“He had stolen from you too.”
I frowned.
“What do you mean?”
She opened a final file.
Inside were financial records.
Transfers.
Shell companies.
Secret accounts.
And payments made to Aaron’s mother.
My stomach turned.
Aaron had been quietly diverting company money for years.
Not just from me.
From the company.
From investors.
From the employees.
Even from Jasmine.
Elena pointed to one transaction.
“He was preparing to move the most valuable assets offshore.”
I looked at Aaron.
He didn’t deny it.
That silence told me everything.
The board meeting that followed lasted three hours.
By noon, Aaron was no longer CEO.
By one o’clock, the board had voted to suspend him.
By two, his accounts were frozen pending investigation.
