Single Dad Agreed to Pretend to Be Her Date for One Weekend—Then Discovered She Was a Millionaire
Chapter 11
The investigation revealed a hidden network of payments.
Several executives had been transferring money through shell companies.
The person coordinating the scheme had access to Bennett Foundation accounts.
Olivia’s cousin, Marcus, appeared repeatedly in the records.
He denied everything.
“You’re accusing me?”
Olivia looked at him.
“We’re asking questions.”
“You’ve always thought you were better than everyone.”
“No.”
Marcus laughed.
“You inherited everything.”
“I inherited responsibility.”
He stepped closer.
“You inherited billions.”
“And you think that gives you the right to steal?”
Marcus’s face hardened.
“I didn’t steal anything.”
Ethan watched silently.
Something about Marcus bothered him.
Not the anger.
The fear.
He recognized it.
Marcus was afraid.
That night, Ethan reviewed the financial documents with Olivia.
“There.”
He pointed.
“What?”
“These payments.”
She looked.
“They don’t match the dates.”
“How?”
“The company paid the consulting firm after the project was completed.”
Olivia frowned.
“That isn’t normal.”
“No.”
They traced the payments.
The consulting firm was owned by someone else.
A former executive.
And that executive had recently purchased a house under Marcus’s name.
Olivia stared.
“My cousin.”
Ethan shook his head.
“Maybe.”
She looked at him.
“You don’t believe it?”
“I believe we need proof.”
She smiled.
“You’re good at this.”
“I manage construction projects.”
“Same thing.”
“No.”
He smiled.
“Construction has fewer billionaires.”
She laughed.
For a moment, everything felt normal.
Then the lights went out.
Olivia froze.
Ethan stood.
“Stay here.”
“What?”
“Someone just cut the power.”
A sound came from the hallway.
Footsteps.
Then glass shattered.
Ethan moved in front of Olivia.
The emergency lights flickered on.
A man ran past the doorway.
Ethan chased him.
But the man escaped.
On the floor was a small envelope.
Olivia picked it up.
Inside was a photograph.
Ethan and Olivia kissing outside the café.
On the back were six words:
End this relationship, or he dies.
