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"

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

do you want?" she asked again, her voice lower but laced with

answer, when Vera thought

you want." He said, his tone brief

quickly regained her composure "why do you think I want the

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

but she wouldn’t let herself flatter anymore. "So what do

like you."he said. The answer coming so fast that it took

her eyes momentarily and as she opened it again it was glazed with

rather someone has been keeping tab

so hard that Vera began to think he had gone crazy "I know everything I want to know, your mission in the Allen family set by your father is

fingers curled into a tight fist as her mind raced

Her father had always been discreet about their plans—who could

her voice steady but laced with irritation. "If you really know everything, then stop wasting my time and get to the point. What do you want from

that’s the Vera Louis I expected. Sharp, calculative

but she

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

scoffed. "And

brief pause, then the voice

family falls, you won’t be the only one

want a clear answer" Vera sneered. "What is your benefit?" She asked taking interest in the offer but skeptical about the outcome since she has not met the man and

"Smart question, Vera. 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