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128. She Resigns
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Reborn Rich: My Fiancé and Step-Sister Killed Me Once. 145. Safety
ARDENI gave my formal statement at the scene first, huddled on the rear bumper of the ambulance with a heavy wool blanket draped over my shivering shoulders. A detective stood in front of me with a pen and notepad, recording every single detail I could pull from my memory—the way the garage had gone deathly quiet, the exact rasp of the woman's voice, and the terrifyingly calm phone call regarding the wire transfer."You mentioned you broke one of their noses in the garage," the detective said, glancing up from his notes."I did," I said, my jaw tight. "I drove my elbow back as hard as I could.""Good." A ghost of a satisfied smirk crossed his face before he wrote it down. "That's going to make identifying him significantly easier if my officers haven't already processed him."They had.Word crackled over the radio clipped to the detective's shoulder less than twenty minutes later. The man with the shattered nose was already in holding at the precinct, sitting under interrogat
Reborn Rich: My Fiancé and Step-Sister Killed Me Once. 145. Getting Closer
Jett’s encrypted phone buzzed violently. The name of his chief private investigator flashed across the digital screen, and something deep in Jett’s gut turned into pure ice before he even swiped to answer."Talk to me," Jett commanded, his voice an absolute blade."Lucas Sharp just met two men outside an abandoned industrial warehouse complex on the east side," the investigator reported, breath heavy over the line. "My operative has been tailing him since you flagged his bank activity. This isn't a random meeting, Jett. This is operational."Jett’s heart hammered against his ribs. "Where's Arden?""Trying her direct line now—she isn't answering her desk."Jett was already grabbing his car keys, already moving toward the executive private elevator, his phone pressed so hard against his ear his knuckles turned white. "Get me that exact GPS address. Right now.""Sending the ping to your dashboard. Give me sixty seconds."Jett tried calling Arden’s mobile himself while he sprinted
Reborn Rich: My Fiancé and Step-Sister Killed Me Once. 143. The Kidnapping
ARDENI was still mentally drafting an answer to Riley’s urgent email as I stepped through the heavy steel doors into the corporate parking garage. My thumb flew across my phone screen, my focus split completely between a series of supply chain updates and finding my car in the dimly lit lower tier.That was my first mistake.The click of heavy soles against concrete echoed through the cavernous space. Before I could hit Send, two men stepped out from the shadows between a pair of parked SUVs, blocking the path to my vehicle entirely.My stomach dropped straight through the floor."Ms. Steele," the taller one said, his voice terrifyingly pleasant—like he was greeting me at a corporate board meeting instead of cornering me in an empty garage. "You're going to want to come with us quietly. Don't make a scene."Like hell I will.I didn't waste a single second arguing. I kicked off my high heels, whipped around, and sprinted in the opposite direction. Adrenaline flooded through m
Reborn Rich: My Fiancé and Step-Sister Killed Me Once. 142. Tge Beginning of the End
Jessica's underground contact insisted on meeting somewhere public, neutral, and utterly forgettable—a location completely detached from their usual luxury haunts that could never be traced back to any of them.They ended up sitting in a vinyl booth at The Rusty Anchor, a dimly lit 24-hour diner two towns over. It was a grease-stained roadside dive that none of them had ever set foot in before, and one they would never have a single reason to return to.The man Jessica introduced simply as Marek looked nothing like the shadowy, imposing enforcer Rita had envisioned. He was an older, shockingly unremarkable man in an faded jacket—the exact kind of plain, invisible face that disappeared into a crowd the second you looked away from it."Jessica tells me you two have a rather delicate financial situation," Marek said, his voice a low, gravelly rasp once they were settled into the booth. Coffee arrived, thick and dark, sitting entirely untouched in front of each of them."We do," Ri
Reborn Rich: My Fiancé and Step-Sister Killed Me Once. 141. The Unspeakable Plan
Jessica had been dropping by the house with alarming frequency ever since the restraining order hit, always armed with a convenient excuse—a bag of gourmet groceries she’d accidentally overbought, an imported bottle of wine, or a movie she insisted they all needed to watch to take the edge off.She kept framing it as simply checking in on her little brother, but Rita knew better. Beneath Jessica’s sweet, sisterly concern was a predator circling a wounded animal. Jessica wasn't just checking in; she was positioning herself as close as humanly possible to whatever desperate, explosive move came next.On Thursday evening, Jessica let herself in with the spare house key Lucas had given her months ago, carrying two heavy brown paper bags of Thai takeout."You two look like absolute death," Jessica announced, setting the bags down on the quartz island with a heavy thud. She kicked off her heels and looked between them. "When is the last time either of you consumed an actual, solid mea
Reborn Rich: My Fiancé and Step-Sister Killed Me Once. 140. Desperation Escalates
"You're selling the insurance policy on the ring," Lucas said, leaning over the back of her chair as he watched her fill out the digital appraisal form on her tablet. "Not the actual ring itself?""Not selling it outright," Rita said, her jaw tight as her fingernails tapped against the glass screen. "Pawning it. If we come up with the money in time, I can buy it back before anyone in our social circle even notices my finger is empty."She didn't look up at him. She couldn't bear to look at his sunken eyes, his unwashed hoodie, or the helpless posture he'd adopted ever since Arden had sent her packing empty-handed."That ring cost more than my car, Rita," he muttered softly."And right now it's sitting in a box doing absolutely nothing to stop the bank from putting a foreclosure notice on our front door!" Rita swung around in her chair, her eyes flashing with a sharp, dangerous heat. "Do you have a better idea, Lucas? A sudden stroke of financial genius, perhaps? Please, illuminate m
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