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Chapter Ninety-Eight: Roland's Last Move
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Married to My Enemy's Son Chapter Ninety-Eight: Roland's Last Move
By the following afternoon, the trap was set.Blake arranged an emergency internal audit under the guise of routine compliance, locking Vance out of the firm's servers before he realized what was happening.By five o'clock, federal regulators and local authorities stepped in.Vance was taken into custody as he left his office building, caught completely off guard by the speed of the operation.That evening, Blake called Caiden from his office.Nadia sat on the edge of the desk, listening on speaker."It's done," Blake said.His voice sounded bone-deep tired."The SEC has his personal servers, and his counsel is already discussing plea options. The firm will take a hit in the news tomorrow, but our clean records saved us from being named as co-conspirators.""How are you holding up?" Caiden asked.A long beat passed over the line."Honestly? It's a surreal feeling," Blake admitted. "You think you know a guy. You build something with him for eight years, and then you find out he was usi
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Caiden read the message a second time, his brow furrowing into the tight, motionless focus Nadia knew meant he was preparing himself for impact."What could possibly be left?" he said, his voice quiet. "We have the original patents. Carver signed a full confession. We know every dollar Roland moved through the offshore accounts after 1994. What exists in 1998 that we missed?""I don't know," Nadia said. "He insists it predates the licensing structure. And that state investigators never asked him the right questions to uncover it."Caiden stared down at the screen, Harlowe sleeping peacefully against his chest, her small chin resting on his shirt collar."I'm not letting him pass this through the prison chaplain," Caiden said. "If he has something real to say, it goes on record through our legal team. I want it documented properly, under oath, so it can never be disputed later.""I agree," Nadia said. "So when do we start? Do you want to call Leo tonight?"Caiden looked down at Harlowe
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Leo called back in less than four minutes, a speed that signaled trouble before Caiden even put the phone on speaker."I traced the leak," Leo said, his usual measured tone stretched thin. "It originated inside the regional patent office. A records clerk accessed the 1994 filing three days ago and sold the details to a financial reporter covering the energy sector. I have a confirmed paper trail."Caiden’s jaw set into a hard line."Sold it. Before we could verify the priority claim, prep the board, or shape the release.""Yes," Leo replied. "Our legal team is handling the breach with the regional director as we speak. But the immediate issue is out of our hands: the story is trending, market analysts are already putting speculative valuations on the patent, and four energy conglomerates have called our corporate desk asking to open licensing talks."Nadia looked at Caiden.Harlowe stirred against her shoulder, sensing the sudden shift in the room's atmosphere, and Nadia shifted her
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Caiden was standing by the desk when she walked in, an untouched glass of wine resting near his hand, his eyes fixed on his laptop screen with a intense, motionless focus."You read Leo's message," she said, stopping at the threshold."Two minutes ago," he said, turning the laptop toward her. "He sent the document scan along with it."Nadia crossed the room and leaned over his shoulder.The screen showed an old, faded application, the paper discolored in a way that meant it had spent decades buried in a filing box somewhere long before digital archives existed.The heading read:Wolfe Meridian Corp — Preliminary Application — Renewable Infrastructure Systems.Inventor: Harlan J. Wolfe.Date: August 1994."This doesn't match the other patents," Nadia said, skimming the technical summary. "The first three were communications and core tech. This is—""Clean energy systems," Caiden said. "Grid-level renewable infrastructure. He filed this in 1994, before the industry even had a framework
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She told her mother about the letters two days later, choosing her words carefully as they spoke on the phone.Her mother was quiet for a long moment after Nadia finished explaining what the chaplain had written."He's writing to me," her mother said finally, her voice low. "Letters he isn't sending.""An accounting, the chaplain called it," Nadia said. "In his own words. He said you'd understand."Silence stretched across the line.Nadia waited, resisting the urge to fill the pause, giving her mother room to sit with the news."I do understand," her mother said eventually. "It’s what people do when they finally grasp the weight of what they took and have no way left to return it. They write it down. Not for absolution. Just so it exists outside their own head."She took a slow, steadying breath."Roland was never capable of seeing himself clearly while he held power. It seems a cell has given him what nothing else could.""Do you want to read them?" Nadia asked softly. "If he ever of
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Caiden looked at her with the same cool patience he probably applied to difficult board meetings. "So," he murmured, his eyes locking onto hers. "What is your final answer, Miss Verne?""Still no," she said, making sure every word landed.He studied her for a long, quiet moment. There was no flash
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