While the security team held Victor on the floor, Claire reached into her suit jacket pocket and pulled out a small black USB flash drive that had fallen out of Victor's pocket during the throw. She had noticed it sliding across the marble floor when he hit the ground and had quietly picked it up before anyone else noticed. She plugged the drive into her tablet device on the tea table, tapping the screen rapidly with practiced speed. Within seconds, lines of financial files, encrypted documents, and private emails began filling her screen in crisp detail.
Claire: It seems your cousin didn't just come here to pick a fight with you, Arthur.
Arthur: What do you mean? What is on that drive?
Claire: He has been selling your firm's private land assessment files to a rival offshore development group. He was planning to fake your signature on a property transfer agreement this afternoon.
Arthur: That is illegal! That would bankrupt my entire family trust and ruin our company!
Victor: Shut up! You don't know what you're talking about, you stupid girl!
Claire turned her calm gaze toward Victor, stepping closer to him as he lay on the floor surrounded by venue guards. She tapped the tablet screen again, opening a folder that contained recent bank transfers, illegal contract drafts, and recorded phone call transcripts. Victor's face went completely pale, his anger instantly dissolving into pure terror as he realized his entire criminal scheme was exposed in front of dozens of high-profile witnesses and wealthy city leaders.
Claire: The financial fraud files are all here, along with wire transfers to offshore accounts in the Cayman Islands. He was going to use the distraction of this public fight to swap documents in your office briefcase while you were shaken up.
Arthur: He was trying to ruin me completely... right under my nose.
Claire: People like him always think quiet people are easy targets. They never expect the quiet person to be holding all the cards.
Arthur looked at his cousin with deep disappointment and cold anger. The man he had grown up with, the man he had tried to help financially for years, was actively trying to destroy his life's work and steal his family inheritance. He turned back to Claire, feeling immense gratitude for her quick action, sharp mind, and unexpected protective skill. The high-stakes drama of his corporate life had suddenly collided with a woman who was more than capable of handling any crisis thrown her way.