“Stay there,” he said sharply. “I’m getting tools.”
Minutes later the chauffeur arrived with a hammer. Three blows shattered the lock.
Nicholas burst inside and lifted Ethan carefully into his arms.
Carmen arrived seconds later, breathless.
“Sir, I’ve been looking everywhere—”
“Silence,” Nicholas snapped.
The word cut through the air like a whip.
Within minutes a doctor was called. IV fluids were started. Cold compresses cooled the twins’ fever.
The investors waited downstairs.
Nicholas didn’t care.
“Let them wait,” he said.
That night, the truth began unraveling.
Carmen tried to protect herself with lies, fake photos, and accusations. But Nicholas had spent his life building technology companies.
He knew when something was digitally manipulated.
When Rosa revealed stolen jewelry planted on employees and fake invoices Carmen had been using for years, the entire scheme collapsed.
“Thirty years of service,” Carmen pleaded.
“Thirty years of abuse,” Nicholas replied.
He fired her that night.
But the biggest change didn’t happen in the mansion.
It happened in Mariana’s life.
Days later Nicholas noticed the finance textbook in her bag.
“Advanced Financial Analysis?” he asked.
She blushed slightly.