All Chapters of His Dead Wife: No Longer the Surrogate Bride: Chapter 311 - Chapter 320

Dominic found Althea exactly where he expected at the western balcony overlooking Blackstone's gardens. Since bringing her at the house he inherited from Alessandro, it was where Althea always went whenever she was thinking too deeply.She wasn't looking at the gardens or even aware of them.Her eyes were fixed somewhere far beyond the tree line, her fingers absentmindedly tracing the leather cover of one of Alessandro's journals she had carried from the Medical Wing.The late afternoon breeze gently stirred loose strands of her hair.She hadn't heard him approach and Dominic leaned quietly against the stone column beside the doorway, simply watching her.Years together when they were still boyfriend and girlfriend and Althea a medical student, it had taught him something.When Althea entered what he secretly called Pattern Mode, interruptions only delayed the inevitable.She would emerge only when her mind had finished assembling every piece.After nearly a minute, she finally spoke,

Night had long swallowed the city.Forty-eight floors above the restless skyline, the executive floor of Valtieri Holdings remained illuminated. It was the only level in an otherwise deserted tower that was still lighted and occupied.To anyone looking from outside, it appeared as though the empire itself refused to sleep, the lone person still working.Inside, it wasn't overworking or sleeplessness.It was obsession.The conference room adjoining Matteo Valtieri's office no longer resembled a corporate boardroom.The polished walnut table had disappeared beneath layers of estate blueprints, aerial surveys, historical land titles, geological reports, family journals acquired through questionable means, nineteenth-century cadastral maps, and enlarged photographs of every stone, courtyard, fountain, and sculpture surrounding the Valtieri ancestral estate.The entire walls in this room had been transformed into investigative boards.Red strings connected photographs.Architectural overla

The room became thoughtful.Enzo slowly smiled."Well." He drawled as he looked toward Dominic. “Looks like there’s no need for us to infiltrate."Dominic smiled back."We visit."Silence followed.Vincent slowly grinned."I love this plan."Michael sighed, who is on his other side before giving him a good glare."Of course you do.""No. Think about it, boy." Vincent laughed. He stood dramatically. "We ring the front door. We smile, then ask for tea.”Enzo laughed."And?"Vincent looked positively delighted."Matteo's blood pressure explodes."Even Dominic laughed aloud."I admit…" He chuckled as he shook his head, "that part does appeal to me."The room gradually settled once more and Dominic looked toward Althea."You've been unusually quiet." He noted.She smiled faintly."I've been thinking." She answered gently.Dominic immediately recognized that tone as well as the rest of the occupants in the room.Sebastian leaned back."Here we go." Michael groaned dramatically. "Another pat

The thought lingered longer than he expected.Dominic. Matteo thought coldly.His nephew.The child Alessandro had shaped and only ended on his death.The man Luca had tried to destroy.The heir who simply refused to disappear.Matteo walked once more toward the windows, his reflection staring back at him."So." He murmured softly. "It seems we've arrived at the same destination."Aurelio joined him."You think Dominic knows?" He questioned just to be sure.Matteo didn't answer immediately.He only smiled, a small smile that looks dangerous.For a while, he finally decided to check the messages on his phone and Gabriel was right.There’s indeed movement going on inside the Valtieri Estate.“Signore Dominic sent men here at the estate and they started their own security protocol.” The message read directly. “We are securing everything we can on our side. Currently, they haven’t infiltrated our internal posts. Waiting for your instructions, Signore Matteo.”So, it begins, Dominic. Matte

Enzo left before Dominic could answer, the heavy wooden door closing quietly. The War Room became quiet again with only Dominic and Althea remaining inside the room.Dominic slowly walked toward the large whiteboard in deep thought.He picked up a marker and without saying anything to Althea, he started writing.EXPEDITION TEAMOne by one.Dominic.Althea.Seraphina.Sebastian.Enzo.Six Elite Guards.He stared at the names and counted them several times.Nine people. He thought. Just enough.Not too many.Not too few.Dominic heard soft footsteps and Althea stood beside him, looking at the list that he had written down on the board."This is everyone." Althea said softly.Dominic nodded."Yes." He answered."Seraphina’s guards will stay." She pointed out gently."Yes."Althea glanced at him for a while. “I’m sure that there will be some reactions from them given that they had been serving your mother for a long while.” She commented lightly. “Will they follow the order once Enzo sets