Lahat ng Kabanata ng COMEBACK OF THE REJECTED WIFE.: Kabanata 181 - Kabanata 190

~ ANGELO ~After bidding farewell to my mum, I turned to go, only to be stopped by a call. I pulled my phone out of my pocket and answered it after seeing the caller's ID. I wasn't expecting Ben to call me this morning after we spoke last night."Hello?""We've checked their backgrounds," he said, not sparing time for pleasantries. "Jonathan isn't who Lissa claimed he is. Someone worked on those pictures. I have sent the originals to your phone. You will see just how good whoever worked on them is.""What?" I froze in my steps. "Are you certain about this?"Oddly enough, I had almost wanted Jonathan to be the bad person. Call me selfish, but you can't fault me for that. Should he turn out to be the villain, it wouldn't be difficult to get Annika to my side. However, if all I knew were lies, then... Lissa lied."Exactly my thoughts," Ben continued. "She provided fake evidence to you and lied about him. Which made me investigate her.""And?""I found nothing unusua

~ ANGELO ~His eyes narrowed at that. "Why would she try to involve me in this? What's in it for her?" He looked up from the phone, focusing his attention on me. "Why is she doing this?""It's something I'm trying to work out." I crossed my legs. "I know we have been enemies since we love the same woman, and you want nothing to do with me, just like I don't with you, but I think we need to work together. We have a common enemy. Whoever attempted to harm Annika back then was undoubtedly the one who caused the accident. I had seen the footage; it wasn't as accidental as they wanted to make it look.""I see." He dropped my phone on the bed next to him. "What do you have in mind? Do you have a plan already?""Not at the moment." Shaking my head, I sat up in the chair. "I employed a secret detective weeks ago, but he hadn't given me any positive feedback. I had to reach out to someone else today. He's the best hacker, and I hope to get a response before evening, or tomorrow."

~ ANGELO ~“Hello? Any news?" I asked the moment I was out of earshot of Annika. I didn't want her to hear my conversation. Jonathan said it would be better to keep this from her until we had gotten an answer, and I agreed. Annika would want to know everything, and that might endanger her. Keeping her in the dark while seeking her assailants was the best thing for now."I have gotten information on the woman whose name you sent me," Henry said. "Like you suspected, she's involved in shady business with the men of the underworld.""What?""I sent the file to you. You can review it. When you are done, call me. I'm still tracking her.""What of the pictures uploaded to my office servers? Was she the one that did it?""Not at all. She's not computer-literate. Though the IP leads to a place close to her house, she's not capable of pulling it off. I believe she has an accomplice who is good enough to keep their tracks hidden. I wouldn't have gotten anything on Lissa if I wasn't this good."

~ ANNIKA ~ I couldn't tell why I felt Angelo had been acting off since he answered that call. Though he looked happy and smiled a lot, I knew he was keeping something from me. It didn't help matters when I saw him whispering with Jonathan, only to stop when I walked in. Seeing them close to each other was shocking, but more shocking was the expression on their faces.Having stayed with Jonathan for close to six years, I knew when he was hiding something, just like he did when I stepped in. However, when I asked what was going on, none of them could give me any favorable response. They kept beating around the bush until I let them off the hook."Are you going somewhere?" I inquired when he got ready to leave. A glance at the clock showed it was 6:30 PM."Yes, I have an appointment with someone. We are supposed to meet by 7, so I'm leaving early to catch up with them." He ran his fingers through his hair, checking his face in his phone."Who are you meeting?" I frowned,

~ ANGELO ~ Sighing, I shook my head. “We will pursue this with Henry. I just sent a text to Ben right now with the information. I'm giving him a chance to prove that he can handle this."It took me driving from Lissa's house to the café before I decided to involve Ben in the case once more. I wanted him to prove himself worthy by investigating Henry."Was he delighted?""Why wouldn't he? That was me giving him a second chance. Why wouldn't he be happy? He knew I only involved him because of how close we are, else I wouldn't have bothered to call him again.""I see. And Annika? How are you going to lie your way out of her suspicion? It was difficult getting her to drop the case, and I know she will still ask about it.""We will keep evading it." Pinching the bridge of my nose, I leaned back in the chair. "You will be the one to come up with excuses, as she will live with you until we sort everything out."Jonathan nodded thoughtfully, his eyes narrowing as he considere