CHAPTER 2 — THE FOOTAGE NO ONE EXPECTED
CHAPTER 2 — THE FOOTAGE NO ONE EXPECTED
The hospital lobby fell into complete silence.
The mistress slowly let go of my husband's arm.
Her confident smile remained.
Barely.
She glanced at the elderly man standing beside me and laughed nervously.
"There must be some mistake."
"The Chairman doesn't have a niece."
The Chairman looked at her calmly.
"I do."
"And you're looking at her."
Every conversation in the lobby stopped.
Doctors lowered their clipboards.
Nurses exchanged stunned glances.
Patients forgot why they had come.
My husband, Ethan, stared at me as though he had never seen me before.
"You... never told me."
I met his eyes without emotion.
"You never asked."
The Chairman turned toward the Head of Security.
"Play the footage."
Within seconds, every television monitor in the lobby switched to the live security recording.
The video showed everything.
The mistress deliberately bumping into me.
Throwing herself onto the floor.
Crying for attention.
Then accusing me of attacking her.
The crowd gasped.
But that wasn't what made the Head of Security freeze.
He paused the recording.
Then zoomed in.
"Sir..."
His voice suddenly became unsteady.
"Please look at her handbag."
The Chairman stepped closer.
Inside the partially open designer purse was a small sealed package bearing the Medical Foundation's official pharmacy label.
The security officer immediately rewound the footage.
Another camera showed the woman slipping into the restricted pharmacy corridor only minutes earlier.
She walked out carrying the same package.
No authorization.
No escort.
No permission.
The Chairman's face turned cold.
"Seal every exit."
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"No one leaves this hospital."
The mistress's smile vanished.
