“Elaine sold me out,” I said.

I pointed to the transaction details on the green screen.

A deposit of two hundred thousand dollars had been made to Elaine’s personal account.

The date of the transfer was the exact day after my pregnancy was confirmed.

The sender was Apex Holdings.

“Apex,” Damon muttered, his jaw tightening so hard I heard his teeth grind. “My uncle’s shell company.”

“She was bribed,” I said, the truth settling like lead in my stomach. “Your corporate rivals paid her to leak the pregnancy.”

They wanted the leverage of an heir before you even knew he existed.

“That is why she helped you run,” Damon said, his eyes narrowing in the red light. “She wasn’t saving you from me. She was hiding her own tracks.”

I felt cold, colder than the wind howling outside the heavy concrete walls.

“She pretended to be my friend,” I said. “She watched me struggle in the snow for four years.”

“She was keeping you where she could watch you,” Damon said.

Marcus finally stood up, leaning heavily against the concrete wall.