Rebirth of Billionaire's Wife (Eveline)

Chapter 400 400: It was an ambush

Inside the warehouse, Jedrick glanced at Jonathan and Erna, a sly grin curling his lips. His eyes gleamed — not with joy, but with something darker, something that made both of them stiffen with unease.

"I'm sure your daughter won't disappoint me," he said softly, as if sharing a secret. He slipped the phone back into his pocket and, with deliberate calm, withdrew a cigar.

The flame from his lighter flared briefly in the dimness before he took a slow drag, exhaling a thick, suffocating cloud of smoke that coiled through the stale air.

"Jedrick, you should give up," Jonathan's voice cut through the haze, steady but taut. "You've lost everything. Surrender."

For a moment, Jedrick just stared at him, as if weighing the words. Then, slowly, a laugh rumbled from deep in his chest — rough, jagged, and wrong. The sound seemed to seep into the concrete walls, making the shadows crawl.

"No one defeats me, Jonathan. No one," Jedrick said, his voice low and menacing. "I crushed Father. I crushed you. And now, it's your daughter's turn. I'll make sure not a single soul from your bloodline survives."

Jonathan froze, horror tightening his chest as the meaning of Jedrick's words sank in.

Eveline and her little friends thought they had beaten him. Fools. Jedrick had been two steps ahead all along.

Even Rick's betrayal hadn't been enough to outsmart him.

Jedrick always got what he wanted — and if it demanded bloodshed along the way, so be it.

Rising to his feet, Jedrick turned to his men.

"Wait for my instructions," he said coolly, "before you burn this entire place to the ground."

Jonathan's heart hammered in his chest as he shot a desperate look at Erna, still slumped unconscious in her chair.

Their mansion's security hadn't mattered; Jedrick's men had stormed through like a well-oiled machine, abducting them with chilling efficiency.

And now... seeing how Jedrick intended to use them to bait Eveline, regret gnawed at Jonathan's gut. He should have seen this coming.

"Have a safe trip to heaven, dear brother and sister-in-law," Jedrick sneered.

Without sparing another glance, he turned on his heel and strode away, leaving them under the cold, ruthless watch of his men.

***

Meanwhile, Eveline was still reeling from Jedrick's chilling threat, her mind racing faster than she could control.

"I think we need to stop Uncle Kaden from attacking Jedrick's base," Gabriel said urgently. "What if... what if Jedrick does something to Uncle Jonathan and Aunt Erna?"

en route to Jedrick's main base — the hub

over their heads, the situation had twisted into something

their next move, Eveline stood still, lost deep in thought. Her heart pounded, each beat growing louder, more frantic, until it drowned out the

Think, Eveline. Think.

bolt slicing through the fog —

she called sharply, snapping the room to attention. "Hand me

hesitation, Stefan rushed over and passed it

Gabriel asked, moving closer, watching

her voice low but charged with certainty. "Jedrick's

hacking skills slicing through firewalls and encrypted networks like a knife through silk. Screens flashed. Passwords

later, a hidden blueprint appeared on the screen — an abandoned warehouse listed under a shell corporation tied to Jedrick's name. A place far from the main base.

"They're here. He's keeping them

paled as he stared at the blinking location pin. "If Kaden attacks the wrong

determination. "Then we stop

a singular purpose —

fighting

was about to end this — once

and Gabriel huddled together, their minds racing as they tried to devise

the question — surrendering would only guarantee their destruction — but keeping him waiting wasn't an option

lives hung in the

one misstep, and she could lose everything — not just her family, but

to think clearly

They needed a distraction.

to

was still in control...

***

guarded base, every step calculated and cautious. They moved like predators through the night, confident and armored—and yet completely unaware of the trap Eveline was

team had seized one of Jedrick's key consignments and tracked down what they believed was his main

the surface success, an unease

Something was wrong.

Something was missing.

feel it, like the subtle shift in the air before a

stretch of land ahead. He had learned the hard way never to ignore a bad feeling. And right now, every fiber of his being was telling him this wasn't going

tense as he scanned the empty perimeter. His hand hovered near his weapon as he spoke quietly into

kind of security where even a stray fly would be shot down before it crossed the fence —