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.

announcement spread through Greenfield City at the same time. Starting

news, he was

buzzed.

"Hello?"

you get the passcode?"

snapped back to

on duty at the National Crochet Union tonight is someone I know. Get over

He immediately called for his driver. As he stepped out of his

close to

his head, telling himself he was just overthinking because of

could not afford to be paranoid. With Janice's crochet piece,

Everything would

Simon got into the car

at the meeting point. He pulled a mask over his face before

and the surveillance cameras are off. Just

as he stared at the

up," Heidi urged in a hushed

calm, Simon

...

the National

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

had been blaring for half a minute when Heidi and

he thought he saw

Heidi had already

was partly because of fear and partly because his reaction was