“You knew perfectly well that he was married.”
She says nothing more.
Rivas offered me his arm.
“The council is waiting for you for the official toast.”
I took a deep breath and walked to the platform, leaving behind the life I had been trying to save.
I took the microphone.
“Tonight we celebrate the growth of our company. But I would like to remind you of one essential thing: no success is worth it if it makes us lose our humanity.
Sincere applause filled the room.
From the platform, I saw Laurent come out escorted, defeated, understanding too late whom he had despised.
And for the first time in years…
I felt free.
But as I got off the stage, my personal assistant approached, her face worried.
“Madam President… There is a problem.
“What’s going on?”
She spoke in a low voice:
— One of our subsidiaries in Lyon has just been hacked. And everything points to someone from the inside… someone very close to you.
My heart quickened.
Because only three people had access to this information…
and one of them had just lost everything that very night.
The real battle had only just begun.
The news fell like an icy shower.
“Who else has access?” I asked, walking to a private room.
My assistant replied:
“You, the financial director…” and your husband. His authorizations were still active.
I stopped.
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