Chapter 7: The Mastermind's Trap
Marcus was panicking.
Inside his luxurious private villa, he was frantically packing duffel bags with stacks of hundred-dollar bills and fake passports.
He had to get out of the country. Alejandro Castillo was not a man who forgave, and knowing that Elena was alive meant Marcus was a dead man walking.
He dialed a number on his burner phone.
“I need the jet ready in ten minutes,” Marcus barked into the phone.
“I’m afraid the airspace has been temporarily closed for private flights, sir,” the pilot’s voice replied.
“What? Who authorized that?!”
“I did.”
Marcus spun around, dropping the duffel bag.
Standing in the doorway of his villa was Alejandro Castillo. Behind him stood a dozen heavily armed men in black tactical gear.
But what made Marcus’s blood truly freeze was the woman standing beside Alejandro.
Elena.
She looked breathtaking. Powerful. The fragile maid was entirely gone, replaced by the fierce, unforgiving queen of the Castillo empire.
“Elena…” Marcus stammered, stepping backward. “You… you’re alive.”
“No thanks to you,” Elena said coldly, stepping into the room. Her heels clicked against the hardwood floor like a countdown clock. “You thought pushing my car off a cliff would solve your embezzlement problem. You thought erasing my memory and letting Vivian torture me would keep me silent.”
“It was Vivian’s idea!” Marcus lied desperately, raising his hands. “She found you wandering! She called me! She wanted you out of the way so she could marry Alejandro!”
“We already dealt with Vivian,” Alejandro said, stepping up beside his wife, sliding his hand securely around her waist. “Now, it’s your turn.”
“You can’t kill me, Alejandro! I know too much about your offshore partners! I have leverage!”
Alejandro chuckled darkly.
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“Who said anything about killing you?” Alejandro nodded to his men. “The police are waiting outside. Along with the FBI, the SEC, and a very angry cartel boss whose money you accidentally stole while trying to frame me.”
Marcus fell to his knees, utterly destroyed.
