Chapter 44

Ramon POV

Eight hundred and forty-seven thousand dollars.

A significant amount, but nowhere near the fifteen million Samuel had been demanding according to the partial account information Lake had entered into my banking app this morning.

Which meant this wasn’t over. Whatever Lake had stolen tonight was only a fraction of what he needed.

He would have to do this again, and again, until he’d raised the full amount or until something went

wrong.I climbed into the car where Marcus was waiting.

“Home,” I said.

“And call Rodriguez. I want a full analysis of offshore account 4739—who owns it, where it’s located, what other transactions have gone through it in the past six months. I want to know everything about where that money is going and who’s demanding it.”

“Already on it, sir,” Marcus said, pulling into traffic.

“Rodriguez flagged the account the moment Alex sent through the details. It’s registered to a shell corporation