All Chapters of The Billionaire’s New Love: You Remembered Too Late: Chapter 281 - Chapter 290

“A man had me brought to him yesterday. He was the one who arranged the attorney after the station.”“What man?”“I don’t know his name.”“What does he want?”“Everything.” Her words came faster as panic overcame caution. “He said he controls most of what remains of Vale Group. He wants Kennedy’s empire too.”Sean stepped closer. “What? And why did he send you here?”Evelyn looked away.“Why are you here?”“He told me to make her lose the baby.”The silence between them became terrifying.Sean’s face emptied of every emotion.Evelyn backed away. “I told him I wouldn’t.”“Where is he?”“I don’t know.”“Where did you meet him?”“A hotel. The entire upper floor was empty. They took my phone before letting me inside.”“What did he look like?”“Older, calm, and like none of this means anything to him.”Sean reached for his phone. “You’re coming with me.”“No.”“You just admitted someone ordered you to harm Shannon.”“And if he finds out I told you, I’m dead.”“You think I care what happens

Edward said nothing.She continued, encouraged by his silence. “This man has enough influence to move entire divisions without the regulators seeing where they went. If he personally called you over, he must have decided you are worth saving.”The words settled into the part of Edward that still needed to believe he had not lost everything.Within an hour, a black vehicle stopped outside the estate gates.No name had been provided. The driver did not speak when Edward entered.Mrs. Vale stood at the entrance watching the car leave. For the first time since the accounts were frozen, she allowed herself to imagine the investigators removing their seals, the banks restoring their access and Sean returning once he understood that his father had saved the company without him.Edward spent the journey preparing his demands.The international divisions would be returned first. Then the stranger would help him fight Kennedy’s petition and regain enough voting power to remove Sean permanently

Sean remained behind Ethan as the photographs from the clinic appeared across the largest monitor in the private office.They had already identified the vehicle, that part had taken less than twenty minutes. The grey sedan was registered to Ashbourne Strategic Consulting.The name sat in the centre of the screen beside its business address, corporate registration and a list of directors who appeared to exist only on paper.Sean stared at it. “Ashbourne prepared the Hartwell filing,” he said.“Yes.”“And the consultant who sent the documents to my father worked for them.”“Daniel Rook,” Ethan confirmed. “Except Daniel Rook doesn’t exist. The identification attached to his tax registration belongs to a man who died six years ago.”Sean moved towards the desk. “What about the vehicle?”“It was assigned to Ashbourne’s executive security division three weeks ago. The man in your photographs collected it personally.”Ethan opened another file.A passport photograph appeared beside the image

Mrs. Vale watched him move towards the window. She knew her husband well enough to recognize when fear had disguised itself as anger. Before she could question him again, Edward’s phone chimed.A message from Darius appeared. Open the original Meridian archive. Transfer full administrative access to the enclosed credentials. Do not allow Vale personnel to monitor the session.A set of encrypted access details followed.Mrs. Vale read his expression. “What does he want?”“The old Meridian records.”“Why?”“To find something Kennedy missed.”“Can he use them to stop the petition?”“That is what he claims.”“And you believe him?”Edward remembered Silas’s hand closing around his. Without questions?He had already agreed.“The records cannot hurt us more than they already have.”“That isn’t true.”Edward looked at her.“Some of those files were never found,” she continued. “Payments, letters, the people you used. What if he releases them too?”“He already had enough to release the video.

“Set up a secure line with Sean’s team,” Kennedy ordered.Shannon looked at him.The investigator hesitated. “You want us to cooperate with him?”“Only on Darius Kane and threats involving Shannon. Nothing else.”“I’ll arrange it.”The call ended.Kennedy remained facing the screen.Amelia watched him. “Call Sean yourself.”“There is no reason.”“He protected your daughter today.”“He placed unauthorized men around her.”“And because he did, Shannon was moved before Darius could reach the sixth floor.”Kennedy turned towards her. “We do not know that he intended to approach her.”“We know Evelyn was ordered to hurt the baby. We know Darius followed her. How much more would you like to discover through experience?”Kennedy had no answer.Shannon’s phone remained in her lap. “Dad,” she said softly. “Please.”The request defeated what anger could not.Kennedy picked up his phone and called Sean.Sean answered after the second ring.Neither man greeted the other.“I verified your document