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.”

I just turned back to the screen

scrolling for more anomalies.

nor Gai noticed was the

nearby booth just

dangled between his fingers, forgotten, as he

hidden behind a

with every word

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

worked hard to bury.

they were pulling it

Olivia’s POV

dinner ended later than expected. The moment we

caught a glimpse of Alexander

stiff, serious look etched

he… Drunk?” I

me.

just now, he fumbled twice. That man only misses

when he’s been

quite match the Alpha’s usual control. But before

looked radiant under the

focused. She reached Alexander quickly, her hand slipping through the crook of his

had done it a hundred times

room,” she said

the wine

Alexander didn’t hesitate. “No.”

Final. He pulled

looking at her

but tried to recover

hotel hallway carpet was slightly

caught just a bit too long on the edge. I

posture dip slightly forward. Gai and I were just a

him. We both reached out instinctively–but Jess

faster.

arms

I

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in a blur of movement, Alexander twisted

and turned toward me

my wrist so tightly

me toward him–and

stumbled forward, crashing

and

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