Three days prior, Arthur Miller—who had retired from daily operations but retained forty percent of the voting shares—noticed a series of unauthorized server access logs originating from Ethan's home network. When Arthur confronted Victoria quietly at the hospital while visiting his recovering wife, Victoria realized the wall was closing in.
If she could convince Ethan that his father was abusive and mentally unstable, she could get Ethan to execute an emergency power of attorney, strip Arthur of his board voting rights before tomorrow’s AGM, and finalize the transfer of Miller Financial's core patents to Vanguard Capital.
Chapter 4: The Begging in the Corridor
Inside the hospital corridor, the dynamic shifted entirely.
"Don't watch the footage!" Victoria suddenly shrieked, grabbing Ethan’s arm with both hands, her fingernails digging through his navy shirt. "Ethan, please! Don't watch it! It'll destroy our family! It'll ruin everything we've built!"