Ethan froze. He looked down at her hands, then up into her terrified eyes.
"Why are you so afraid, Victoria?" Ethan asked, his voice dropping into a dangerous, icy tone. "If he hit you... the footage will prove it. It will put him in handcuffs. Why don't you want me to look at it?"
"Because... because it's... it's a technical system!" Victoria stammered wildly, tears streaming down her cheeks, her voice breaking into pathetic gasps. "The security company is compromised! They... they can edit videos! Ethan, look at me! Look at your wife!"
Ethan didn't answer.
He pulled his smartphone from his pocket.
As the CTO of Miller Financial, Ethan’s phone wasn't just a communication device—it was directly linked to the hospital’s master security infrastructure, which Miller Financial had funded and integrated two years earlier.
"Ethan..." Arthur said quietly. "Let everyone see the truth."