CHAPTER 5 — MY EX-HUSBAND BETRAYED ME ONE LAST TIME... EXCEPT THE TRAITOR WAS NEVER WHO HE THOUGHT
Three days later, Ethan walked into a private conference room downtown.
Victor was already waiting.
Stacks of confidential-looking files covered the table.
"We've been investigating Claire," Victor said.
Ethan leaned forward.
"What did you find?"
Victor slid over photographs.
Pictures of warehouses.
Shipping yards.
Corporate meetings.
Foreign investors.
"She's hiding money."
Ethan's breathing quickened.
"I knew it."
Victor lowered his voice.
"If we prove financial misconduct, the board will remove her."
Linda nearly smiled for the first time all week.
"What do you need from us?"
"Internal information."
Ethan hesitated.
"I don't have access anymore."
Victor nodded.
"You still know passwords."
"You know procedures."
"You know how Claire thinks."
After several long seconds...
Ethan agreed.
He signed a confidentiality agreement without reading a single page.
Exactly as I expected.
That evening my Chief Security Officer entered my office.
"He signed."
I wasn't surprised.
"Activate the mirror server."
Every email.
Every document.
Every login attempt Ethan made would now be recorded.
Not because I wanted revenge.
Because I needed evidence.
Weeks before our divorce, forensic accountants had quietly discovered someone had been trying to access confidential client contracts from Ethan's executive account.
At the time, I couldn't prove it was him.
Now...
He had volunteered.
The trap wasn't closing.
He was walking into it.
Late that night, Ethan logged into what he believed was an old backup server.
Thousands of confidential files appeared on his screen.
He copied everything.
Warehouse contracts.
Bank reports.
Client agreements.
He smiled.
"This will destroy Claire."
What he didn't know...
Every single file had been created by my cybersecurity team.
Every page was fake.
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Every download was being tracked.
Every click dug his hole deeper.
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