My Billionaire Ex-Husband Chase Me Back - Chapter 406

Chapter 406: She No Longer A Threat
A few hours before, at Fort City.

In one of the Class 1 prisons on the border of Fort City and East City, Laura Kiels felt reluctant to leave her cell and head towards the dining room. If she could choose, it would be better to skip today’s dinner. Unfortunately, it’s a jail, and she no longer has the freedom to choose anything here.

This was her third time having dinner in this damned place since being transferred from the police detention center.

While detained to wait for her trial, Laura realized it would be tough. Still, unlike the Police Detention Center, Laura didn’t like this prison. Her cellmates had tortured her since she arrived. She asked the officer several times to be relocated to another cell, but they refused.

Now, she had no choice but to endure it while hoping her trial could be expedited in two weeks.

Laura Kiels struggled to avoid drawing attention from other prisoners, as her face was well-known in the facility.

She kept her head down while walking and focused on a table in the corner.

However, she heard someone faintly call her name, “Laura, over here. Come, sit with us!”

The familiar voice sent a shiver down her spine, bringing back the trauma she had experienced since arriving in this place.

She stopped and looked toward her five roommates sitting not far from her, waving and inviting her to join them.

Laura clutched her food tray tightly as she walked toward them, her teeth gritted. She maintained her smile though she cursed them all in her heart.

“Pretty Laura, why aren’t you eating much?” one of the women with a black rose tattoo on her wrist asked in a caring tone.

“I’m still full, sister,” Laura answered weakly. She lowered her head and began to eat her corn soup and bread.

“Oh dear, you look so thin. Come, eat some more,” the woman said, pouring more soup into her bowl and placing another piece of bread on top. This caused Laura to halt and look up at the woman beside her.

Laura felt the urge to scold the woman for being rude. Still, when she saw her overbearing smile and intimidating gaze, she felt as if the woman was silently warning her, “Refuse me, and you will be cleaning the toilet all night!”

Laura said nothing and forced a smile in response. She lowered her head and continued to eat.

Soon, dinner ended, and they all returned to their not-so-big room. The room had six neatly arranged beds, no air conditioner to cool the summer heat, and only a fan hanging from the three-meter ceiling.

Laura had a bed in the corner opposite the small bathroom. She struggled to sleep at night when all her roommates were asleep. The dimly lit room made it difficult for her to relax.

Before long, she felt her heart beating faster than usual, and her mind couldn’t stop racing.

‘Why do I feel like this?’ Laura Kiels mumbled while slowly taking a deep breath, trying to calm her heartbeat. She dared not move, worried the other women would scold her again.

She just lay there in silence, trying to close her eyes.

However, Laura felt her heartbeat continue to beat faster, and her breathing was getting shallower. Her hands squeezed her clothes while trying to catch fresh air to fill her stuffy heart, but still, she felt suffocated.

“Help… Help…” Laura Kiels tried to shout, but shockingly, she couldn’t make any sounds. She felt as if all her words were stuck in her throat.

“Please help…” she shouted again, trying to wake up. However, she was frightened when she realized she couldn’t move her hand.

‘What is happening? Why do I feel like I suddenly had a stroke? No… this is just a dream. Or it’s a nightmare? NOOO…’

Laura tried to force herself to wake up, but she failed.

Everything happened so fast that all she could see was darkness. Slowly, the fan whirring on the ceiling could no longer be heard.

***

A few hours later,

Marco was seated on a single sofa in a dimly lit room somewhere in Fort City, in a grand villa at the city border, surrounded by tall pine trees.

As he listened to his men’s reports, a satisfied smile appeared on his lips. He tapped the iPad screen with his index finger, producing tense sounds.

‘That woman will die tonight,’ Marco thought.

He didn’t rush to respond; instead, he gazed away from his men and stared at the lonely moon in the dark sky. Now that he knew Laura Kiels was no longer a threat to him, he pondered his next move.

After a few more minutes, Marco gazed at the two men across from him.

His calm expression still graced his handsome face as he asked, “Did you guys clean up your tracks neatly?”

Marco didn’t want the police or whoever investigated the case to trace him.

“No worries! No one will be able to trace it back to us. The person we ask to do it…already sleeping with the fish.”

“Good!” Marco said while looking at his iPad screen again.

Marco’s blissful smile vanished, replaced by a curious expression.

His gaze was fixed on a photo of a beautiful woman with long black hair. Her cold smile and clear gray eyes seemed to be gazing right at him, causing his heart to flutter.

‘You look interesting, Arabella Donovan,’ Marco murmured under his breath, running his finger across her delicate nose and slowly down to her cherry lips. The sight of her alluring lips piqued his curiosity.

After satisfyingly gazing at the picture, he lifted his head and narrowed his eyes on Billy. “I want you to start uncovering Arabella Donovan’s real life and identity.”

“Master, we searched the internet but found nothing else about her except her name and workplace. She keeps everything else of her life out of the public’s eye and nothing on her social media,” Billy answered.

“I know. That’s why you must use our important intelligent resources to investigate her. Moreover, I believe the information you guys got over the internet was fake,” Marco responded, looking sharply at them.

“What? Master, do you really want us to call that person!? It’s a real big thing resorting to that guy’s help, master!” one of the men asked, shocked.

“Yes! Closing into Arabella Donovan is the most crucial thing for me now. Call and ask him to investigate Arabella Donovan in detail. I want to hear about her faster,” Marco commanded.

“Yes, master…”

“And one more thing! This woman is not as simple as you see her on the surface; you must be careful. Never let her realize we are watching her and digging for information about her!” said Marco with a sinister smile before he dismissed them.