Chapter 698
Gavin’s POV
“We have a meeting with the chairman scheduled for next week,” Taylor said as he entered my office. “Now that we have evidence of the deceit on Levi’s end, we can finally put an end to him. He’s also hacked your banking accounts, and we found a transfer in progress. It’s pending, but it’s open, so money will flow into his account straight from your accounts. We caught it in time and have gotten our system back up and running, so we can stop it before the transfer completes.”
“I figured that was going to happen; thankfully, I have backup funds,” I said, leaning back in my seat, a smirk on my face. Once I found out he hacked the system, I had a feeling he’d find a way into my personal banking accounts as well.
I wasn’t stupid; I was always prepared.
I put a percentage of my pay in a separate, locked-down account only I can access. Passive income flowed into it regularly and had been for years.
It has more money in it than my other accounts. It’s also connected to my black Amex card that has no limit. The card is currently locked, and I’d have to go to the Silver Crescent Grand bank to unlock it using my secret code in a vaulted room that only I can access.
Not even the bankers can get into the vault or into this account.
“Let me guess, he’s planning on using my own funds to purchase the Moon Gem?” I asked, a dark chuckle leaving my lips. “Was this auction just to let me see that he has the upper hand?”
“It seems that way,” he said, leaning back in his seat. “Now that we’ve got our system under control, we can put a stop to the transfer while it’s happening. But your account is open as we speak, so the transfer is currently pending.”
I nodded.
“Do we think someone in the bank is helping him get access to my account?”
“It’s always a possibility,” Taylor said. “But with the system hack, there were several hours where everything was shut down. He could have started the transfer process during those hours. It’s hard to tell. The tech is still looking into it. They are putting a stop to the transfer as we speak.”
“Don’t,” I said sharply. “He thinks he has me beat, but he has no idea the amount
of money I have outside of those accounts. I’ll head to the bank and open my
secret account. It’s untouchable by anyone other than me.”
“And you’re going to let him take the rest of your money?” Taylor asked. “You don’t want us to stop the transfer from taking place?”
I shook my head.
“I need the evidence that he hacked my account and transferred all my funds to his account. I won’t have the evidence if you stop it from happening. I’ll get the money back, but feed it to be processed first.” I told him. “Also, see if you can get a hold of the other chairmen. I want to meet with them sooner. We can get them a flight to my territory if they are willing to travel here.”
Taylor grinned.
“I like how you think,” he said. “Oh, by the way, there was also a large fund transfer to Daisy Baldwin… so it was clear he paid Daisy to steal the
Moon Gem. It would make senol nes
that auctioning it was just a show for your benefit and humiliation, or else he’d just take the gem from Daisy herself.”
Taylor was right; it was for my humiliation. The auction was being televised around the nation, and he wanted the world to see me crumble. He wanted them to think I was weak and broke.
“Daisy did this for money?” I asked, focusing my attention on that one factor. “The Baldwins are already rich, and she’s a trust fund baby. There’s no way she blew through her entire trust already.” Then again, Daisy did love to spend money, so it shouldn’t really surprise me.