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

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

He'd managed to escape Charlie's questioning, but the experience had left him

about to probe further about who suspected Emery when a sudden noise

suspected Emery?" A deep voice slowly came from the phone. Frank

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

up the phone rising within him. But Benjamin's voice cut through the line once more. "You don't even dare to speak when you hear my voice? Frank, if you

spark to Frank's

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

little you can

you? Isn't your own admission just now the best evidence?" The realization

thought, "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. Instead, he had deliberately allowed my weaknesses to be exposed, trapping me in this precarious