His innocent wife is a dangerous hacker.-Chapter 641 Identity

Bella’s fingers flew across the keyboard, pulling up everything she could find on Umbra. The city’s history, its families, its conflicts. Pages of records scrolled past, births, deaths, business registrations, property deeds. She cross-referenced names, traced connections, built a web of associations that grew denser with every click.

Then she started on the assassin’s family.

She traced his lineage, his connections, his bank records. She hacked into accounts that weren’t meant to be seen, following the money through layers of encryption and shell companies that crumbled under her touch.

The payment trail was clear. A family in Umbra had paid him. Not for Hazel. For someone else.

She sat back, her hand pressing to her lips. Her mind was racing, piecing together fragments that had seemed meaningless before. Dom’s hesitation when she’d asked about his family. The way he’d brushed off the question with a joke. The careful distance he kept from certain topics, the walls he’d built behind his easy smile.

Umbra.

Dominique was from Umbra.

Her heart pounded. The attack wasn’t aimed at Hazel.

It was aimed at Dom.

She didn’t know why someone was targeting Dom.

Bella gathered the information and sent everything to Leo, the assassin’s real identity, the payment trail, the family in Umbra, the connection to Dom. Her message was clean, precise, every detail laid out like a map.

When Leo opened the files on his laptop, Jay was standing beside him, looking over his shoulder. The office was quiet now, the soft glow of the desk lamp casting light across the room. The papers from earlier were pushed aside, forgotten. All that mattered was the screen in front of them.

Jay stared at the data, scrolling through page after page. His mouth opened slightly. His eyes went wide.

"Bro," he breathed. "Bella did this in like an hour?"

Leo didn’t answer. He was reading, his expression unreadable, his eyes moving slowly across the screen.

Jay leaned closer, pointing at the laptop. "She found his real name. His address. His family connections. She traced the payment through, what, seven shell companies? And she linked it to a family in a city I’ve never even heard of." He looked up at Leo, his face full of wonder. "Bro, Bella is so smart. Like, terrifyingly smart. She did in an hour what our whole security team couldn’t do in days."

Leo’s lips curved slightly. "I know."

"She’s powerful." Jay shook his head, laughing. "I mean, we knew she was good. The hacking thing, the way she handled those guys in the basement, but this? This is next level." He gestured at the laptop. "I wonder if college is even going to be able to teach her anything at that level. She’s already beyond it."

Leo leaned back in his chair, his eyes still on the screen. "That’s what I’m thinking."

"So why send her?"

Leo was quiet for a moment. The lamp cast shadows across his face, making him look older, more serious. "Because she needs the degree. Not for the knowledge, she already has that. But for the identity."

Jay frowned. "What do you mean?"

Leo picked up a pen from the desk, turning it between his fingers. "She’s been a hacker. A wife. A woman who had to fight for her place in this world. But she’s never had something that’s just hers. Something she can put on a resume, show to the world, use to build whatever future she wants." He looked at Jay. "If she ever wants to step out of my shadow, if she ever wants to do something that’s completely her own, she needs that piece of paper. It’s not about the knowledge. It’s about the doors it opens."

Jay nodded slowly, understanding dawning on his face.

"And," Leo continued, "I want her to level up. More than she thinks she can. She has potential she hasn’t even tapped yet. This," he tapped the laptop screen, "is just the beginning. I want her to see that. I want her to push herself, to find out what she’s really capable of."

Jay stared at his brother, something warm spreading in his chest. Leo had always been intense, focused, driven. But seeing him talk about Bella like this, like she was a force of nature he was trying to help grow, was something else.

"Bro," Jay said quietly. "I’m with you. With her skills, she could conquer the world. Seriously. Give her a few years, she’ll be running circles around everyone."

Leo’s lips twitched. "That’s what I’m afraid of."

Jay laughed, then his expression sobered. "But don’t you think if her identity comes out, our enemies will target her? She’s already a target because she’s your wife. But if they know what she can do..." He trailed off.

Leo was quiet for a moment. "I know."

"So why risk it?"

"Because hiding isn’t a solution." Leo set the pen down, his eyes meeting Jay’s. "I can protect her. I will protect her. But I can’t keep her in a cage. That’s not who she is. That’s not who I want her to be." He paused. "And I’m trying to expand too. Our reach, our influence, our power. The bigger we grow, the safer she is. The more she grows, the safer we all are."

Jay looked at his brother with something close to admiration. Leo had always been the one to carry the weight, to make the hard choices, to see the path forward when everyone else was lost. But this, this vision of a future where Bella wasn’t just protected but empowered, was something new.

"You really believe in her," Jay said.

Leo met his gaze. "More than anything."

Jay grinned, slapping his brother’s shoulder. "Then let’s make sure she gets that degree. And let’s make sure whoever wants Dom dead regrets ever coming near our family."

Leo’s expression hardened. "We will."

He turned back to the laptop, scrolling through Bella’s message one more time. Her words were clear, her logic sharp, her evidence irrefutable. She had handed him the truth on a silver platter.

Now it was his turn to act.