Day 3: The Approach
A Santa Rosa Chronicle editor sat across from Sophie in a diner, sweating through his shirt. She slid an envelope across the table—photos of his mistress, his offshore account, his son’s expulsion records.
Sophie sat across from the Santa Rosa Chronicle editor in the dimly lit diner, her smile sharp as a scalpel. The envelope of bckmail photos y untouched between them.
SOPHIE (softly):
"Who funded your offshore account? A name. Now."
The editor’s throat bobbed. "I—I can’t."
Sophie slid a second photo across the table—his son, boarding a pne to Switzernd. "You can. And you will."
Her phone buzzed—a message from Hezri:
>> ABANDON OTHER TARGETS. FLINTRIDGE & SANTA ROSA ONLY.
Sophie exhaled. The Midwest Tribune, the Vermont Bulletin—all secondary now.
Sophie cornered the Santa Rosa editor as he washed his hands.
SOPHIE (hissing):
"Last chance. The money. Who gave it to you?"
"Aldrich!" he burst out. "Senator Aldrich’s PAC. For killing stories about his donor ties!"
Sophie’s eyes lit up. Bckmail on a senator. Perfect.
She texted Hezri:
>> GOT IT. ALDRICH. SANTA ROSA WILL FALL.
The Santa Rosa Chronicle editor, Daniel Kray, sits hunched over a whiskey, face ashen. Sophie Cheung looms over him, her stiletto tapping impatiently.
SOPHIE (sweetly lethal)
"Senator Aldrich’s dirty money paid for your little getaway. Now, you’re going to expose him. Every donor, every backroom deal—front page, every week."
Daniel’s hands shake.
DANIEL
"He’ll destroy me."
Sophie slides a contract across the table.
SOPHIE
"And we’ll protect you. Anonymous sources. Legal buffers. Hezri’s money will keep you safe."
(smiles)
"Or, you refuse, and the SEC sees these offshore records. Your choice."
Daniel signs.
INT. CITY HOSPITAL – HEZRI’S PRIVATE SUITE – NIGHT
The door clicked shut behind Emma Carlisle, her cheeks still flushed, her steps unsteady while still fully nude after hours of sex with Hezri. The scent of expensive bourbon and silk sheets clung to her skin. She adjusted the strap of her dress—the same one Maya had bought her yesterday—and smoothed her hair.
HEZRI watched her from the bed, his satisfaction evident.
HEZRI (smooth, commanding)
"You did well, Emma."
She swallowed, nodding. There was no regret in her eyes—only the dazed realization that she had crossed a line and found power on the other side.
HEZRI (holding out a hand)
"Come here."
She obeyed, letting him pull her close. His fingers traced her jaw, possessive.
HEZRI (softly)
"You belong to me now. And I take care of what’s mine."
A knock at the door.
MAYA stepped in, her gaze flickering over Emma before settling on Hezri.
MAYA
"Daniel Kray’s daughter is here."
Hezri’s lips curved.
HEZRI
"Bring her in."
Lily Kray, twenty years old, stood in the doorway, her arms crossed defensively. She wore a university hoodie, her dark hair pulled into a messy bun. Her eyes darted between Hezri, Maya, and Sophie, suspicion etched into her features.
LILY (sharp)
"What do you want with me?"
HEZRI (smiling)
"Your father is in trouble, Lily. But you? You could be untouchable."
Sophie stepped forward, holding out a tablet.
SOPHIE (coolly)
"Your tuition. Your rent. Your future. All taken care of."
Lily’s breath hitched as she saw the numbers. A full ride. An apartment. A trust fund.
HEZRI (leaning forward)
"All I ask is loyalty."
Lily hesitated.
Then, slowly, she reached for the tablet.
INT. THE CELESTIA – LILY KRAY’S NEW PENTHOUSE – DAY
The elevator doors slid open to reveal Lily Kray, her fingers gripping the strap of her worn backpack as she stepped into the sunlit foyer of her new apartment. Floor-to-ceiling windows framed the city below, the skyline glittering like a promise.
Maya Reynolds and Sophie Cheung stood waiting, their smiles polished and predatory.
MAYA (gesturing to the space)
"Welcome home."
Lily exhaled, her skepticism warring with awe.
SOPHIE (handing her a key fob)
"And this is yours."
Lily looked down. The Ferrari emblem gleamed in her palm.
