Chapter 4: The Queen's Gambit
Chapter 4: The Queen's Gambit
Rumors spread faster than music.
Guests noticed Richard leaving early.
Politicians whispered.
Investors exchanged nervous glances.
Stock brokers quietly checked their phones beneath the dinner tables.
No one understood why.
Except Evelyn.
The panic was contagious.
Exactly as she intended.
The flash drive had never been meant for Arthur.
It had never been meant for the police.
It only needed to reach one investigative journalist waiting outside the estate.
By midnight...
Every television station would be broadcasting the same headline.
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One empire would fall.
Several others would begin wondering if they were next.
