Semua Bab The CEO's Secret Divorce: Bab 71 - Bab 80

Evelyn stared at her phone.DNA RESULTS AVAILABLE.For several seconds, she couldn't bring herself to open the message.After everything they had uncovered, she was afraid of what another answer might destroy.Adrian noticed her expression.“What is it?”Evelyn slowly turned the phone toward him.His eyes widened.“The test?”She nodded.“Clara and Alexander.”Adrian stood.“Let's go.”---They found Clara at the Blackwood estate.She was sitting alone in the garden, staring at an old photograph of her mother.When Evelyn approached, Clara immediately looked up.“You got the results?”Evelyn nodded.“They're ready.”Clara's fingers tightened around the photograph.“I don't know if I want to know.”Evelyn sat beside her.“I understand.”“What if Alexander isn't my fa

Adrian drove faster than usual.Evelyn sat beside him, staring through the windshield.Neither of them spoke.James Carter had disappeared.And someone had warned them that the person they were looking for was closer than they thought.Evelyn finally broke the silence.“Who exactly is James Carter?”“My chief financial officer.”“How long has he worked for you?”“Almost four years.”“Did he have access to Blackwood's accounts?”Adrian's hands tightened around the steering wheel.“Yes.”Evelyn's heart sank.“So he could have been the person moving the money.”“He could have been.”“But you trusted him.”“I did.”Evelyn looked at him.“Then don't blame yourself.”Adrian glanced at her.“You're not angry?”“I am.”“At me?”“For keeping things from me.”He nodded.

The lights went out.Evelyn's heart slammed against her chest.“Adrian?”“I'm here.”His hand immediately found hers.Daniel was breathing heavily somewhere beside them.Then they heard a sound.A door closing.Adrian pulled Evelyn closer.“Stay behind me.”A few seconds later, the emergency lights flickered on.Daniel was gone.Evelyn's eyes widened.“Where did he go?”Adrian looked around the room.“The back door.”They rushed outside.But Daniel was nowhere to be seen.Only a black car disappeared at the end of the road.Evelyn stood frozen.“He was taken.”Adrian immediately called the police.Then he turned to her.“We're going after him.”---Twenty minutes later, they were back at Blackwood Holdings.Alexander was waiting in his office.When Evelyn told him what Daniel had said, his face changed.“Marcus.”“You know him?”Alexander slowly sat down.“I haven't heard that name in decades.”“Dad, you said you didn't have a brother.”“I said I didn't know where my brother was.”Eve

Evelyn stared at the first page.JAMES CARTER.Her heart sank.“No.”She turned another page.There were copies of financial records, old contracts, and handwritten notes.James's name appeared repeatedly.Adrian stepped closer.“Let me see.”Evelyn handed him the file.His expression became increasingly serious.“What does it say?”Adrian scanned the documents.“James wasn't just an employee.”Evelyn looked at him.“What was he?”“He was connected to Carter Financial Group.”Marcus stood silently near the doorway.Evelyn turned toward him.“You knew this.”“Yes.”“You knew James was involved?”“I knew he had been involved.”“That isn't the same thing.”Marcus nodded.“You're right.”Evelyn's voice trembled with anger.“Then explain.”

Evelyn couldn't move.“Daniel's brother is dead?” she repeated.Adrian nodded slowly.“That is what your father said.”“But Daniel just named him.”“Exactly.”Evelyn looked at the old house around them.For the first time, she didn't feel afraid.She felt exhausted.“How many more secrets can one family have?”Adrian stepped closer.“Hopefully, this is the last one.”She gave him a tired smile.“You've said that before.”“I know.”“And it keeps getting worse.”“Then this time, we stop chasing every shadow.”Evelyn looked at him.“What do you mean?”“We go to Daniel. We ask him exactly what he knows. No assumptions. No guessing.”She nodded.“Agreed.”---They arrived at the hospital shortly afterward.Daniel was lying in a private room with a bandage around his fore