Chapter 11 - The Cybersecurity SweepRobert had already ordered hospital security to preserve the hallway and suite footage, placing it on an encrypted server. Then, he made a phone call to David Chen, a highly sought-after cybersecurity consultant who owed Robert his life after a complex surgery.
“I need a full sweep,” Robert told David over the phone. “Everything on Isabella Rossi. Everything on the Thorne acquisitions. I want to know why a mistress feels comfortable enough to assault a pregnant woman in a public building.”
By dawn, the pale light of morning creeping through the hospital windows, Robert returned to my private recovery room. He carried a thick, printed file. He looked exhausted, but his eyes were sharp and unyielding.
“How are you feeling?” he asked, sitting beside my bed.
May you like
“Like I’ve been kicked by a mule,” I said, my voice raspy. “And like I’ve been living a lie for five years.”
He tossed the file onto my bed. “You weren’t the one lying, Khloe. David Chen worked through the night. Isabella Rossi wasn’t just an ambitious mistress. She was a weapon.”
