Chapter 7 Seeds of Deception
Ariana stepped into her penthouse, shutting the door behind her with more force than necessary. The slence of her home wrapped around her, but her mind buzzed with noise memories of the night, the besed encounter with Liam and Sienna, and the undeniable presence of Damian Blackwood at her side
She exhaled, slipping off her heels and walking straight to the bar cart near the window. Pouring herself a drink, she let the amber liquid swirl in the glass before taking a slow sip.
No more waiting. No more hesitation.
Tonight had been the first move, a warning shot. But now? Now, it was time to dig
Ariana strode across the room, setting her glass down before grabbing her laptop from the coffee table. She settled onto the couch, the glow of the screen illuminating her face as she cracked her fingers and got to work
Liam had secrets. She had always known that. But now, she was going to find them.
Ariana hacked into Liam’s work emails using an old password he had once given her. How careless of him to never change it.
The moment she was in, her screen flooded with emails–investor reports, financial statements, contracts. At first glance, everything looked legitimate, but Ariana knew better.
Liam was dirty. He always had been.
She clicked on a folder labeled “PRIVATE CONTRACTS” and began reading.
Her heart slammed against her ribs as she scrolled. Fraud. Embezzlement. Manipulated investments.
Liam had been falsifying reports to inflate his company’s worth, making it look like Carter Enterprises was
thriving when, in reality, it was crumbling.
Ariana’s lips curled into a dangerous smirk.
“Oh, Liam,” she murmured. “You really thought no one would find out?”
She saved everything. Every damning email, every shady transaction, every falsified document.
She dug deeper.
One email thread caught her attention–communications between Liam and an anonymous offshore contact. The
messages were cryptic, discussing “adjustments to the books” and “secured transfers.”
Ariana’s pulse spiked.
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Liam was laundering money.
She traced the emails back to an account in the Cayman Islands. Millions had been funneled through shell companies, masked under fraudulent business expenses.
“This is bigger than I thought,” she whispered to herself, excitement thrumming through her veins.
She took screenshots, downloaded PDFs, saved files–everything she would need to destroy him.
Then, she opened a new email account under a fake name and sent herself copies of the most incriminating
files, ensuring they were safe.
Ariana leaned back, letting out a slow breath. She had enough evidence to sink Liam’s business.
But what about his personal life?
She searched his emails for anything related to Sienna, expecting to find sweet nothings.
Instead, she found more women.
Her stomach twisted as she opened email after email–Liam flirting with other women, arranging meetups in
different hotels, even wiring money to someone labeled “C.P.”
Ariana froze.
She pulled up the bank transfer. C.P. – $25,000.
Then, she traced the transaction.
Her breath caught in her throat.
Liam had been paying off women to keep quiet.
Her blood turned to ice.
Not only had he cheated on her with Sienna–he had been cheating the entire time.
Ariana sat there for a moment, fingers gripping the laptop, fighting the urge to throw it across the room.
Then, she took another deep breath.
Good. More ammunition.
She saved the emails, making sure she had everything stored safely.
Now, it was time to unravel Sienna.
Ariana opened social media, scrolling through Sienna’s perfectly curated life. The glamorous outfits, the charity events, the private jets… it was all an illusion.
And Ariana was about to shatter it.
She started digging into Sienna’s finances.
It didn’t take long to find the truth.
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Sienna Hayes was broke.
Her “wealth” wasn’t from family money. It wasn’t from some high–powered career.
It was all funded by men.
Sienna had been financially supported by a string of wealthy men over the years–Liam being the most recent The cars, the designer clothes, the vacations? They were all gifts.
Ariana’s smirk turned razor–sharp.
The biggest shock? Sienna had taken out a massive loan–one she had no way of paying back.
Ariana saved everything.
Tomorrow, the world would start seeing the real Sienna Hayes.
She leaned back, exhaling slowly, her heart still hammering from the rush of adrenaline.
She had everything she needed. Proof of Liam’s business fraud.
Proof of his offshore accounts.
Evidence of his serial cheating and hush money payments.
Sienna’s financial ruin.
Ariana closed her laptop, her pulse steadying.
She had spent years loving Liam. Trusting Sienna.
That was over now.
Now?
She was going to make them pay.
And she was going to enjoy every second of it.
A slow smile curled on her lips as she finally stood, stretching her stiff muscles.
Tomorrow, the real game would begin.
And this time, she wasn’t playing fair.
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