The Ex-Wife’s Billion Dollar Comeback Novel

---- Chapter 129: The Rowans' Plan ~ Claire ~ Claire and Rose drove to Maison de R. and met with Roger. The second they entered the boutique, Claire's brother asked, " How was it?" "Worked like a charm," Claire said, winking at Roger. "Good. Good," Roger muttered. "I was worried." "I'm nervous about it," Rose admitted. "Don't be. Just make sure you have lots of sex, and everything will eventually work out," Claire suggested. "I'd really love to brag about your upcoming marriage to Soraya. Too bad she's away." As they found their seats, Claire said, "Wait. Let me check Soraya's social media.

Calum said she was on vacation." She saw the legs but not the face of Soraya's so-called boyfriend. "I think she's faking this. She's still trying to catch Calum's attention." Rose walked over to take a look. When she saw Soraya's only post, she scoffed. "| bet she's still dreaming of getting Calum back." "Let me see," Roger asked. He studied the picture and frowned. "Funny... both Jacob and Soraya are on vacation and on a beach. Could it be?" Claire's eyes widened before she laughed. "Are you kidding me, Roger? We're talking about Soraya here!

She may be a computer engineer who created a security system, but she's nowhere near Rose's achievements. How could someone like Soraya get Jacob's attention?" ---- "Even | didn't get Jacob's attention!" Claire added. "Yes, that's absurd. Jacob doesn't even see me as a woman- how much more someone like Soraya, who doesn't have a family and doesn't know how to dress well." Rose wrinkled her nose, adding, "I bet she doesn't even iron her hair." "Soraya could only dream about getting involved with aman like Jacob Steel," Rose declared. "True," Claire agreed. "Jacob is way up there.

Soraya didn't even win Calum's heart despite being married to him for seven years! There's no way. It's just a coincidence that they' re both away on vacation." "Or maybe Soraya is just hiding somewhere, pretending she's happy with the divorce," Rose suggested. "Yeah, you're right. | don't know what | was thinking," Roger said, laughing at himself. Out of nowhere, Roger's phone rang. After taking the call, he said, "Claire, we'd better head home. There's an urgent matter Mom and Dad want to discuss with us." "Bye, Rose," Claire said, waving at her friend.

"Remember what | said." Claire and Roger made their way to the Rowans'' estate. When they arrived, they found their father pacing back and forth in the living room, fuming. Their mother was seated on the couch, deep in thought. "Dad? What's going on?" Claire asked. "We have a problem," Marvin said. "Cedric has implemented a complete audit of the company. He's digging through the financial records now, but word is, he's also hired a third party to perform an IT and compliance audit." "| can't delete the files... | can't move them!

| can't do anything ---- -not even erase my old emails!" Marvin's voice cracked with panic. "I didn't exactly create evidence of every penny | took and store it on my computer, but... what if I left email trails? Little crumbs? What if Cedric and Calum piece it together and figure it out?" "Did you leave email trails?" Roger asked. "There was an instruction from me about the recent shipment from Russia. | didn't get to delete it, but there could be more," Marvin admitted, taking deep breaths. "You should have been more careful, Dad," Roger said "| was complacent!

Cedric and Calum had always trusted me. Now, | don't know what got into them, but this suddenly happened." Marvin said. "I tried requesting Calum to make an exception for me, but he said even he wasn't excused from the audit." "| didn't want to approach Cedric anymore because that would seem very suspicious," Marvin added. "Oh, God. What do we do?" Claire said, panicking. "This is all your fault, Marvin," Camilla cried.

"If you hadn't drowned us in debt because of your gambling, we wouldn't be stealing money in the first place!" "Iwas only taking money that should have belonged to you!" Marvin shot back. "You're also a Montclair, but why did your father leave most of his assets to Cedric?" "Cedric has already given us so much," Camilla said. "We should have stopped-" "Enough! You also benefited from my gambling wins," Marvin said. "Let's just think of a solution." Claire admitted it was true.

When her father first started gambling, he won millions and even considered quitting his ---- job to pursue it full-time. But everything changed. Marvin began losing money again and again. To cover his debts, he secretly sold off their properties one by one. Now their family was buried in more than eight hundred million dollars of debt because of his addiction. Everyone in the family pondered for minutes until Roger came up with an idea. "I'm sure you've heard about the companies being hacked lately.

There's a syndicate of hackers we can hire to do this job." "But where do we get the money to pay them?" Camilla asked. Marvin turned to Claire. "Didn't you borrow money from Rose? We can use that instead." "No!" Claire objected. "I need it for my haircare line!" "What's more important, Claire? We should help Dad," Roger suggested. "Look, we could ask the hackers to also infiltrate Montclair Group's financial system and get a payout from the hacking. We'd split it fifty-fifty. It's a risk, | know, but it's the best solution for now." "How do we get in touch with these hackers?" Marvin asked.

"There are underground forums... the dark web. | can start from there and ask around," Roger suggested. "How much time do we have before the IT and compliance audit?" "Maybe a little over a week," Marvin said. "Then we have time," Roger said. The Rowans believed they were in control, blind to the fact that hiring the hacker syndicate would be the first step toward their downfall. And the hand that would crush them was not new; it belonged to the very person who had unknowingly destroyed their plans seven years ago.