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.

the same time. Starting this year,

news, he

phone buzzed. It

"Hello?"

the

snapped back to reality. "I got

is someone I know. Get over here now. I'll take

the priority. He immediately called for his driver. As he stepped out of his villa, the snowstorm blurred his vision. For some reason, he felt

to

telling himself he

He could not afford to be paranoid. With Janice's crochet piece, his future would be

would

got into the car and headed for the National Crotchet Union

later, Simon arrived at the meeting point. He pulled a mask over his face before following Heidi into the building.

the security guard, and the surveillance cameras are off.

at the cold metal safe. He

urged in a hushed

to stay calm, Simon

...

the National

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

for half a minute when Heidi and Simon

he saw someone. It was a woman in a white coat, standing in

echoed through the night. Heidi had already fled. Simon, however,

was partly because of fear and partly because