Chapter 4: The Debt That Was Designed
Aria couldn’t sleep after what she heard.
Victor’s confession didn’t feel like an explanation—it felt like a door opening into something much darker.
The next morning, she secretly went through the mansion’s study while Victor was away.
She didn’t know what she was looking for… until she found it.
A file.
Her father’s company name was stamped on it.
But what shocked her wasn’t the debt.
It was the origin of it.
The loan hadn’t come from a bank.
It came from a private investment group called Hale Consortium.
Victor’s company.
Her hands trembled.
“This… can’t be real,” she whispered.
But the documents were clear. The debt her father signed wasn’t a mistake or bad luck—it was structured, increased, and manipulated over time.
Every step had been controlled.
As if someone had been guiding her family toward collapse.
Aria felt sick.
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She wasn’t saved by Victor.
She had been delivered to him
