All Chapters of Once my Wife: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

The morning sun lit up the room through the curtain. After their quiet night together, Bella and Jason felt a little stronger, like they'd built a shield around their hearts. The love they shared had given them new strength, and they were ready to face the scary truth: someone close to them was sharing their secrets. Someone they trusted.Jason left for work early, his face serious. He walked straight into Ryan Cole’s office, not even stopping to say good morning. Ryan looked surprised, but once he heard what Jason had to say, his face turned just as serious."A spy? Someone right here with us?” Ryan asked, rubbing his messy hair. “That’s crazy really, we really need to get to the bottom of this before it results in further damage. Whoever it is... they’ve been watching us, copying us. It’s like something out of a mystery book.”Jason leaned in closer. “It’s not just about money, Ryan. This is personal. Every time we try to fix things, they twist it. My dad used to do things like this

The meeting with Detective Harris felt heavy from the start. Jason and Bella laid everything out; the mysterious Seraphina Dubois, the hacked systems, the anonymous file, and that strange countdown date. Harris listened closely, flipping through the file Bella had built. His face grew more serious with each page.“This is advanced,” Harris finally said, tapping on a section showing the shell companies. “The fake names, the hidden money… this is professional work. And the way Reed & Co. was attacked shows this isn’t just business competition. This is aggressive. But the countdown? That’s different. It feels like a direct threat. Not normal for corporate fights.”“What if it’s not just corporate?” Bella said, her voice full of urgency. “What if this is personal? What if someone is coming after more than just Reed & Co.?”Harris paused, looking straight at Jason. “George Reed. He may be stuck in a hospital, but his influence? It was massive. He had people. People who owed him, people who

The days after July 15th passed without any big event or loud attack. But what came instead was worse in a quiet way. It was like a slow-moving storm that never really hit but never left either. Jason and Bella felt it in everything, they couldn’t relax, couldn’t breathe. Arthur Thorne didn’t disappear. He just changed how he moved. He got smarter, more careful, more dangerous. His attacks weren’t the kind you could see coming. They were quiet, personal, and meant to mess with their minds.At Reed & Co., Jason’s company, nothing felt safe anymore. Every new project idea came with questions. Every email or message made him pause. Were they being watched? Was something being leaked? Meetings that used to be short and honest now dragged on, filled with side glances and hidden meanings. Jason had worked so hard to build a team where everyone trusted each other. But now, that trust was fading. People were nervous. Even Ryan, who had always been calm and reliable, was showing signs of stres

Jason felt like the world was pressing on his chest. Bad people were attacking his work, but the worst part was how all the worry was pushing him and Bella apart. He suddenly saw it clearly: Thorne didn’t just want to ruin their company. He wanted to break them as a couple. If Jason and Bella stopped trusting each other, everything else would fall.One quiet evening, the house felt too big. Lila was at a friend’s place with adults watching, so it was just Jason and Bella in the penthouse. No kid noise. No meetings. Just a heavy kind of silence.Bella sat on the couch with a design magazine open, but she wasn’t really reading. Her eyes were far away.Jason walked in, stopped, and breathed like he was getting ready to jump into cold water. “Bella… can we talk? Like, really talk?”She set the magazine down and looked at him. She saw it right away that he was not hiding anything. He looked tired and scared and honest. She patted the seat beside her. “Yes. Come sit.”He sat but didn’t spea

The old photo of Arthur Thorne standing next to George Reed wasn’t just a photo. It was a warning and a weapon. For Jason, it felt like someone had dropped a match into a room full of gasoline. Suddenly, it was clear: Thorne hadn’t just appeared out of nowhere. He wasn’t some outsider taking cheap shots. He had been part of his father’s world all along. Maybe even his father’s chosen replacement.That meant every move Thorne made wasn’t random. It was personal. It was designed to hit Jason where it hurt most.Even though things between Jason and Bella had become closer again especially after that night they finally opened up, they couldn’t shake the feeling that someone was watching. Every hug, every soft moment was followed by a question hanging in the air: Who sent that photo?Was it Thorne himself, bragging? Or was it someone else, trying to warn them?Jason couldn’t let it go. The idea that someone inside Reed & Co. was feeding Thorne information kept him up at night. He started l