My Accidental Husband Is My Revenge Partner - Chapter 138

Chapter 138: Ritual
In a dimly lit room, a man sat in a chair, facing a computer with a bright light casting sharp reflections on his eyeglasses. As he typed away on the keyboard, the screen’s glow illuminated his face and reflected off his lenses.

“Do you know who broke the barrier?” Xavier asked Maxwell. After receiving a notification that the barrier had been breached by an unknown intruder, Xavier had tasked Maxwell with uncovering the culprit. Unfortunately, Ezekiel’s men had left no trace behind, making the investigation nearly impossible.

Also, unfortunately for Ezekiel, he still couldn’t find any pictures of Anastasia even after hacking into her profile.

“I still can’t find anything. The people who did this know their stuff,” Maxwell replied after yet another futile attempt. He removed his glasses, sighed, and rubbed his eyes. “Does Anastasia have any enemies? It would take a highly skilled hacker or a group of them to breach this level of security and identify you,” he asked.

It was the first time someone had been able to crash their barrier. And from the way Maxwell was looking at things, it could only be one of Xavier’s enemies. But since he had too many, he couldn’t pinpoint one person.

Also, the fact that the enemy was looking into Anastasia’s old profile was more strange.

“She doesn’t,” Xavier gave a curt reply.

“Could it be Ezekiel Clark?” Maxwell asked hesitantly. He could remember when someone had tried to decode her profile. But they were unfortunate to do so.

A flash of anger momentarily flickered in Xavier’s dark eyes before quickly fading, as if it had never been there.

“Why could he be interested in Anastasia all of a sudden?” He questioned back, not understanding a single thing. If it was Ezekiel, the latter could have contacted him already since he couldn’t find what he was looking for.

Anastasia’s profile was empty.

“That makes sense,” Maxwell agreed. “Maybe you should ask him why he’s suddenly—”

“No! Nothing good is going to come out of it,” Xavier interrupted.

For Ezekiel to suddenly grow interested in his wife, Xavier wants to be comfortable with it at all. To ensure her safety, Xavier had tightened her security. Although she likes to go places alone, he’d hired more shadow guards to protect her from the shadows without making her feel uncomfortable.

“So, are you ready to go?” Maxwell asked, shifting the topic as he took in Xavier’s attire. Clad in a black tuxedo, bow tie, and one of his finest pairs of shoes, Xavier looked as if he were headed to a formal event. But Maxwell knew it wasn’t just any party.

“I am,” he replied.

Kace burst through the door wearing a similar outfit to Xavier.

“Finally! I miss going on missions. How long has it been? Two months? Three months? I can’t even remember when….” Kace continued to talk nonstop. “Xavier, when was the last time we went on a mission together? It’s been ages,” he finished.

Xavier sighed, already dreading the inevitable headache he would face once he left with Kace.

Both Kace and Xavier were going to Silverwood, which was a town just behind the city of Radiantia. There had been an intel that there would be something big going down tonight. So, Xavier decided to bring Kace along, while the rest of the backup team would be ready in case they would need to interfere when the time comes.

Xavier wasn’t going only just because there was something big he didn’t know; he was going because he wanted to capture the red-suited guy who escaped from his grasp the last time he went to Joltha for a trade.

He hadn’t informed his men since he wasn’t fully sure of the identity of the unknown man, so he decided to keep the info to himself.

“We are not going there to play, remember?” Maxwell reminded me.

“Who said we were going there to play? I’m just happy because I will finally be able to shoot down some bad people,” Kace responded with a huge smile on his lips.

“You are like a child,” Xavier sighed as he facepalmed himself.

Xavier wore his mask since the gathering had a mask theme, which was beneficial to him so that the red-suited guy wouldn’t be able to recognize him if the latter spotted him first.

Both Kace and Xavier got in separate cars since they wouldn’t want to be spotted at the same time. Maxwell and the rest of the men got into a van and followed from behind but from a far distance and hid in the bushes when they arrived.

A drive from Radiantia to Silverwood could only take an hour and a half—that was how close Silverwood was to Radiantia.

Xavier was the first person to arrive.

He stared at the two-story building. It wasn’t shining bright with lights or had a valet who would park the car of a guest.

Xavier adjusted his mask slightly before he walked into the building.

He sighted some men walking around with drinks in their hands, while others stood and chatted with one another.

Xavier couldn’t recognize any of the men before him since they were all also wearing masks, which was a heavy disadvantage for him.

He scanned around with a scrutinizing gaze. He couldn’t feel anyone staring at him with a murder instinct so his shoulders relaxed a little bit.

But he was still curious about what could be going down tonight. There wasn’t a trade, and as far as he knew, it was only when a trade was happening did all those kinds of men gather around to drink and have fun.

He suddenly had a bad feeling about the whole thing.

A few minutes later, Xavier sighted Kace walking into the building. Their formal wear made them fit into the crowd perfectly so they didn’t look suspicious.

All of a sudden, an announcement was made out of nowhere.

“Everyone please get ready to head to the basement for the ritual to commence,” everyone heard from the speaker.

‘Ritual?’

Xavier and Kace shared an alert look.