Years ago, when my research team was just beginning, Margaret’s company was still small. She proposed cooperation—I’d provide results, she’d provide funding.
That win-win arrangement built the Miller Group into the giant it is today.
But now, I discovered she had been embezzling billions in research funds all along!
I could endure Ethan’s cheating, and her dislike of me didn’t matter. But honesty in research—that was my bottom line.
That email report—I had to send it, no matter what.
A wave of bitterness surged in me. I didn’t even know if I’d make it out alive today…
Just then, the overhead monitor crackled with Chloe’s delighted voice:
“Ethan, Rachel just said it was Margaret in there with her. Exposed now, isn’t she?”
“If that really were Margaret, why would she give away the only mask? Ethan, your trick with the toy mask is brilliant. Watching her blind mother put on that ridiculous thing suddenly makes me feel much better~”
Ethan’s pampering laugh followed:
“As long as Chloe’s happy.”
Margaret’s eyes widened with hope when she heard Ethan’s voice:
“Son! Is that you?”