Substitute Wife For The Blind CEO

Chapter 98: Finally

The drive to the outskirts of Zeden felt longer than it really was as Ivy drove to meet the guy who’d help her take care of that betraying bitch of a friend.

Ivy sat behind the wheel of her sleek black car, her fingers tight around the steering wheel. Every bump in the road jolted through her like a warning, but she didn’t let herself dwell on it. Not today. Not when her plan had already begun to take form.

Tall trees lined the dirt path ahead, their long shadows casting eerie shapes over her windshield as the sun began to dip lower. It was the kind of place no one passed through unless they had a reason—except a reason like hers

She reached a small, abandoned-looking warehouse surrounded by overgrown grass and a rusting chain-link fence. It was quiet. Too quiet.

She never would’ve known about a place like this had she not decided to run away on her wedding day. Thinking about that day, a memory of the man that helped her came to mind but she shoved it off. She would think about him later.

She parked the car and stepped out, her heels crunching against the gravel as she walked toward the entrance.

There was no sign of anyone. Not a single sound, not a bird, not a breeze. Just silence.

Ivy glanced around, her heart starting to beat faster. Maybe he wasn’t here yet. Why would be? When there was still thirty minutes away from the agreed time. She’d thought to come early so she could take a proper look at him and be able to take charge of the meeting she thought.... or so she thought as she walked further into the place.

"Looking for someone?" The voice came from behind her, sharp and sudden like a blade to the back.

Ivy gasped and spun around, her breath catching in her throat. The man had appeared out of nowhere—tall, broad-shouldered, dressed in black from head to toe.

racing down her spine. Cold, calculating blue eyes with no sense of warmth or any

perfectly, that she hadn’t even

fear even though she

for a long moment, studying her face like he was trying to read her soul. Then,

heart. "Really good. I think you can deliver what

voice low and gravelly. "You

pulled out a folded photograph, her

of Eliana—smiling, beautiful, unaware her face had just

"What do you

photo in his hands. For a second, she hesitated, not because of guilt, but because of the heaviness of the moment. This was real now.

like she’d won. Like she owned Stefan’s future and the call this morning. The divorce and all

wouldn’t allow

in a hurry. And if she still doesn’t get it after that—" she looked up, meeting the man’s dead eyes, "—I’ll call you again

slipping the picture into his pocket. "That I can do. But I take payment upfront. I’m expensive. And I don’t come cheap for a reason. If I’m ever caught, no

her voice sharp. "Money isn’t the problem. I’ll transfer the first half tonight. Send

man gave a small smirk, the only sign he was even human. "Smart. That’s what I like to hear. I’ll get it done. But remember—if I

need this job done as soon as possible. Just make sure you’re not caught. I still have... more work for

then turned, walking away with long, silent strides that made him seem like a shadow disappearing into the dying

there watching him until he was completely gone, the picture of Eliana still burning in her mind like