All Chapters of TILL DEATH DO US APART EX WIFE : Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

"Blackmail"Jane's POVI was making coffee in Jared's kitchen when someone slipped an envelope under the door. I heard the footsteps walking away quickly, but by the time I opened the door, the hallway was empty.The envelope had my name written on it in block letters. No return address. No postmark."What's that?" Jared asked, coming into the kitchen wearing his work clothes."I don't know. Someone left it under the door.""That's weird. Building security is supposed to stop people from getting up here."I opened the envelope with shaking hands. Inside were three photographs of me and Jared at the awards ceremony. We were holding hands, walking together, looking happy.Someone had drawn red X's over our faces.At the bottom of one photo, someone had written in black marker: "PAY OR LOSE EVERYTHING.""Oh my god," I whispered."What is it?" Jared took the photos from me. His face went pale. "Jane, who sent these?""I don't know. The same people who've been threatening me, I guess.""B

"The Second Attack"Jane's POV"Jane, you need to get out of this apartment," Sandra said, standing in my doorway with her hands on her hips. "You've been hiding for three days.""I'm not hiding. I'm thinking.""About Jared?""About everything. About how I can't trust anyone anymore."Sandra came in and sat next to me on the couch. "You can trust me.""Can I? How do I know you're not working for them too?""Because I'm not. And because you know me, Jane. Really know me.""I thought I knew Jared too.""Jared lied to you about how you met. But that doesn't mean everything he ever said was a lie.""Doesn't it? How can I tell the difference?"Sandra was quiet for a moment. "Jane, do you remember when we first became friends?""At the Parish. You were married to Carter.""Right. And do you remember what I told you about my first marriage?""You said your ex-husband was controlling and manipulative.""He was. He lied to me about everything. His job, his money, even his real name.""What hap

"The Hidden Betrayal"Jane's POVDetective Rivera called me at ten in the morning with news about Tommy Rodriguez."He finally talked," he said."What did he tell you?""He's part of something called Crypto Link. It's an organized crime group that specializes in extortion and money laundering."I felt my stomach drop. "So this really is bigger than just random criminals?""Much bigger. These people have operations in multiple countries. They target wealthy individuals and use sophisticated methods to pressure them.""What kind of methods?""Surveillance. Blackmail. Staged attacks designed to create fear.""Staged attacks?""Attacks that look random but are carefully planned to maximize psychological impact."I thought about the man in my apartment. About the car that almost hit me. About last night in the parking lot."So all of this has been planned?""It looks that way. The question is, who inside your circle is feeding them information?""What do you mean?""Someone close to you ha

"Amanda's Leverage"Amanda's POVI found Aunt Rose in her garden, cutting flowers for the dinner table. She looked up when she heard my footsteps on the gravel path."Amanda, dear, how are you feeling today?""Worried, actually. About the family.""What do you mean?"I sat down on the stone bench next to her flower basket. "Have you seen the news lately?""About Jane's company? Yes, it's quite impressive actually.""That's not what I meant. I meant the stories about her being attacked. About criminals targeting her."Aunt Rose stopped cutting and looked at me. "What about them?""Rose, think about what this means for the Holmes family name. Jane is married to Christian. Her problems become our problems.""I suppose that's true.""It's already started. The newspapers are calling her 'Holmes heiress Jane Walton.' They're connecting her troubles to our family."Aunt Rose frowned. "I hadn't thought about that.""And it's only going to get worse. These criminals aren't going to stop. Jane

"Jared's Spiral"Jared's POVI sat in my car outside the old warehouse, staring at the building where my life had started falling apart. My hands were shaking as I checked my phone again. Three missed calls from the number I never wanted to see again.I had to go in. They wouldn't stop calling until I did.The warehouse smelled like cigarettes and motor oil. The same three men sat at the same table, but today they looked angry."You're late," the leader said."I told you I was done.""And I told you that you don't get to be done until we say you're done."I sat down across from them, trying not to show how scared I was. "What do you want?""We want you to do your job.""My job was to get close to Jane. I did that.""Your job was to get us her money. You haven't done that.""She doesn't have five million dollars just sitting around.""Then help her find it.""How?""Convince her to sell part of her company. Convince her to take out loans. We don't care how she gets it.""She'll never d