THE SHOPPING SPREE
INT. LUXURY BOUTIQUE – DAY
Racks of designer garments lined the store, pristine and untouched. Lily hovered near the entrance, her fingers brushing the sleeve of a Chanel tweed jacket—then recoiling at the price tag.
MAYA (plucking it off the rack)
"Don’t look at the numbers. Just choose."
SOPHIE (to the stylist)
"Everything in her size. And the Birkin in noir."
Lily’s protests died as they draped her in silk and cashmere, slipped Louboutins onto her feet, and piled shopping bags into the trunk of her new Ferrari.
30,000 spent.
>> TRANSACTION COMPLETE: 60,000 REFUNDED.
Day 7
The city lights bled through the floor-to-ceiling windows, painting Lily Kray and Emma Carlisle in gold and shadow as they knelt before Hezri, their designer dresses pooling around them like fallen petals.
HEZRI sat in his leather armchair, fingers steepled, watching them with the satisfaction of a man who had just cimed two more pieces for his empire.
LILY (voice steady, eyes burning with resolve)
"I give myself to you. My loyalty. My body. Everything."
EMMA (softer, but no less certain)
"I’m yours."
Hezri reached out, tracing their jaws with his thumbs.
HEZRI (smirking)
"Good girls."
A beat. Then—
HEZRI (standing, looking down at them)
"Now rise. Not as victims. Not as toys."
(a pause, his voice dropping to a whisper)
"As queens."
They stood, shoulders squared, chins lifted—no longer girls, but weapons.
7-Day Summary: Maya Reynolds & Sophie Cheung's Operations
Key Events:
Media Takeover Execution
Acquired Flintridge Gazette (72% stake, 3.2M) via bckmail (publisher’s daughter Emma Carlisle’s tuition leverage).
Secured Santa Rosa Chronicle (full ownership, 4.1M) by coercing editor Daniel Kray with evidence of PAC bribes from Senator Aldrich.
Recruitment & Indoctrination
Emma Carlisle (19, NYU pre-med):
Gifts: Ferrari Portofino (
250,000),Celestia apartment(1.2M), 30K luxury shopping (Chanel, Hermès, Louboutins).
Outcome: Willingly gave virginity to Hezri; now embedded as a socialite influencer under his control.
Lily Kray (20, Daniel Kray’s daughter):
Gifts: Ferrari Roma
(220,000),Celestiaapartment(1.2M), 30K shopping (Dior, Valentino, Birkin bag).
Outcome: Pledged loyalty after witnessing father’s ruin; now being groomed as a political liaison.
Financial Maneuvers
Total Spent: 6.93M (acquisitions + gifts).
Refunded via System: 13,860,000(200% return on physical assets).
Hezri’s Current Money: **
48,200,000??(initial 35M + 13.86M refund - operational costs).
Ongoing Projects
Media Affiliation:
1)Flintridge Gazette: Began publishing pro-Hezri editorials disguised as local interest pieces.
2) Santa Rosa Chronicle: Running exposés on Senator Aldrich, destabilizing his donor network.
Maya Reynolds' stiletto heels clicked across the marble floors of The Celestia as she reviewed the week's conquests. Seven days. Two media outlets conquered. Two bright young women remade in Hezri's image. A fortune not just spent, but multiplied.
The Flintridge Gazette had fallen first.
Flintridge Gazette's publisher daughter, Emma Carlisle surrendered her virginity to Hezri in exchange for a future without student debt as well as Ferrari, apartment and 30,000 luxurious shopping spree.
Santa Rosa Chronicle proved more resistant until Sophie worked her magic. Editor Daniel Kray's offshore accounts and Senator Aldrich's dirty money made for potent bckmail. His daughter Lily's recruitment had been the masterstroke - another 30,000 in designer goods, another Ferrari, another night in Hezri's chambers that erased hesitation.
As Maya reviewed the first pro-Hezri editorials running in Flintridge and the damning Aldrich exposés in Santa Rosa, Sophie joined her at the floor-to-ceiling window overlooking the city they were bending to their will.
"Midwest Tribune next?" Sophie asked, swirling her bourbon.
Maya smiled. "Let them see what we've done to their competitors first. Then they'll beg us to buy them."
Somewhere below them, Emma and Lily were being photographed at a charity ga, their new designer gowns and carefully crafted personas already working to reshape public perception. Two more perfect pieces in Hezri's grand design.
