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."

turned to the team. "It's

moment of stunned

Mia whispered. "As

the one. Can you do it,

public speeches of his in my database, but nothing from his

worked furiously on her tablet, Leo's voice came through again. "Guys, the cleaner's inside the building. You've got maybe ten minutes before they reach the vault

it!" Mia exclaimed. She held up her tablet to the 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 was produced

heartstopping moment, nothing happened. Then, with a

swung open.

did it!" Rico

work, team," Jack said, reaching into the box. "Now let's see

the box, feeling around.

is it?"

hand out, empty. "It's... There's nothing here. The box is

fell

Rico said. "After all that security? There's got to

his head. "Nothing. Not a

Leo's voice cut in urgently. "The cleaner's almost at the vault. You need to

cursed. "Alright, we're

bank as they made their way back to their entry point. 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 van, Jack pulled out his phone

but... it was empty. There was nothing there." He listened for a moment, his face growing more concerned. "Yes, sir.

the team. "Change of plans. We're not going back

exchanged worried glances. The night's mission had raised far more questions than it had answered, and they all

van pulled away from the curb, disappearing into the darkness. Behind

was-no ordinary bank. This was bank operated by

the quiet streets, each member of the team was lost in

when a dark van slammed into their vehicle, flipping them

withdrew and a row truck replaced it, and

day, unaware of the drama that had unfolded in the heart of their financial

a major restructuring had been circulating for weeks, leaving agents and analysts alike on edge.

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