All Chapters of Once An Overlooked Housewife, Now A Queen Of Fortune: Chapter 171 - Chapter 180

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Chapter 171 Closure and a Plate of Carbonara Pasta

Wren was curled at one end of her large sofa, a pillow hugged to her stomach, her legs tucked beneath her. The oversized hoodie she wore swallowed her frame. It was Grace’s. She’d forgotten it at Wren’s weeks ago when she came visiting, and now Wren claimed it as hers. It smelled faintly of Grace, and William—the original owner of the hoodie.Tonight, Wren found the borrowed history of it oddly comforting. It was a shield of other people’s messy affections.Dean was in the room too. On the opposite sofa. ‘We have to talk’, ‘We’ve really got to talk.’The ‘talk day’ was upon them tonight.“I've had such a rollercoaster time with you so far. You're funny, and thoughtful, good looking, stimulating; I've had some great times, and the past few weeks have been unexpectedly rocky,” she sighed, “I’m just not feeling it on any deeper level, and that’s something really important to me. That's the main reason I’m breaking things off.” It was actually the last night they had that set the ship sai

Chapter 172 Closure and a Plate of Carbonara Pasta 2

Dean chuckled, shaking his head. “Yeah, I don't really talk about it much. It feels like a lifetime ago now, even though it's only been a few years.”He talked about spending a summer after college in Rome, working in the trattoria kitchen run by a friend of his grandfather’s.“I was terrible at first. But the old man, Marco, was verrryyy patient with me,” Dean chuckled and tsked in amusement.Wren chewed on this new piece of information, and she couldn't help the thought that this was exactly the kind of thing she meant she said they weren't connecting on a deeper level. They never really took the time to learn about each other's pasts and what made them who they were. If they'd done more of that, spent more time having meaningful conversations instead of just enjoying the surface-level fun of dating…and the unending sex….maybe she would have fucking known he used to be a chef not quite long ago. Maybe she would have known a lot of things.But then again, maybe it wouldn't have chang

Chapter 173 The Roadside Father

A loud round of applause shuttered throughout the large dome-shaped conference room. The chairman smiled and declared into the microphone that that would be all for today, and this was shortly followed by the sighs of leather chairs and slight murmurs as the board members began to disperse.“Once again, Mr Morell, thank you for joining us and for that exceptional presentation.”Felix accepted the Chairman’s handshake, “The pleasure was mine. I’m looking forward to our collaboration.”A couple more minutes of conversation with the chairman, and afterwards, Felix, like the other board members, also exited the hall.While in his car, waiting at the traffic stop, Felix absentmindedly noticed a man walking along the sidewalk in the opposite direction. The man had a slouching gait and he piqued Felix’s attention, not for any reason other than the man looked familiar. Felix found himself glancing into the rear-view mirror as the man passed. And without thinking too much about it, Felix rever

Chapter 174 And The Messy Game Gets Messier

Felix continued climbing up the hill until the residential neighborhood began to deteriorate around him. He found himself standing at the edge of what could only be described as a makeshift settlement made out of pallets and tarps and tents stained with years of grime. There were hulks of vans with flat tires serving as permanent residences for some people. And in a place such as this, there was no omitting the sweet-sick odor of rotting garbage piled in corners. Clearly, no garbage trucks ever came around these areas.Felix walked carefully into the area, brushing a couple of fingers under his nose as he stepped over a mound of black trash bags. The place was quiet but you could already see a few figures near a distant window. One was hunched over a small canister and another was completely asleep...or dead in a sleeping bag. From somewhere, he could hear the relentless wail of a baby, most likely newly born.He couldn’t believe that a place like this existed within the city. Felix d

Chapter 175 Architect of Ruin

“The audit of the suppliers came back approved. All three primary contractors and their secondary material vendors,” Julianne announced, waiting for Wren’s review of the materials she'd just delivered.Wren took the topmost of the files Julainne had set on her desk and started to flip through them. The audit was, as she had demanded, thorough.“Good,” Wren said.She closed the folder and aligned its back with the others.“This means we can go ahead and visit the suppliers. What is the day looking like? Is there room for us to visit the primary loading facility today?”Julianne consulted the phone in her hand, scrolling through the meticulously color-coded schedule.“The conference call with H&T was moved to tomorrow. You have a 3-hour window before the briefing with the legal team, so that should give us enough time for an initial site visit, assuming traffic cooperates.”“Well then,” Wren pushed her chair back and stood up. “Let’s head out now. We’ll use the time in the car for the p

