Watch Me Win, Alpha

Chapter 35

“Exactly. Nine employees getting paid who don’t exist. That’s

payroll fraud.”

He whistled under his breath. “If that’s been happening for ten

years-”

“It’s a million–dollar bleed,” I finished. “Someone’s been

syphoning money by inflating the headcount.“‘

He began pacing. “This means someone inside the system-

maybe mid–level or even at the auditing stage–knows how to

manipulate the checks. The list goes through layers, but no one

really verifies every name manually at the top.”

“Which is why it never triggered a red flag until now,” I

murmured. “It’s disguised just enough to look clean, but the

numbers don’t lie.”

“We need to report this to Alpha Alexander,” Gai said

immediately.

I nodded. “Yes. But he’s going to be swamped with the alpha

summit tomorrow.”

Gai rubbed his temple. “Then?”

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“I’ll go to the factory,” I said. “In person. Quietly. If we can

identify who’s behind it before bringing it to Alexander, we’ll

have a stronger case.”

Gai looked at me with something between concern and respect.

“You’re serious.”

answer. I just turned back to the

scrolling for more anomalies.

neither Olivia nor Gai noticed was the

nearby booth just moments

fingers,

a glass

with every word he

had stumbled upon… wasn’t just a minor payroll error. It was a thread

worked hard to bury.

were pulling it

Olivia’s POV

later than expected.

of the restaurant, I caught a glimpse of Alexander

with a stiff, serious look

I muttered,

beside me. “When he

just now, he fumbled

when he’s been

the Alpha’s usual control. But before I could reply, Jess

under the

her hand slipping through the crook of

done

to my room,” she

the wine you

Alexander didn’t hesitate. “No.”

sharp. Final. He pulled his arm free,

looking

to recover

was

a bit too long on the

slightly forward. Gai and I

reached out instinctively–but

faster.

her arms out, body

I held my

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blur of movement, Alexander

turned toward

my wrist so tightly that I yelped.

pulled me toward

stumbled forward, crashing awkwardly against her.

nearly bumped hers, and

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