Chapter 466

Chapter 466:

Her eyes swept the room and stopped at the antique wooden cabinet in the corner. She’d always assumed it held old business files or legal documents. But now she noticed the small keyhole just below the brass handle.

She shouldn’t. She knew she shouldn’t. But something deep in her chest pulled her forward, some instinct she couldn’t name.

The key slid in perfectly.

Inside the cabinet, behind stacks of legitimate files, her fingers found something unexpected. A metal safe—small enough to hide but large enough to hold secrets.

The safe door stood slightly open, as if Alexander had been in a hurry during his last visit. Camille’s heart began beating faster as she pulled it open completely.

The first thing she saw made her breath catch. Photographs. Dozens of them. All of Victoria.

Victoria leaving Kane Industries. Victoria at restaurants. Victoria at the hospital during her cancer treatments. Victoria at their wedding, smiling as she watched her daughter dance. Victoria at family dinners, at business meetings, at quiet moments when she thought no one was watching.

The photos were professional quality, taken with a long lens from hidden positions. All were date-stamped from their wedding day and after. Recent photos. Photos taken while Alexander was building their life together. Camille’s hands shook as she flipped through them. Each photo felt like a punch to her stomach. Why did…

Why did Alexander have surveillance photos of Victoria? Why had he been watching her during their marriage?

Beneath the photos lay a thick folder marked Kane Industries – Security Protocols. Her fingers felt numb as she opened it. Inside were detailed blueprints of Kane Industries’ building, including restricted areas she’d never seen—emergency exit plans, security camera locations, server room layouts. Information only someone with high-level access could obtain. Information that could be used to destroy the company from within.

At the bottom of the safe lay a leather journal, its pages yellow with age. The name embossed on the cover made her blood turn to ice: Richard Pierce. With trembling hands, she opened to a random page and began reading:

Victoria Kane is destroying everything I built. She planted those safety violations. She bribed the inspectors. She’s turning my own board against me with lies about financial misconduct. My company is finished, and she’s the one holding the knife.

Camille flipped to another entry:

The banks are calling in our loans. Victoria’s influence reaches everywhere. She wants Meridian Technologies dead, and she’s willing to destroy innocent lives to get it. My employees, their families—none of it matters to her. She’s a monster wearing a business suit.

The final entry was dated the day before Richard Pierce’s death:

I won’t let her win. I won’t let her destroy what my father built. If I can’t save the company, I’ll make sure the world knows what Victoria Kane really is. Someone has to stop her. Someone has to make her pay.

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