I Once Married You (Harper and Benjamin)

Chapter 512 Trap

Emery whispered, "Why are you calling me now? Didn't we agree not to contact each other recently?"

Emery's voice sounded anxious because of Benjamin's test the previous day.

Frank was unable to discern the tremors of fear in Emery's voice. Nor did he know how Emery was truly feeling in that moment. Frank asked, "Are you alright? Are you still at the construction site? I brought you some food. Can you come out for a bit?" "You're outside?"

"Yes."

"Why would you come here again? Don't you realize I nearly got caught because of our last meeting? This is an extraordinary time. Don't come to me again. Otherwise, it'll reveal that we were responsible for the landslide."

As the sponsor, Frank was Emery's superior. But the fear of losing his job and facing legal consequences made Emery furiously warn Frank.

"Just stay calm. As long as you don't tell anyone, no one will know. But what do you mean you were almost

answers didn't have any flaws, so my boss believed me. Otherwise, I might be in a cell right

but shudder. He'd managed to escape Charlie's questioning, but the experience

was about to probe further about who suspected Emery when a sudden noise crackled through the

Emery?" A deep voice

and stared in disbelief at the phone. The number displayed was Emery's, but the voice

through the line once more. "You don't even dare to speak when you hear my voice? Frank,

provocation was the spark to

I dare? What can you do to me? If you really had the power, wouldn't you

little you can

I need to do to deal with you? Isn't your own admission just now the best evidence?" The realization dawned

"Benjamin had known everything for a while. Because there was no direct proof linking me to the incident, he had held off on taking action.