My Accidental Husband Is My Revenge Partner - Chapter 371

Chapter 371: Heavy Suspicion
Anastasia was outside the restaurant with Julian, waving Xander, Bruce, and Samantha goodbye after the end of their meeting.

“That went well faster than I’d expected,” she commented as she watched their cars disappear into the streets. Then she sighed, turning to Julian who’d been quiet since they left the restaurant. “Is something the matter?” She asked.

“It’s just shocking how they agreed to collaborate with you so easily. I’ve known them for the longest time, but I never thought they were so hungry for so much power.”

Anastasia smiled. “I guess I was just lucky,” she said, but she reminded herself it couldn’t have been all about luck. She still needed to be careful around them.

“So I have to wait until they bring the official documents so we can all sign?” She asked and he nodded.

“Yes. There’s a trade that will be commencing soon in the city of Fameville…”

“They are going to be selling girls once again?” She cut him off, and he nodded one more time.

“X had been infiltrating almost all the hide-outs that we have, and from the looks of things, he might go to Fameville to rescue the girls there.”

Anastasia once again remembered that she was working with someone who was supposed to be an enemy.

“Are you mad because he’s going to capture the girls?” She deliberately asked.

Julian released a soft chuckle at her question before his eyes settled on her, meeting her fake hazel ones that completely changed her appearance.

“Since I decided to help you escape, I’ve already turned my back on Xander, and now, I do want the girls to be free, for everything to end and go back to normal,” he responded, earning a heavy frown from her.

Anastasia had always known that Julian had a reason for helping her, but it didn’t seem to be a reason for his selfish desire. Unable to hold her tongue any longer, she asked, “Why did you change your mind? I’m very curious because I vividly remember the first time I met you, you were extremely supportive of what you were involved in. Why did you change your mind all of a sudden?”

“I have very special reasons, Ana,” he responded, his tone soft and delicate as if she’d hit a spot with her question. “You can say, I’m tired of watching people suffer just because I was looking for closure due to what happened to me in the past.”

“Was it because of your wife?” Anastasia instantly regretted opening her mouth to speak that second. However, she didn’t apologize because she needed answers.

Julian only smiled. “You can say that.” Anastasia thought he was going to explain more but he didn’t say. “I’ll take you back home.”

Anastasia wanted to stop him, but she knew she couldn’t force words out of his mouth if he didn’t want to elaborate. So, she obediently went into the car.

“When was this trade happening?”

“In about two days,” Julian replied, igniting the engines of the car as they zoomed off. “Don’t tell me you are thinking of going there. It’s way too dangerous for you.”

She glanced at him through the corners of her eyes, taking in his sharp jawline and exquisite side profile, but didn’t say anything.

Julian read between the lines of her silence and released a sigh of restlessness.

**

“I don’t think we can trust that woman. I mean she just came out from out of nowhere,” Samantha said as they walked into the house. Michelle was in the living, popping some popcorn into her mouth as she listened to their conversation.

They’d dropped Bruce off at his house and decided to come back to the hideout to check on the girls.

“She’s Julian’s friend and he said he’d known her for a while now. Do you think Julian would just anyone into the kind of business we do, Samantha?” Xander questioned her, clearly exasperated with her question. “She looks like someone we can trust, and we’re going to make use of our partnership. It’s just a simple business collaboration, Samantha. Why are you suddenly acting so worked up?”

“I’m not worked up or anything. I just don’t trust that woman, at least not now. Which is why you should wait a little while longer before you sign any sort of contract with her.”

Xander rubbed his hand against his face as he pinched his eyebrows in frustration.

Then he held her close to him, so close it made Michelle glare at him instantly.

“This is our chance to expand our business to another city. You know this is our long-awaited dream, Samantha. Honestly, I wouldn’t have believed anything that came out of her mouth if she wasn’t someone that Julian knew about. So let’s trust his judgment and see what this collaboration brings to us.”

Samantha suddenly felt like. All she had been saying wasn’t understood by Xander at all. Slowly, she pulled away from him.

Xander gave her one long look and made eye contact with Michelle who winked at him before he left to go upstairs.

“What happened dear Samantha, is your Xander suddenly not listening to you anymore?”

“Shut up!” Samantha snapped, forcing Michelle to take two steps back.

“What a shame.” Michelle shook her head as if she was pitying her.

Samantha however didn’t wait for Michelle to spill out anything from her mouth and left the living room while cursing under her breath. She had no idea but her instincts told her not to trust Jennifer Reyez, no matter what the situation may be.

She recalled how the new woman was interacting with every single person on the anniversary of Mr. Justin. It was supposed to be a normal act for someone who wanted to fit in, but Samantha couldn’t put her mind at rest since that night.

“We’ll just have to wait to see who she is,” she mumbled to herself, as she stroded to her own room and banging the door behind her.