Arthur suspected an inside leak on the board of directors. What he hadn't suspected was that the leak was his son’s new fiancée, Lin.
Lin was not an independent financial consultant from Chicago as she had claimed. She was an operative hired by Julian Sterling—the Montgomery family's fiercest corporate rival—to infiltrate the estate, gain Daniel’s total trust, and plant forged evidence framing Arthur for the offshore embezzlement.
Her plan was simple: provoke an irreconcilable rift between father and son, force Arthur’s removal from the chairman seat on grounds of assault and financial misconduct, and allow Daniel—whom she could easily manipulate—to assume total control of Montgomery Logistics.
Ten minutes before the fight in the hallway, Lin had entered Arthur’s private study, dropping a fake confession ledger onto his desk. When Arthur refused to sign it and threatened to call the police, Lin tore her own silk collar, ran into the hallway, and staged the assault just as Daniel stepped out of his office.