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.

calm. As long as you don't tell anyone, no

mean? I was suspected. Fortunately, my answers didn't have any flaws, so my boss believed me. Otherwise, I might be

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

about who suspected Emery

voice slowly came from the phone. Frank

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

the phone rising within him. But Benjamin's voice cut through the line once more. "You don't even dare

provocation was the spark

can you do to me? If you really had the power, wouldn't you have acted by now? Your

little you can actually

do you think I need to do to deal with you? Isn't your own admission just

everything for a while. Because there was no direct proof linking me to the incident, he had held off on taking action. Instead, he had deliberately allowed my weaknesses to be exposed, trapping me in