Chapter 4 - THE CORPORATE EXTRACTION
The thirty board members stood up from their chairs, their eyes shifting frantically from the bruised woman to the CEO.
Adrian took an aggressive step toward me, his fingers clenching into fists as his voice dropped.
"Eva, get out of this room before I have security drag you to the clinic," he growled.
"You have no business on this floor."
"I own thirty-eight percent of the outstanding shares in Soler Maritime Systems, Adrian," I said.
"The shares you used as collateral for your private yacht loans."
"The shares that require my direct, written authorization to clear any international treasury transactions."
"And as of ten minutes ago, I have executed a total, non-negotiable freeze on your operating line of credit."
Blanca stepped through the door behind me, followed by two uniformed representatives from the Spanish Tax Agency.
"Mr. Soler," the lead auditor announced, displaying a signed judicial warrant.
"Your company is under immediate forensic review for corporate embezzlement and domestic financial fraud."
"We have received the complete, unedited server logs of your offshore accounts from your primary shareholder."
Adrian backed away toward the floor-to-ceiling windows, his hands trembling as the board members began to exit.
"This is a lie!" he shouted, his eyes wide with a sudden, primitive terror.
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"You are nothing without my name, Eva!"
"Your name is the only thing that is going to be written on the federal indictment, Adrian," I replied.
