Husband With Benefits
Chapter 179: Unravelling a Secret

Chapter 179: Unravelling a Secret

Alexander Sterling sat behind his behemoth desk as his assistant stood before him, anxiously holding a dossier. The opulent penthouse office of the man was adorned with floor-to-ceiling windows that offered panoramic views of the city skyline but neither men paid any attention to the surrounding.

Robert cleared his throat, his voice quivering slightly as he began to report on a matter of great sensitivity. "Mr. Sterling, I have been following the developments regarding your late brother’s daughter. There seems to have been some problems that we have found."

Alexander’s eyes narrowed, his patience waning. "And?"

Robert hesitated before clarifying slowly," Your niece... I mean Sara Anderson passed away in a fire. It seems she was there with her mother and another man. The entire instance has been ruled as an accident but there was indeed foul play. I have collected surveillance videos from a few places where it is clear that tied up and taken there. However, that is not all... There is something even more disturbing that the investigations have found out... We believe that your brother and his wife Lara had two daughters- Nellie and Sara. But there is another daughter..."

Sterling’s sharp blue eyes bore into the man as he hurriedly reported," As you know, Nellie died a few years ago but the other girl Nora..."

Slowly, the man explained everything he had discovered about the girl’s existence unravelling a great deception. Once done, a lethal silence echoed in the room, making Robert even more scared to breathe.

"So you are telling me that, all these years, the girl who visited me, who I doted upon is not my brother’s daughter but his wife’s lover’s daughter? That woman had us all fooled?"

Even though that was the truth, Robert dared not nod his head. At the moment, he felt that it was a good thing that woman was already dead, or she would have been buried alive. And the way she died painfully, she deserved it.

Finally, when the silence in the room turned so oppressive that Robert could feel himself having difficulty breathing, the older man spoke, "I want to see this girl. This Nora...Bring her to me."

The words resonated in Robert’s chest like a bullet. He had been most afraid of that. "Sir..."

"What is the problem? That bi*ch is dead, isn’t she? So you can bring my niece to me. Don’t tell me you do not know her whereabouts!"

Robert shook his head quickly and spoke, "Well, sir, I managed to track her down, but it’s not as simple as reaching out to her. Her husband is a man of considerable influence in that country. He’s been keeping her secluded and away from prying eyes. In fact, he has been a step ahead of us ever since he discovered our people."

Alexander nodded. Of course, he’d sent a few people over the years to randomly check on Sara to make sure she was safe. And she always had been. But this time, his people had reported that she had been institutionalized. He had been enraged. How dare someone do that to his brother’s daughter. She was the Royal daughter of country E! His brother might have abdicated the throne and chosen to live like an orphan all those years ago, but he was still of Royal blood! Lineage could not be changed!

But now he had been informed that Sara was not even his brother’s daughter. He did not doubt Robert’s claims for a moment. The man must have done a DNA test. And that meant whoever had done the DNA test all those years ago on Sara had betrayed them. He would look into that also. But first...

"What do you mean he has been a step ahead of us?"

"Before we could even confirm whether Sara Anderson or Nora Williams was your niece, the man had sent Nora away somewhere else."

"Where did he send her?"

"I don’t know, sir. Every time we think we have a lead; it turns out to be a fake one. It’s like we’ve been going around in circles. Finally, we were contacted by the man himself and he threatened that we approach him directly before attempting to contact Nora again. He’s concerned about her safety and the intrusion into their lives. It seems he values her privacy, which makes sense, given the circumstances."

Alexander Sterling leaned back in his chair and turned it around, staring at the skyline that had been behind him. A niece with a powerful husband. Now that was too inconvenient for his future plans.

"Who is this man who is capable of tricking our Intelligence force and thinks that he can threaten us?"

Robert looked down at his feet before looking up," Demetri Frost, CEO of Frost Industries. He’s not just influential; he’s connected to some very powerful people in the world. He has his own security network, and they are not to be underestimated. At a time like this if we were to anger the man..."

Alexander’s eyelid twitched as he heard the name. The man was indeed a formidable opponent, and their country was currently not in a state where they could treat a threat lightly. His jaw tightened, his thoughts racing. After a moment, the man finally spoke, "Set up a meeting with Demetri Frost. I’ll go personally. But be discreet, Robert. We don’t want to escalate the situation. I want to see my niece, but I don’t want to put her in any danger."

"I’ll arrange the meeting at once, Sir." Relieved that he had survived this entire ordeal unscathed, Robert quickly made his way out of the office.

As his assistant left the room, Alexander strategized his next move. A husband was not included in his future plans. He would have to be careful in what he did next. First, he would assess the situation and then when the time was right, he would find a way to get Nora back here to Estania while getting rid of her husband at the same time.

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