The Billionaire's Mistake

Chapter 128

MISTAKE 128

Chapter 128: The agency makes its move

For the next hour, Rico and Mia worked in tandem, trying every trick in their considerable arsenal to bypass the box's security. The tension in the vault was thick; every failed attempt pushed up the stress.

"Guys," Leo's voice came through their earpieces, "we've got movement. A car just pulled into the parking lot."

"Shit," Jack hissed. "How many?"

"Just one person. Looks like a cleaner."

Jack ran a hand through his hair. "Okay, we've still got time. Rico, Mia, where are we at?"

Mia looked up, frustration evident on her face. "We've bypassed the biometrics, but this voice recognition is killing us. It's like nothing I've ever seen before." "Wait a second," Rico said, his eyes lighting up." "What if we don't need to bypass it? What if

we could trick it instead?"

"What do you mean?" Jack asked.

Rico grinned. "Mia, pull up that voice modulation program you used on the Stephenson job. If we can get a sample of the right voice, we might be able to synthesize it."

Mia's eyes widened. "That... that might actually work. But we'd need to know whose voice it's looking for."

Jack thought for a moment, then pulled out his phone. He dialed a number, speaking quietly

Chapter 128. The agency makes its thave

when it connected. "Sir, we're at the box, but we're stuck on voice recognition. Any ideas. whose voice

it might be keyed to?"

He listened for a moment, then his face paled. "Are you sure? Alright, we'll try it."

up, he turned to the team. "It's

was a moment of stunned

Mia whispered. "As in, the actual

grimly. "That's the one. Can you

I've got some public speeches of his in my database, but nothing from his

her tablet, Leo's voice came through again. "Guys, the cleaner's inside the building. You've got maybe ten

voice recognition panel. A slightly robotic but recognizable version of Anya's voice emanated from the device. "What do you mean? Password: Dad," the first sentence was pulled from the government archives of a cruise ship party. The password

nothing happened. Then, with a soft click, the safe deposit

swung open.

it!" Rico

team," Jack said, reaching into the box. "Now let's see what all this fuss

feeling around. His

is it?"

his hand out, empty. "It's... There's

stunned silence fell over

that security? There's got to

"Nothing.

urgently. "The cleaner's almost at the vault.

"Alright,

As they slipped out into the night, they could hear the faint sound of a vacuum starting up inside. Once they were safely away from the bank, huddled in their getaway

connected, "we got into the box, but... it was empty. There was nothing there." He listened for a moment, his face growing more concerned. "Yes,

turned to the team. "Change of plans. We're not

had raised far more questions than it had answered, and they all had a sinking

away from the curb, disappearing into the darkness.

oddly suspicious about how easy this was-no ordinary bank. This

of the team was

slammed into their vehicle, flipping them several times

a row truck replaced it, and the entire crew was dragged away in the car and all into the

began to wake around them, early risers starting their day, unaware of the drama that had unfolded in the

agency's headquarters buzzed with an undercurrent of tension. Rumors of a major restructuring had been circulating for weeks, leaving agents and analysts alike on edge. Today, those rumors would come to fruition in ways no one could have anticipated. Chapter 128 The

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