Anna looked toward Victoria.
“You don't understand.”
“Then explain.”
Anna shook her head.
“I need this job.”
Daniel didn't push her.
But later that night, he discovered something unusual.
The catering company had hired Anna only three weeks earlier.
Yet her employment records contained almost no personal information.
Daniel became curious.
He asked his assistant to investigate.
The answer surprised him.
Anna wasn't simply a waitress.
She had once been a top accounting student at a prestigious university.
She had won several academic awards.
Then her father died unexpectedly.
Her family lost almost everything.
Anna dropped out of university and began working to support her younger brother.
But there was something else.
A confidential financial report showed that Anna's father had worked for Victoria's father.
And shortly before his death, he had discovered irregularities in the company's accounts.
Daniel stared at the report.
“What kind of irregularities?”
His assistant hesitated.
“Millions of dollars.”
Daniel looked toward the ballroom.
Victoria was laughing with several powerful guests.
Suddenly, the incident with Anna didn't seem accidental.
Maybe Victoria had recognized her.
Maybe humiliating Anna had been deliberate.
Daniel ordered his assistant to find every document connected to Anna's father.
Meanwhile, Anna entered the employee changing room.
She opened her handbag.
Inside was an old photograph of her father.
Beside it was a small black USB drive.
She touched it carefully.
Her father had given it to her shortly before he died.
He had only said one thing.
“If anything happens to me, never give this to the Blackwoods.”
Anna had kept that promise for three years.
She had never opened the drive.
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But tonight, after Victoria humiliated her in front of hundreds of people, Anna made a decision.
She was finally going to discover what her father had died protecting.
CHAPTER 3
At midnight, Anna returned to her tiny apartment.
Her brother, Lucas, was asleep.
She sat at the kitchen table and connected the USB drive to her old laptop.
At first, there was only one folder.
The name was simple.
“PROJECT 17.”
Anna opened it.
Her heart began pounding.
Inside were dozens of financial documents.
Bank transfers.
Company accounts.
Secret payments.
Fake invoices.
And hundreds of thousands of dollars transferred into offshore accounts.
The transactions were connected to Blackwood Holdings.