Chapter 9 - The Message Hidden Before The Disappearance
The screen stayed black.
Nobody spoke.
Because everyone understood the same thing.
Ethan’s mother had known.
Before Ethan.
Before the divorce hearing.
Before Rose entered the room.
She had known.
Ethan looked destroyed.
“My mother would never do this.”
Victoria quietly replied.
“She didn’t.”
That answer confused everyone.
“She was trying to protect you.”
I watched Ethan carefully.
For the first time, the billionaire looked less like a businessman and more like a son who realized he had ignored warning signs.
The video file was recovered.
But it was incomplete.
Someone had cut it.
The attorneys searched through the metadata.
The missing section mattered.
Because that was where Ethan’s mother explained who was behind everything.
Hours passed.
The boardroom became a temporary investigation room.
Then a new email arrived.
From Ethan’s mother’s account.
One sentence.
“I trusted the wrong person in my own family.”
Ethan stared at the screen.
Then he whispered a name.
A name I had never expected.
May you like
His brother.
📖 Chapter 10 reveals the family betrayal hidden behind Ethan’s empire and the devastating mistake Emma makes while chasing the truth. 👇
