Betrayed By Husband, Stolen By Brother In Law-Chapter 306: A New Enemy

Melanie didn’t need to be told how close that fall had probably been. Now that she knew, she could feel it in the way Adam’s arms were wrapped around her- so tight and unyielding, that she could barely breathe.. She hugged him back immediately, already clinging to him, as she comforted him the same wayhe was doing her. She didn’t want this. Another enemy coming out of nowhere, when they’d just had a moment of peace.

She could just imagine how he must have felt. First, she had almost been kidnapped. And now this.

After a long silence, she spoke, her voice barely above a whisper."Do you think the two incidents are related? The kidnapping attempt and this?" She paused, then added quietly, "Could it have something to do with the Thomases finding me? Because before they did... nothing ever happened. Everything was normal."

Adam didn’t answer immediately. He slowly eased his hold, and looked into her eyes, making sure that she was not too scared. Then he shook his head.

"The police are still investigating what happened today. That’s just getting started," he said, his tone level but laced with frustration. "As for the Thomases... I’ve already been looking into them. Everything I could find. And from what I understand, this has nothing to do with them. There is nothing in their past that would indicate to unsavoury connections. At least so far- nothing."

Melanie frowned. "Then who could it be?"

"I don’t know," Adam admitted. "But here’s the thing. I’ve been told someone’s been digging into both StormEdge and LuxeArt lately. Quietly. Through back channels. Just questions being asked."

Her breath caught. "You think it’s connected to this? But anyone could be investigating that. After all, StormEdge is a bog congolomerate and LuxeArt has been doing better and better lately."

Adam gave her a grim look, "Anyone could be it. They could be competitors or clients. But I have a feeling that something is not right with this. If they were comeptitors, they would not need to dig deep into the roots. And if they were clients, they too would look for problems that could arise and harm their interests, not for weaknesses. This is something malevolent. The only problem is, I don’t know if they’re coming after you, or after me... or both of us. But they’ve been watching. And now this-sabotaging an elevator inside a secured building? It seems like they are ready to move.

She shifted, unsettled.

Adam continued, his voice lower now. "It could be someone with a grudge. Or someone who thinks taking you down will rattle me."

Melanie shook her head. "But why now?"

"Hell, if I know. But I will find out."

Melanie nodded at that. "I guess then we should not meet the others? After all, if someone is targetting us, then it could be dangerous to them as well."

Adam shook his head," There is a third possibility. Someone doesn’t want you to meet them."

***

In a dark, shadow-drenched house on the far side of town, a woman kicked at the figure kneeling on the floor in front of her.

"You fool," she hissed, her voice low and venomous. "Twice. I gave you two golden opportunities to get rid of her and what did you do?"

She circled the figure slowly, her heels clicking against the floor with every measured step.

"Not only did you fail. Spectacularly," she sneered, pausing to glare down at him, "but you also left behind a clue. A very deliberate one, at that. And now look what you’ve done."

She crouched beside him, and narrowed her eyes, "His dogs are already sniffing around. And it’s only a matter of time before they reach me. Do you have any idea what you’ve put at risk?"

The figure remained silent with his head bowed as the woman straightened and slapped him hard across the face. "I told you to be careful. I told you to make it clean and look like an accident. Twice, I gave you the kind of access most people would kill for. And you bungled it both times!"

Straightening, she exhaled sharply and turned away, running a hand through her hair in frustration.

"If they trace this back to me... if even a shadow of suspicion falls where it shouldn’t... you’ll be the first one to lose your life." She didn’t bother looking at him again. "Get out of my sight. And pray I don’t need to clean up another one of your messes."

The man hurriedly scurried away and that is when another man spoke from the darkness," I told you not to take any rash decisions. We’ve already waited for more than two decades. What is the harm in waiting some more? But you are already so impatient."

The woman snorted and glared at her brother," Haven’t I been patient for these two decades. But now, as we wait longer, Adam will only get stronger. He is young while we are already getting older! Should I wait till I reach the grave. You said, revenge is a dish best served cold. It has already frozen brother. It will rot at this moment. Just accept that you do not have the courage to do anything and let me handle it!"

The man banged his hand on the table," It is not courage that one needs to take revenge but brains. In your impatience to harm them, you have already left clues for them to sniff about. It is my caution that has kept us safe and under the radar all these years. As for revenge, while you were charging ahead blindly, I was trying to find other ways to bring about the fall of the enemy."

With that, the man threw a few papers and pictures at his sister and shook his head, pointing out," Look at the detailed plan that I have laid out and tell me if I have the courage or not! And this plan? We don’t even need to do anything. The chess board has already been laid about."

The woman picked up the papers and pictures and looked carefully, finally realizing that she might have misunderstood her brother..."

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