Chapter 4

Just three days after the summit, I deliberately approved a high-risk overseas prepayment in Starlight Tech's internal approval workflow.

That money happened to be the last of the company's liquid cash reserves.

Seeing that this cash was available for use, Ethan couldn't hold back, just as I expected.

He forged an overseas equipment procurement contract, attempting to funnel the sum directly into the shell company under Su Nian's name.

He thought he was being perfectly covert. He didn't know I had already turned the head of finance.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, I pushed open the door to Ethan's CEO office.

He was sitting in his executive chair on a video call with Su Nian.

The moment he saw me enter, he slammed his laptop shut, his face immediately darkening.

"Who told you to come in? Have you forgotten how to knock?" he snarled at me.

I walked up to his desk and tossed a bank receipt for the intercepted payment in his face.

The sharp edge of the paper sliced across his cheek, leaving a red mark.

"Explain this, Mr. Gray." I leaned forward, placing both hands on his desk, looking down at him.

"Why is a thirty-million equipment procurement payment being funneled into an offshore Cayman Islands account that doesn't even have a physical office address?"

Ethan's pupils contracted sharply at the sight of the receipt. But he quickly forced himself to stay calm.

"This is a highly confidential core project. What business is it of yours? You're a woman who knows nothing about operations."

"Call finance immediately and release that money! The company's survival depends on it!" He stood up, trying to overpower me with his presence.

I let out a cold laugh.

"The survival of the company? Or the survival of Su Nian and Leo Gu's future?"

Ethan's expression completely froze. He stared at me in disbelief, as if he was seeing a ghost.

"What the hell are you talking about?" His voice was strained.

"Me, talking nonsense?" I picked up a USB drive from his desk and toyed with it.

"Ethan, did you really think you could deceive everyone?"

"The luxury condo you bought for Su Nian, the international school tuition you pay for Leo Gu, and the core patents you've transferred out."

"I’ve investigated every single transaction, down to the last penny."

Ethan finally realized the jig was up. His face contorted into a mask of pure savagery.

He rounded the desk, suddenly seizing my throat and shoving me hard against the floor-to-ceiling window.

"Luna, you're asking for death!" he hissed through gritted teeth, his strength terrifying.

"Since you know, I won't bother pretending. I used you!"

"Who the hell do you think you are? Your whole family is just a stepping stone for me!"

"Be smart and sign the papers right now, walk out with nothing! Or else, I'll make sure you can't survive in this city!"

A suffocating sensation washed over me, but I didn't struggle.

I just stared coldly at his face, twisted by rage.

"Ethan, you're not just a spineless leech; you're also an idiot who knows nothing about the law."

I forced the words out with difficulty, then raised my hand and pointed at the miniature camera disguised as an air purifier right across from his desk.

"Every word you just said, and your act of domestic violence right now, has been synced to the cloud in real-time."

Ethan's body shook violently, and he let go of me as if burned. He scrambled to smash the purifier.

I rubbed my reddened neck and stepped back.

"We're getting divorced," I said, my voice dropping to a chilling temperature.

"But this is only the beginning. Tomorrow night, during our fifth-wedding-anniversary livestream, I'll give you a gift that will ruin you financially."