My Stepmother Forced Me to Sign Away My Company While I Was Pregnant... She Never Expected My Late Father's Final Trap
Part 1
Blood dripped onto the white server-room floor.
I was eight months pregnant with twins.
One hand shielded my stomach.
The other searched beneath the glowing server racks.
Across from me, my stepmother smiled.
"Transfer the patents to Bryce."
Her voice was calm.
Cold.
"Or you and those babies will never leave this room."
Behind her stood Bryce Whitcomb.
My stepbrother.
My father's favorite mistake.
He cracked his knuckles and kicked the floor inches from my body.
"Hurry up."
"The company already belongs to us."
Pain tightened across my abdomen.
The twins shifted violently.
I fought to stay calm.
This wasn't an ordinary server room.
It was the heart of Whitcomb Technologies.
Every patent.
Every encryption key.
Every controlling share.
Everything my late father had left behind...
Could only be accessed here.
Martha held out a tablet.
"Sign it over."
"My father built this company for me," I whispered.
She laughed.
"He also trusted me."
"That was the last mistake he ever made."
Bryce grabbed my shoulder and shoved me against the rack.
Pain shot through my body.
"Careful..."
I gasped.
"Then stop wasting our time."
Martha looked at my stomach with open disgust.
"Pregnancy doesn't make you powerful."
"It makes you vulnerable."
She thought she had already won.
She had no idea my hand wasn't reaching for support.
It was reaching for the hidden maintenance keyboard beneath the lowest server rack.
A keyboard no employee had ever seen.
One my father secretly installed years before he died.
My fingers found the keys.
The login screen appeared.
Bryce leaned over me.
"Last chance."
I looked directly into Martha's eyes.
"No."
Then I typed a single command.
Pressed Enter.
A loud metallic clang echoed through the room.
The reinforced steel doors slammed shut.
Emergency locks engaged.
Red warning lights flashed across every server.
Only then did Martha realize...
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She hadn't trapped me inside.
She had trapped herself.
