Forced Marriage: My Wife, My Redemption by Lilyheart

Chapter 84: Trust is earned, not given...

"Vera..." The voice on the other end despite coming from the phone speaker sent chills down her spine.

Vera quickly scanned through her memory, trying to identify the speaker. But no matter how hard she tried, the voice remained unfamiliar.

The silence over the phone was thick, filled only with the sound of their breathing. A strange, suffocating tension settled in her chest.

Then, as if sensing her frustration, the voice on the other end chuckled coldly.

"Don’t stress yourself trying to remember," he said smoothly. "You’ve never met me. But I know all about you."

Vera shivered from the biting coldness of the voice, her breathe coming out in gasps as she struggled to breathe, her hands tightening over the phone.

While the voice continuously chuckled at her raspy breathe

"Vera Louis, 26, the secretly adopted daughter of Louis.

Formerly engaged to Davis Allen but lost him due to the Louis family insistence of fostering relationships with the viable branch of the Allen family

Still secretly in love with Davis..." He smirked with a chuckle.Vera’s anxious voice cut him off before he could proceed further.

"Stop! Stop!!, who are you? Why are u investigating me? what do you want?" She shouted with frustration.

"Ah, Vera... as impatient as always," he mused. "You should know better than to demand answers without offering anything in return." He chuckled his voice remaining unfazed by her outburst, but deepening with amusement.

"Oh! You hurt me", he smirked dramatically. "I know what I want to know as long as it is on the surface of the earth"

tightened, her knuckles turning white from pressure. Her heart pounding wildly against her ribs. Who was this person? How did he know so

want?" she asked again, her voice lower

followed as though contemplating the answer, when Vera thought he had ended the call,

want what you want." He said,

breath hitched but she quickly regained her composure "why do you think

"Vera, let’s not play the hide and seek game.

anymore. "So what do you want?" She questioned with a more serious

the Allen family to crumble just like you."he said. The answer coming so

glazed with coldness. "How do you know I want the Allen family to crumble?" She

is definitely not a coincidence but rather someone has

laughed so hard that Vera began to think he had gone crazy "I know everything I want to know,

a tight fist as her mind raced with questions—questions

father had always been discreet about their plans—who could

with irritation. "If you really know everything, then stop

voice hummed in amusement. "Now that’s the Vera Louis I expected. Sharp,

but she

something your father won’t—true leverage," the man continued. "With my help, you can take down the Allen family and ensure Davis has no

"And

pause, then the voice lowered

family falls, you won’t be the only one

your benefit?" She asked taking interest in

I like that. My benefit? Let’s just say I have my own grievances with the Allen family, a score to settle . Their downfall serves my