They Forced Eleanor to Sign the Black Folder to Save Her Son—But the Tiny Crown Beside Her Name Turned Their Perfect Plan Into a Trap

Chapter 10 - The Night the Accounts Vanished

Panic flashed across Grant’s face, but only a few guests had understood what they heard. He grabbed Daniel’s phone and ordered the sound technician to cut the feed. Then he stepped onto the stage with a polished smile and announced that a private family disagreement had caused an unfortunate interruption.

Most of the audience settled.

Eleanor knew Grant’s greatest talent was making danger look like etiquette.

While he spoke, Bianca hurried into the office behind the ballroom. She opened a laptop and initiated three electronic transfers totaling eight million dollars. If the court order blocked company assets, she would empty the foundation accounts before the banks received notice.

Lucy saw her enter the office and followed.

On the laptop screen, a countdown showed six minutes until final authorization. Bianca noticed Lucy’s reflection in the dark window.

“You have no idea what you’re interfering with,” Bianca said.

“I know that money builds clinics and scholarships,” Lucy replied. “It doesn’t belong to you.”

Bianca tried to close the laptop, but Lucy pulled the power cable. The computer switched to battery. Bianca seized the machine and shoved past her. Lucy stumbled into a desk but remained on her feet.

In the ballroom, Daniel told Eleanor about the lighter fluid. Nolan called the fire marshal and the police. Grant saw him speaking into his phone and realized control was slipping away.

He ordered the private guards to remove Daniel and Nolan. The guards hesitated. Both had worked for Charles and had just heard Grant mention forged evidence.

Eleanor walked onto the stage before Grant could begin the official announcement.

She took the microphone.

“My son has invited you here to witness a transfer of power,” she said. “You deserve to know how that transfer was obtained.”

Grant reached for the microphone, but board members stepped closer.

At that moment, every screen in the ballroom changed. Instead of Grant’s promotional film, the monitors displayed Bianca’s laptop. Lucy had connected it to the presentation system.

Guests watched the transfer countdown fall from sixty seconds.

Nolan called the bank’s emergency line and read the court order number. Ten seconds remained.

Five.

Three.

The screen froze.

TRANSFER REJECTED.