Find me in your labyrinth (Stella and Jonathan) novel Chapter 3364

Gonzalez stopped at the head of the massive conference table and glanced at his assistant. "Retrieve the drive from Ms. Shaw."

"Right away, sir," Holly Jenkins replied, stepping toward Kim.

Oliver's face contorted in panic. He lunged toward Kim, desperate to snatch the flash drive from her hand.

Gonzalez's eyes darkened with a predatory glint. Without missing a beat, he grabbed a heavy water bottle off the table and hurled it directly at the older man.

From twenty feet away, the bottle struck Oliver squarely in the head. The impact sent him staggering backward until he collapsed onto the floor.

Gasps echoed through the room, but no one dared step forward to help him up.

It was Mina who finally rushed over to drag him to his feet. Seeing the rapidly swelling welt on his forehead, her expression shifted entirely. She was no longer shouting at her husband; the terrifying reality of the situation had finally dawned on her.

Early that morning, she had received an anonymous tip claiming some woman was harassing Oliver at the office and urged her to investigate.

Under normal circumstances, entering the Hanson Corporation required a scheduled appointment, and access to the executive floor was heavily restricted. Yet today, she had breezed right up to the boardroom doors without a single issue.

Now, she finally understood—she had been played!

Holly had already secured the flash drive. Gonzalez offered it a passing glance before ordering coldly, "Call up the legal and human resources departments."

"Understood," Holly replied, immediately stepping out to make the calls.

Oliver suddenly grasped the gravity of the situation as well. No wonder so many key J City shareholders were present. This wasn't about Gonzalez resigning at all—it was an elaborate trap perfectly laid for his own execution.

He shot a venomous glare at Gonzalez. "Gonzalez, Kim is a disgruntled former employee looking for revenge! You can't honestly believe anything she says. For decades, I've bled for the Hanson Corporation. I've been flawlessly loyal to your father and the Hanson family, and this is the thanks I get? You're actually doubting me?"

Spencer Manning walked in and casually interjected, "With the department heads and shareholders gathered here today, the CEO owes the board an explanation for a scandal of this magnitude. Otherwise, it would look like he's simply shielding his own relatives."

Hannah still wasn't answering.

A sickening realization hit Mina. She sidled up behind Oliver and muttered, "Something's wrong."

Oliver's stomach bottomed out, and a cold sweat broke out across his forehead.

The heads of human resources and the legal team quickly arrived. They plugged in the flash drive and began authenticating the files.

Half an hour passed. Oliver made several attempts to excuse himself to his office, but Gonzalez's men effortlessly blocked his path every time.

Oliver's dress shirt was soaked with sweat. The slow, agonizing torment of watching the clock tick down was infinitely worse than just dragging him to the executioner's block.

But Oliver wasn't the only one sitting on pins and needles. Having been firmly entrenched in the Hanson Corporation for over a decade, his web of corruption naturally implicated more than just himself.