Divorce to Destiny: Reclaiming My CEO Husband by Anney GW

My CEO 195

195 Back Against The Wall (Judy)

Something's wrong. Winona is nervous. Jayden isn't answering my calls, which isn't unusual these days, but this time it feels different. He's slipping away from me, and it's driving me crazy.

Then there's Steve, the bastard who just won't stay hidden. He contacted me yesterday, demanding money-no, demanding a fortune. He's threatening to spill everything if he doesn't get what he wants. The setup with Winona, the lies with Ashlyn, everything

He's got all the dirt, and he's not afraid to use it.

I've been in this game long enough to know when someone needs to be dealt with permanently. I even told Steve as much, made it clear that if he kept pushing, he'd end up regretting it.

But the slimy bastard didn't even flinch. Instead, he laughed and told me to go ahead, that everything was already set up to go to the authorities if anything happened to him.

And worse, he claimed Gus knows about the threat too.

That threw me. If Gus knows, it means he's keeping secrets from me. But Gus doesn't know that I know, and that's something I can use. For now, though, I need to focus on containing this situation before it spirals out of control.

We pull up to the facility where Ashlyn's being held, my mind racing. The last few texts I sent to the burner phone I left with her have gone unanswered, and that's not like Ashlyn.

She's been my little pawn, always eager to report back on anything I needed to know. Do anything in the hope of Jayden loving her. But now?

Silence. And I hate silence. It means someone else is pulling the strings, and I don't like being out of the loop. I invented this fucking loop.

As I walk through the front doors, I flash my ID at the officer manning the front desk as usual, giving my best concerned-mother smile. "I'm here to see Ashlyn," I say, trying to keep my tone light.

"She's not expecting me but it's almost visiting hours isn't it?" I flash a wad of cash hidden in my purse as an incentive.

He glances at his screen, looking bored, then back at me. Then he opens the drawer and takes out some papers and hands them to me. "These are for you."

and read through the

the hell? My mind

some mistake. I'm Ashlyn's mother-in-law. Her only support since

shakes her head, her voice firm. "No mistake. There's a no-contact order in place. You're not

to see her."

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down the time and details of the

but you're no longer on the

I can get to her in there anytime

my composure. "Isn't there any way

to discuss it any further, ma'am," he

grit my teeth, barely holding back my anger. "Fine," I

facility. I'm seething inside but I

be something big going on. Something I'm not aware of. I will be finding out but first, I'm doing what I should have done a

out of the

anyway and my back is against the wall. I need to

my phone and text the

no contact order? That won't protect

with a reply. But nothing happens. The silence

everything okay?" Gus

order on me." He's going to find out anyway, I may as well let him think I trust him. "But

to lose it, my phone buzzes. It's a message from

will be one against you

feel like the ground just dropped out from under me. Jayden did this. My own son. He's cutting me out of his life, out of

How could he do this to me? After everything I've done for him, after all the sacrifices I've made, this is