Chapter 2: The Woman Behind the Perfect Smile
Chapter 2: The Woman Behind the Perfect Smile
Within forty minutes, the gala had become a crime scene.
Federal agents quietly entered through private entrances while guests remained inside.
Daniel sat alone in a conference room.
Across from him sat Emily, wrapped in a borrowed blanket, still wearing her maid's uniform.
She apologized.
"I'm sorry for ruining your event."
Daniel looked at her with quiet disbelief.
"You think that's what matters?"
Emily lowered her head.
"I just... didn't know how else to warn you."
Daniel pressed a button on the conference table.
Marcus entered holding a sealed evidence bag.
Inside were the gold cufflinks.
"The lab confirmed it."
Everyone in the room froze.
"A hollow chamber was hidden beneath the gold."
"A spring-loaded needle."
"The toxin is one we've never encountered before."
Marcus looked directly at Daniel.
"If you had worn these..."
He didn't finish.
He didn't need to.
Daniel slowly leaned back.
His wife had not merely betrayed him.
She had designed his perfect murder.
Meanwhile, Victoria sat confidently in another room, convinced everything could still be explained.
Until Marcus entered carrying another folder.
"We searched the phones of the two men who met with you upstairs."
Victoria remained calm.
"So?"
Marcus placed photographs on the table.
Bank transfers.
Encrypted messages.
Foreign accounts.
Travel records.
And finally—
Video footage from the conference room.
Every word.
Every smile.
Every instruction.
Recorded by the hotel's automated security backup.
Victoria's face lost all color.
"You..."
Marcus interrupted.
"The system belongs to Mr. Carter."
"You forgot."
"He owns every camera."
Within minutes, federal agents entered.
"Victoria Carter..."
"You are under arrest for conspiracy to commit murder."
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For the first time in years...
The perfect wife had nothing left to say.
