Chapter 1 - The Glass PalaceThe Apex Motors showroom in Beverly Hills was built to intimidate.
Italian marble stretched beneath a ceiling of sculpted glass. Spotlights poured over million-dollar hypercars, turning their polished bodies into mirrors of wealth and ambition. The air smelled of expensive leather, cold metal, and money.
Behind the reception desk stood Maya Thorne.
To everyone watching, she was simply another young sales associate in a perfectly tailored charcoal blazer.
But beneath her calm expression was something far more dangerous: patience.
For two weeks, Maya had been undercover.
Apex Global Holdings, the corporation behind Apex Motors, had suspected that something was rotten inside its Beverly Hills branch. Luxury vehicles were disappearing from financial records. Payments were being routed through shell companies. Millions were moving where they shouldn't.
Maya had come to find out who was responsible.
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Then the glass doors opened.
And the woman who walked through them was exactly the kind of person Maya had been warned about.
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