CHAPTER 6
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I pretended to pace casually about the apartment, and step by step, silently, I approached the room that was to decide their fate.
The door was unlocked.
I flicked the doorknob and dodged in, then quickly and silently closed the door behind me, shutting out the sounds of hypocritical talk and laughter in the living room.
Damian's study is lavishly furnished, yet reveals his usual ego and shrewdness.
The faint smell of cigars in the air, a smell he used to use to show off his status, now made me feel nauseous.
Time was running out, and I didn't have a moment to lose. With my past knowledge of him, I quickly ruled out the futile books on the shelves and zeroed in on his huge mahogany desk.
There were several locked drawers. I crouched down, my mind racing as I recalled the passwords Damian might have used.
He was an uninspired and extremely narcissistic man with a limited number of password combinations.
I tried to enter the anniversary of our relationship, but there was no response.
I tried his birthday again, still no response.
I laughed coldly in my heart, it seems that in his heart, even he is not important. Then, there was only one possibility left.
I typed in Serena's birthday.
"There was a soft click, and the center drawer popped open!
And so it did!
My heart was filled with contempt, but I didn't dare to stop my hand movements.
Inside the drawer were some ordinary documents, and I quickly flipped through them, but did not find what I wanted. But my intuition told me that there must be a secret compartment in here.
Damian's favorite kind of smart-ass trick.
I carefully tapped and touched the inside of the drawer with my fingertips. Sure enough, in the deepest part of the drawer, I felt a not-so-obvious seam.
I pressed hard and the bottom of the drawer surprisingly popped upwards, revealing a small metal safe hidden underneath!
This was it!
The safe used a more sophisticated electronic combination lock. I took a deep breath and forced myself to calm down.
This combination must have a more special meaning to him.
I closed my eyes, and a date almost forgotten by me flashed in my mind - it was the day he first got a huge investment and his career took off.
He had bragged in front of me more than once that it was the day he was reborn.
I typed in the numbers.
"There was a beep, a green light came on, and the door to the safe opened!
A wave of ecstasy washed over me, and I almost screamed. I forced down my excitement and looked inside - there was a black encrypted USB flash drive and several key documents in a Kraft paper bag!
I quickly took out the documents and opened them with a shudder.
Copies of property transfer authorizations forged with my signature, details of several secret offshore accounts and the flow of funds, and even a printout of a detailed plan for property embezzlement!
Each document was shocking, clearly documenting how Damian and Serena had conspired like assholes to empty my assets step by step! What's even more frightening is that at the end of that plan, I saw the creepy line, "After the final delivery of the assets is completed, create an accident that will cause Norah's condition to relapse and completely solve the problem."
Not only did they want my money, they also wanted my life!
An icy chill ran up my spine to the top of my head, sending shivers down my spine. Anger and fear intertwined and almost consumed me.
No, I had to be calm!
I forced down the waves of shock in my heart and quickly used my cell phone to take pictures of each of these key pieces of evidence and immediately uploaded them to my preset encrypted cloud.
I picked up that USB flash drive again and inserted it into the miniature card reader I was carrying, and the content inside was even more shocking - it was full of detailed records of their transfer of assets, and there were even some recordings of their conversations when they were discussing the plot!
I quickly copied all the data into my cell phone.
Just as I had finished copying and unplugged the USB flash drive, ready to put the files back and erase the traces, the sound of Serena and Damian's gradually clearing conversation and footsteps suddenly came from outside the study!
"Did you put that supplemental agreement away? It's in the safe, don't make any mistakes." It was Serena's wary voice.
"Don't worry, no one knows the combination but me." Damian's voice held a hint of impatience.
They were coming towards the study! And the target was the safe!
My heart was beating wildly, and I was scrambling to restore the safe to its original state, but the door of the safe could not be closed immediately for a moment due to its special structure! The damned latch seemed to be stuck!
The footsteps had already reached the door!
I looked around in despair, and the only hiding place seemed to be the heavy shadows under the desk.
I couldn't even think twice about it and dove in head first, curling my body up to the limit and almost stopping even breathing.
Just as I was about to make my move, the door handle to the study turned with a click, and Damian and Serena appeared in the doorway!
The first thing they saw was the safe, which had obviously been tampered with, and whose door was still ajar!
Serena's face instantly becomes extremely ugly as she rushes over with an arrow step and opens the safe, finding that the contents don't seem to be missing, but there are obvious signs of having been rummaged through.
Her sharp gaze swept like a needle to every corner of the study, and finally, seemingly sensing something, she slowly and step by step walked towards the direction of the desk where I was hiding.
My heart almost stopped, and the blood in my body seemed to freeze.
She stopped in front of the desk and bent down, her icy voice like the hiss of a viper ringing in my ears:
"Damian, I think I smell a little perfume that doesn't belong here."
Damian frowned back, his eyes wary and skeptical as he similarly pressed forward in the direction of the desk.
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