Bride to Be, Not Me

Chapter 164

As for how Janice would eliminate Simon completely?

For example, just two hours after Simon was driven home by his driver, he was jolted awake by a phone call. It was from Steven, the Solterra materials supplier. He urged Simon to transfer the remaining balance immediately.

After wiring the money, another two hours passed before the factory's materials manager called. "The batch of raw materials is near expiration. If the materials aren't used within a month, the quality will deteriorate, and it may no longer be usable."

The alcohol in Simon's system dissipated in an instant.

It was nearly 11:00 pm.

He was not too worried, though. He planned to have the seamstresses start work the next morning. They'd quickly turn the materials into finished products and sell them before any losses could occur.

But then, Maggie led the seamstresses in a strike.

"What's the meaning of this, Maggie?"

She was direct over the phone. "Mr. Fitzgerald, we work for money. You still haven't paid us our wages. We didn't want to push you, but I've already reported it

to the labor bureau. You'd better compensate us. We're quitting."

"Where else can you go after leaving Refined Threads Co.?"

"That's none of your concern." With that, she hung up.

That night, Simon stood by his window, watching the light snowfall outside. An inexplicable sense of foreboding crept up his spine.

He had been set up. The materials were near expiration, and silk threads were particularly prone to degradation. Even if he forced production, the final product's quality would suffer.

same time.

news, he

phone buzzed. It

"Hello?"

get the passcode?"

snapped back to reality. "I

on duty at the National Crochet Union tonight is

else. This was the priority. He immediately called for his driver. As he stepped out of his villa, the snowstorm blurred his vision.

one issue after another-silk close to expiring, striking seamstresses, price

himself he was

paranoid. With Janice's crochet piece, his future

would be

unease, Simon got into the car and headed

a mask over his face before following Heidi into the building.

and the surveillance cameras are off. Just

nodded, his hands shaking slightly as he stared at the cold metal safe. He took a deep

urged in a

Simon carefully keyed in the

...

the National Crotchet

blared through the night, piercing through the snowfall like an earthquake siren Janice stepped out of her Cullinan, her gaze calm

a minute when Heidi and

second, the heavy snowfall blurred Simon's vision. Through the storm, he thought he saw someone. It was a woman in

had already fled. Simon,

because of fear and partly