Semua Bab The CEO's Secret Divorce: Bab 31 - Bab 40

Adrian stood completely still. For several seconds, he couldn't seem to process what Margaret had just said. “My father didn't die naturally?” Margaret shook her head. “No.” Evelyn looked between them. “What are you saying?” Margaret walked farther into the living room and sat down. “I've carried this secret for five years.” Adrian's jaw tightened. “Then why didn't you tell me?” “Because I was afraid.” “Afraid of whom?” Margaret looked at him. “The same people your father was afraid of.” Adrian's hands curled into fists. “Who?” “I don't know all of them.” “That isn't good enough.” “I know.” Margaret took a breath. “But I know how it started.” She looked at Evelyn. “And it started before you and Adrian got married.” Evelyn frowned. “What does my marriage have to do with his father's death?” “More than you realize.” Adrian stepped closer. “Tell us everything.” Margaret nodded. “Your father discovered that someone was stealing money from one of his companies.

For several seconds, nobody spoke.Richard Blackwood.The name meant nothing to Evelyn, but the reaction on Adrian's face told her everything.“You said he died twenty years ago,” she said.Adrian shook his head slowly.“That was what I was told.”Margaret looked at him.“Your father believed Richard was dead. Everyone did.”“Then how do you know his voice?”Margaret lowered her eyes.“Because I heard it once before.”“When?”“Five years ago.”Adrian's expression changed.“The day my father died?”Margaret nodded.Evelyn stepped closer.“You heard Richard that day?”“Yes.”“Why didn't you tell Adrian?”“Because I didn't have proof.”Adrian stared at her.“You could have told me.”“I was afraid.”“Of Richard?”“Of what he could do if he discovered that I knew he was alive.”Adrian looked away, struggling to control his anger.Evelyn gently touched his arm.“Adrian.”He took a breath.“I'm fine.”“No, you're not.”He looked at her.“My entire life, I believed my uncle was dead.”“I know

Richard's words hung heavily in the room.Adrian stood between him and Evelyn, his expression cold.“You've had twenty years to take what you wanted,” Adrian said. “Why now?”Richard smiled.“Because now I finally have something your father never had.”Adrian's eyes narrowed.“What?”“Leverage.”His gaze moved toward Clara and her sleeping son.Clara immediately stepped closer to the crib.Adrian noticed.“You're using the child.”“Of course.”Richard's smile disappeared.“Your father made sure the boy would inherit everything. The company shares. The estate. Investments. Everything he had been building.”Adrian looked at the will again.“That doesn't explain why you killed him.”Richard laughed.“Your father changed the will because he discovered what I was doing.”“What were you doing?”“Building my own future.”“You stole from him.”“I borrowed what belonged to the family.”Adrian's jaw tightened.“You stole millions.”“And he was going to expose me.”Richard took a step forward.“

The message remained on Adrian's phone.Stop looking for the truth.The next person who disappears will not be Clara.Evelyn stared at the screen.“Who could they mean?”“I don't know.”Adrian immediately called his security chief.“Increase security around the house. I want someone watching Clara at all times.”“Yes, sir.”“And find out where that message came from.”“We're working on it.”Adrian ended the call.Evelyn watched him.“You're scared.”He looked at her.“Yes.”She hadn't expected him to admit it.“For me?”“For everyone.”He took her hand.“I've spent years believing I could handle everything myself. I'm starting to realize that's how people get hurt.”Evelyn squeezed his hand.“Then don't do it alone.”He nodded.“I won't.”---The next morning, Adrian received a call from Daniel.“I need to see you.”Adrian's expression became serious.“Why?”“Because I know who Richard is working with.”Adrian sat up.“Where are you?”“My office.”“I'll be there.”Evelyn immediately s

The man lay motionless on the floor.For one terrifying second, Evelyn couldn't breathe.“Call an ambulance!” Daniel shouted.“I already did,” Adrian replied.He pulled Evelyn farther away from the window and positioned himself between her and the glass.“Are you hurt?”She shook her head.“No.”“Stay here.”“But—”“Evelyn, please.”His voice was firm, and she could hear the fear beneath it.She nodded.Daniel knelt beside the injured man.“He's still breathing.”The man slowly opened his eyes.Evelyn stepped closer.“Who shot you?”His lips moved, but no sound came out.Adrian crouched beside him.“Take your time.”The man struggled to breathe.“He…”Everyone leaned closer.“Who?”“The man…”His eyes moved toward Evelyn.“Your father…”Evelyn's heart pounded.“What about my father?”“He… knew…”His eyes closed again.Daniel checked his pulse.“He's unconscious.”A siren sounded in the distance.---The ambulance arrived minutes later.The paramedics rushed inside and carried the man