CHAPTER SIXTY FIVE – DISCOVERING MORE EVIDENCE

Buried among the dull scheduling files and spreadsheets were sinister documents detailing months long plans to destabilize and undermine Hardy Enterprises through coordinated corporate espionage. Entire folders were filled with incriminating intercepted communications from within the company, no doubt leaked by Lexi in exchange for Roth's promises of continued wealth and luxury once John's business was run into the ground. But most damningly of all were the messages between Roth and Lexi themselves. The sleek supermodel pulled no punches in her duplicity, referring to John in cruel, crass terms and outlining in specifics the ways she was manipulating him for Roth's benefit. "He's so blinded by my looks and his outdated sense of chivalry that he never suspects a thing," one vicious text from Lexi read. "It's actually becoming pathetic how easy it is to deceive the purebred stallion." Karina's stomach twisted with nausea and disgust as she took in the full scope of Lexi's gaslightin