Chapter 176 Continuous Unraveling

In a small, modest house in the beautiful city of Florida, on a nice afternoon, A woman through the monitor, at the unfamiliar face of the man standing in front of her door. She wore capri pants and a faded university t-shirt, with hair pulled back in a loose ponytail.She contemplated answering the door or not.Going her curiosity, she opened the door“Hi,” he smiled respectfully.“Hi. Can I help you?”“My name is Felix. I’m so sorry to bother you on this fine afternoon. I’m looking for Shanice?”The woman’s posture didn’t relax, but she nodded. “Yeah, that’s me. Why?”“I’m trying to locate a woman named Ruth, and I have reason to believe she might be your daughter. Is that correct? Are you Ruth’s mother?”The only sounds heard in the few seconds after Felix asked that question, was the drone of a distant lawnmower and the buzz of insects in the flowering bougainvillea climbing the neighbor’s fence.“Who is Ruth?” she asked.Felix almost lost his composure that instant. “Your daughte

Chapter 177 Continuous Unraveling (2)

Somehow, Frank has managed to send Felix down a pipeline of memories with Wren. The woman. Despite their two-year separation and apparent distance from each other, she was always wrapped up in his life in some way.Even right now, he could smell it. She was doing something. Known or unknown. Afterall they made a bet. Wren’s entire career was on the line for that bet and she surely would be doing everything in he power to win just like he was too. And so far, it doesn't seem like Wren was playing any open games or making obvious moves to show Felix she was making an effort. Her silence so far made him even more suspicious that she might have a hand in what's happening with the Florence and Ruth issue.And if she wasn't, was she planning something bigger in the background? Keeping her cards to herself so he’s cornered?They soon reached the elementary school which was a low colourful building surrounded by a chain-link fence. Little kids jumped and shrieked joyfully, running all around

Chapter 178 Plans on The Edge

“What?!”The sweetness of the afternoon nap she was having before the call came was suddenly gone. Ruth sat up immediately on the bed.“...yes, he came to the house, asking about you, but of course I pretended not to know who you were. I did just like you said. I told him I had no daughter named Ruth nor any husband named Frank. But then I found out from the girls that the same man came to Babe’s school with Frank!"Ruth’s heart suddenly started a hammering gallop. “What…what did the guy say his name was?”“Felix, I think,” Shanice replied and Ruth immediately let out a string of curses under her breath and tapped her hand against her forehead in self-recrimination.“Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit,” she cursed, pacing frantically around the room.She forced herself to take a deep breath and push down the panic that was starting to eat at her.“Okay…mom…um…you did a good job. Thanks for sticking to what we talked about….um…is Cynthia with you right now? I need to talk to her.”There was a rust

Chapter 179 The Identity Game

“Felix is most likely going to come to your place soon,” Wren told Ruth on the phone.“When he does, he’s going to be looking for DNA, and he’s going to try to get it however he can without you noticing, which means you need to be extremely careful about everything leaving your DNA lying around in that house.”Ruth felt her chest go taut, anxiety taking hold in her system. How could she possibly protect herself against someone determined to collect evidence of her genetic identity when literally everything about her existence in this space could potentially provide that evidence?“So what should I do?” Ruth asked desperately.And she wondered why Wren didn’t sound like she was as agitated. If anything, Wren should be panicking more than Ruth. But it seemed to be the other way around“I mean, how am I supposed to prevent him from getting DNA when basically anything can contain my DNA? Sweat, saliva, hair, nails… traces in the bathroom, fingerprints on glasses…it’s everywhere, Wren, it’

Chapter 180 The Identity Game (2)

“He’s here," Ruth’s voice dropped to a whisper as she stepped back gently from the door. “Felix is at the door right now.”“Okay…uh…great,” Wren answered quickly. “This is it. Do exactly what we planned.Ruth took a deep breath and said “Got it” before ending the call and quickly taking out the comb with the fake hair from the cupboard where she’d been keeping it stored whenever she wasn’t actively setting up the scene for Felix's potential arrival.She carried the comb with her as she walked to the door, holding it in one hand as she looked quickly around the room again, wondering where was best to keep it.Unable to make a quick choice she pressed the comb against her leg where Felix wouldn’t immediately see it when she opened the door.Felix rang the doorbell again and Ruth composed herself.She opened the door and smiled at him in greeting.“Felix. Hey,” she said, the pitch of her voice slightly higher than intended. “I wasn’t expecting you.” She stepped back, ushering him in with

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