Hearing this, Israel wasn''t the least bit flustered. He said calmly, "What happened? Exin it clearly."


    His assistant stammered, "We were taking the documents to process the share transfer. But... but a fire suddenly broke out there. It was a huge ze, and everyone was scrambling to escape. The twowyers both assumed the other had grabbed the documents, so they both ran out. But... but it turns out neither of them did. The share transfer agreements... they were burned to ashes..."


    Israel sneered. "I knew it. So that''s why Ste has been so quiet. She was waiting for this. What''s there to panic about? We have notarized copies and backups. Even if the original agreements were burned, my deal with Ste is legally binding. Trying to get out of it this way is just naive of her."


    The assistant''s voice was on the verge of tears. "That''s what I thought too, so I asked the twowyers to retrieve the digital backups and the notarized documents. But... bothwyers have suddenly be unreachable!"


    Israel''s nonchnt expression instantly vanished. "What did you say?! What do you mean, unreachable?!"


    His agreement with Ste had been signed in the presence of thosewyers. They had also notarized the documents on the spot. Thewyers had handled every step of the process. And now he was being told they had disappeared?


    "Yes, sir," the assistant confirmed. "One said he was going to get the backup copies, the other said he was heading to collect the notarized documents, but just a short while ago... we lost all contact with both of them. I''ve already sent people to their homes, but... their houses arepletely empty."Israel was stunned into silence for a long moment.


    Those twowyers were his own men! They had been working with him ever since he joined The Williams Group, and they had never made a mistake. He trusted thempletely.


    But now...


    Even as slow as he could be, Israel understood what had happened. His ownwyers had been bought out!


    The muscles in his face tightened and twitched. The real fear wasn''t losing the agreements - it was knowing his own people had turned against him.


    The knuckles of the hand holding the phone turned white. "Didn''t Ste record a video stating her voluntary have video, we can prove she sold the shares to me willingly."


    transfer? As long as we


    His assistant''s voice trembled. "That video... was also with the twowyers. They


    said they needed it for the notarization, so they asked me for it..."


    Israel didn''t speak for a long time. The assistant could only hear his increasingly heavy breathing on the other end of the line. A momentter there was a loud crash and the line went dead. Israel must have smashed the phone in a fit of rage. Cóntent


    Even an idiot would realize by now that the twowyers had never notarized anything, nor had they ever started the transfer process. All this time, they had been feigning work to stall and deceive him


    They were waiting for his shares to be transferred to Ste''s name before making their escape.


    This was a ssic bait and switch. A shameless scam!


    Israel seethed with rage, his eyes bloodshot. He wanted to kill Ste right then and there.


    He stormed directly into Ste''s office.


    Inside, Ste and Joshua were sitting on the sofa, calmly sipping their coffee. When Israel barged in so aggressively, Ste didn''t show even a flicker of surprise.


    She smiled. "Brother Israel, what brings you here?"