🔥 CHAPTER 4: "THE CLEANER'S SECRET IDENTITY"
Richard was handcuffed.
Victor remained unconscious.
Police officers began filling the executive floor.
Yet Daniel could think of only one question.
He turned toward Lena.
"Enough."
"No more mysteries."
"Who are you?"
The young woman looked around the conference room.
Then quietly removed the company cleaner's name tag from her uniform.
She placed it on the table.
"My name isn't Lena."
Everyone leaned forward.
"My real name..."
"...is Sofia Rahman."
The Arab investors immediately stood up.
One after another...
They placed a hand over their hearts in greeting.
Daniel noticed the gesture.
"You know her?"
Sheikh Omar smiled warmly.
"Know her?"
He laughed softly.
"Mr. Harrison..."
"You nearly ignored one of the best corporate intelligence specialists in the world."
The room became silent again.
Daniel blinked.
"What?"
Sheikh Omar continued.
"Five years ago..."
"She uncovered a financial fraud worth nearly one billion dollars."
"She has advised governments..."
"Central banks..."
"And international security agencies."
Every executive looked at Sofia in disbelief.
Daniel shook his head.
"Then why were you cleaning our floors?"
Sofia looked at him calmly.
"Because someone inside your company was selling sensitive information."
"If I had arrived as an investigator..."
"They would have disappeared."
"So I came as someone nobody notices."
"A cleaner."
She looked around the room.
"You'd be surprised what powerful people say..."
"...when they think invisible people can't understand them."
Daniel lowered his head.
He suddenly remembered every morning he had walked past her without even saying hello.
Every executive remembered doing the same.
One by one...
They looked ashamed.
Sofia continued.
"I've spent the last three months emptying trash bins."
"Cleaning offices."
"Washing coffee cups."
"Replacing printer paper."
"And listening."
She smiled slightly.
"People reveal their biggest secrets when they think no one is important enough to hear them."
The IT director suddenly rushed into the room.
"We've decrypted the rest of Victor's files."
Everyone turned toward the giant screen.
A map appeared.
Red lines connected Harrison Global to shell companies across three countries.
Dozens of executives.
Foreign brokers.
Law firms.
Secret accounts.
Then one final document appeared.
At the top was a title that made every person in the room stop breathing.
PROJECT PHOENIX
Below it...
A list of companies scheduled to be infiltrated over the next two years.
Harrison Global...
Was only the first target.
Sofia's expression became serious.
"This isn't just corporate fraud."
"It's an international economic espionage network."
Daniel stared at the screen.
"How many companies are involved?"
Sofia answered quietly.
"At least twelve."
"And if we don't stop them..."
"They'll steal billions before anyone realizes what's happening."
Just then, Sofia's phone vibrated.
She glanced at the message.
For the first time since entering the building...
Her face changed.
Someone had discovered her true identity.
And the message contained only five chilling words:
May you like
"You're next. Run while you can."
TO BE CONTINUED...
