsed.
Victor Shaw was arrested.
The fraudulent consulting company was exposed.
Richard resigned from his position.
And Emma’s redevelopment proposal was approved.
But Emma wasn’t thinking about the project.
She was thinking about Daniel.
The poor mechanic.
The billionaire.
The man who had lied about his wealth but never lied about how he felt.
