Chapter 3 - The Web of Betrayal Unravels
By midnight, Edward was resting under heavy guard, refusing to let anyone near him except his
trusted head of corporate security, Marcus. The police had been notified, but Julian and Clara
operated with terrifying speed, spinning a web of deceit to the media and the board of directors.
They claimed Edward had suffered an extremely rare catatonic paralytic syndrome—a medical
anomaly that mimicked biological death down to body temperature regulation. The press bought
the sensational headline: "Miracle CEO Rises from the Dead!" But behind closed doors at the
Sterling estate, the atmosphere was venomous. Julian slammed a crystal decanter against the
study wall, shattering amber glass across the Persian rug. "How did you miss the pulse, Clara?
You were right there!" he hissed. Clara, her composure cracking, fired back, "I didn't miss
anything! The coroner assured us the paralytic dose would hold for at least forty-eight hours! It
was that damn child—Madison wouldn't stop touching him!" Unbeknownst to them, a tiny smart-
speaker device on the mahogany desk recorded every heated word, automatically uploading the
encrypted audio file to Edward’s secure cloud server. The war for Sterling Technologies had
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officially escalated from a silent coup to an all-out bloodbath.
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