chapter161

Parker's face went completely pale.

No way.

He stared at Lydia, his voice shaking. "You... how did you..."

How had she managed to recover something he'd deleted for good?

Jimmy knew what he was doing. He'd installed software on the phone specifically to erase things forever, just in case anyone tried to bring back deleted files.

So how did Lydia pull it off?

Lydia stared at him, her eyes clear and cold, not a hint of warmth in her voice. "This is what you meant when you said you just wanted to talk?"

Byron shot Parker a furious glare. "Scum! This is so disgusting! I can't believe you are still trying to act innocent."

He was right. Sending over twenty men to hurt a girl, then planning to sell her off afterward?

It was beyond cruel. Unforgivable.

If Lydia hadn't been the one they targeted tonight, or if she didn't know how to fight, their sick plan might have actually worked.

Parker looked defeated.

It was over. He knew it.

At that moment, a police officer walked in and reported to Byron, "Captain, we found seventeen bank cards. The banks confirmed there's about four hundred seventy- three million combined, and there's another ten million in cash in the car."

Hearing that, Parker seemed to lose all strength and collapsed into his chair, completely drained.

What he saved in three years just all got wiped out in a second.

Lydia frowned. "That's not right."

Byron looked at her. "What do you mean?"

"The amount doesn't add up," she said. "I checked the company's financial records

and sales numbers. They should have stolen closer to six hundred million."

Parker's eyes went wide. He stared at Lydia like she wasn't even real.

How did she even know the exact number he'd taken?

Lydia caught his stunned look and kept going, her voice calm and steady. "The company's been around for three years. Every year, headquarters invested over a

hundred million in Greenwa wen

So that's at least three hundred

million. With Norwood Enterprises backing it, Greenward Power should have done great. But under you, the company showed losses every year, adding up to one hundred twenty million lost over three years.

"But here's the truth. The company actually made money at first. You and the other executives faked the numbers, made it look like business was bad, and pocketed the profits yourselves.

"After that, you tampered with

materials, selling off the high-quality fabrics from headquarters and swapping them for cheap ones. That plus the fake accounting is What really dragged the company down. s?novels

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Still, you kept taking money, since headquarters didn't give up and kept investing. That just gave you more to steal.

"Before I got here, you kept saying the company would finally start making a profit this year. That's because you were planning to take the money and run before anyone caught on. Isn't that right?"

Parker stared at her, stunned by how she laid everything out so clearly. Suddenly, he started laughing, almost like he'd lost his mind.

"Yeah. You got it all right. But we never expected Cameron and Kylie to send you to the company. You ruined everything.

You were supposed to be just some nobody from the middle of nowhere.

"No wonder Kylie made you her goddaughter and trusted you with so much. Who are you, really?"

If Lydia had been just a clueless girl or someone easily fooled, she would never have been a threat. But she wasn't. She was sharp, way too smart for someone her age. She had figured out their whole scheme on her very first day.