Chapter 10 - THE MASTERMIND'S REVELATION
The thugs threw Victoria and Clara onto the dirty floor,
right next to the captive girl.
Arthur walked around them slowly,
enjoying his moment of total triumph.
"You thought you were so clever,"
Arthur mocked,
kicking a piece of debris out of his path.
"But you are just a foolish girl playing a game you don't understand."
"Why are you doing this,
Arthur?"
Victoria spat,
wiping dust from her knees as she stood up.
"Is money worth turning into a monster?"
"Money?"
Arthur laughed loudly,
the sound echoing off the high metal rafters.
"This is not just about money,
Victoria."
"This is about revenge."
"Your father stole this company from me twenty years ago!"
"He cheated me out of my rightful place as the CEO of Vance Industries!"
Victoria shook her head in disbelief,
knowing her father was an honorable man.
"That's a lie,"
she shouted back.
"Father bought you out because you were embezzling funds!"
Arthur's face darkened,
his eyes filled with psychotic rage.
"Silence!"
he roared,
slapping Victoria across the face with immense force.
Victoria fell back,
her cheek burning from the impact of his heavy hand.
Clara crawled over to her,
protecting her friend with her own body.
"Don't touch her!"
Clara screamed at the madman.
"Oh,
look at the loyal maid,"
Arthur sneered,
looking down at them with supreme contempt.
"Don't worry,
you will both share the same fate very soon."
He signaled his thugs,
who brought out several cans of gasoline from the corner.
They began pouring the flammable liquid all over the wooden floorboards,
laughing maliciously.
"A tragic accident,"
Arthur smiled chillingly.
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"The grieving heiress dies in a warehouse fire along with her staff."
"And I inherit everything."
