Cecil whirled around and grabbed the porcelain figurine from her desk. The maid barely had time to move before it smashed against the doorframe, missing her by inches. The woman flinched, backing away.

“Get out!” Cecil snapped. She didn’t need their pity. She didn’t need their nervous glances or their useless attempts to calm her down.

Another maid stepped in, trying to collect the shattered glass from the floor, but Cecil swept an arm across her desk. knocking everything off. Documents, pens, her phone–everything hit the ground in a chaotic mess.

“I said get out!”

The maids scrambled toward the door, hurrying to escape before she could throw something else. The heavy wooden doors slammed shut behind them, leaving Cecil standing in the middle of the wreckage. Her hands trembled.

This wasn’t supposed to happen. No one was supposed to find those records.

pacing toward the window. San Francisco stretched out below her, but all she could

gaze locking onto her secretary, who had been

out anything?” she

for now Madam we are

here, then? Find out who did this,” she demanded. “Now.”

his fingers against the desk, his gaze shifting away from the documents. “What about Calen and his mother? Did you

before leaning back in his chair. “I had my people look into the Weiss Foundation scandal, but there’s nothing to link it directly to Isabella or her family. If she wanted to take revenge, there would’ve been some breadcrumbs–an anonymous tip that could be

slightly. “So, whoever did it

He tapped a finger against his

leaned back in his chair, considering that. “If that’s the case, then this wasn’t just about Isabella. Cecil and Weiss Inc. had an enemy long before she ever got involved.” So, it wasn’t about the drugging incident a few

Adrian said. “Which means that while Isabella might have benefited from this fallout, she didn’t orchestrate it.” He paused. “And honestly? Even if she had the resources, she wouldn’t have done it this way. This was surgical, almost clinical. Not the work of someone settling a personal grudge. This was about destroying Cecil

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