Divorce to Destiny: Reclaiming My CEO Husband by Anney GW

540 A Lock and a Warning

(Mia)

The key doesn't turn.

I frown, twisting it harder, but the lock won't budge. I jiggle it, my pulse kicking up.

What the hell?

I step back, staring at the door of Cass's old apartment like it's personally betrayed me. She left here months ago, so there's no reason she should've changed the locks.

I know she's back in Brussels now and as far as I can see she never came near the place while she was back.

Unless she somehow knows I've been using it. Maybe Gus found out and tipped her off.

A chill creeps down my spine, but I shove it down. It's coincidence.

This is probably just a landlord thing. A random maintenance update.

But still. I know how this looks. I know how it will look to grandfather and I'm meeting him here before he leaves this city.

Behind me, footsteps echo through the dimly lit hallway. Slow. Measured. Unhurried.

I don't have to turn around to know who it is.

"Problem, mija?"

Don Alejandro's voice slides over me like oil-smooth, but suffocating.

I inhale slowly, plastering on a calm expression before facing him. He looks the same as always-immaculate suit, sharp eyes, the kind of presence that fills a room without trying. "Locks have been changed," I say, slipping the key back into my purse. "I guess it was inevitable."

His gaze flicks to the door, then back to me, unreadable. "Interesting."

but he doesn't. I hate his silence. It's

I'll find another

behind his back. "No need. I'm leaving this city. I need to lay low for

from

Cass had the locks changed?" he

would she do that

"Exactly."

"Coincidences happen."

fool's comfort.

"That your little friend might know more than she's

"How?"

you coming in here. Maybe someone else told her. I don't know but I do

unhurried, like he has all the time in the world. He never sounds like the most wanted man in the world fleeing from a bullet with his name on

means death for you and for

sleepers who are ready to do his bidding. Kids picked off the streets who have a better life now. Kids who've grown, built families and are part

lips curve, but it doesn't reach his eyes. "You always were clever, Mia. And yet, you don't seem to want to consider the possibility that your little

again. "It could be a routine maintenance thing

exactly

back into my

he steps forward, slow and deliberate. "If Cass does know anything... I'll find out

I shouldn't have let that happen,

don't think

no loyalty to you. Tell me,

don't answer. I don't have to. I know she would and that's the

to brush a hand down my arm. It's

emotions and feelings,

Not really. Blood is stronger. Family is everything. You know I will look

past the lump in

near her in Brussels," he says lightly. "Someone I know can trust. Someone

getting too big