Lia had spent her entire lunch break staring at the USB drive Leo had given her.
Confidential.
Important.
Consequences if lost:
Why would a billionaire CEO entrust something like this to a brand-new employee?
Her stomach twisted with pressure—and curiosity.
She walked back to her desk and plugged the drive into her computer. The screen filled with rows of data, financial charts, and coded project files.
Most employees would have been overwhelmed.
Lia wasn't.
She had spent three years studying data analytics on the side, dreaming of opportunities just like this, opportunities she never imagined would come from Leo Grant himself.
Her fingers flew over the keyboard, categorizing and cleansing the corrupted files. Hidden patterns emerged, missing transactions, suspicious numbers. Someone inside the company was manipulating the financial records.
Her chest tightened.
This was big.
Too big.
"Impressive."
The voice behind her made her jump, and she spun around.
Leo was standing there, his arms crossed and his expression unreadable.
"I didn't know you could decode financial anomalies," he said. "That wasn't in your résumé."
"You didn't ask," Lia replied before she could stop herself.
His eyes sharpened on me, intrigued. "Most people freeze under pressure. You solve problems."
She swallowed. "Is that good or bad?"
"Good," he said softly.
"Very good."
Her heart thudded.
Leo stepped closer, lowering his voice. "What you found isn't a small issue; it means someone inside this company is working against me."
Lia's breath hitched. "What do you want me to do?"
Leo looked into her eyes. "I want you to help me catch them." Her hidden talent had just pulled her deeper—into danger, into power, and into Leo Grant's world.