Wed to the Billionaire Brother of My Spouse by Doris

Chapter 566: Claire Still Dares to Kill

Jasmine was floored for a hot minute before she snapped back. Annabelle bit the dust in a car crash?

"Just bailed from the Douglas fam and bam, car crash? Looks like Annabelle outlived her usefulness and knew too much," Ethan said, getting the same news that Annabelle got mowed down by a car.

Annabelle had some smarts, but it was just small-time stuff. She thought she could stir the pot between Claire and Howard. Sure, she did that, but Claire got what she wanted and wasn't about to let her walk away.

Claire was cold as ice. Offing people was like a bad habit for her; once she started, she couldn't stop. She dodged the law once and went full rogue.

She figured she had a million ways to make it look clean. A car accident? Perfect cover. After hanging up, Jasmine looked at Ethan. "Annabelle had schemed for ages, and this is where it got her."

"Messing with shady folks and teaming up with the dangerous ones, she should've seen this coming the day she decided to play dirty," Ethan said, shaking his head, not even a bit shocked.

Annabelle just didn't have the chops to go up against heavyweights like Howard and Claire.

She was green, no street smarts.

Jasmine nodded. Regular folks couldn't hang with Claire and Howard. "Their game is too cutthroat."

Back in the day, Claire was half the reason Jasmine ended up behind bars.

"To take down people like them, you gotta be even more ruthless," Ethan said, dishing

out some porridge for Jasmine. "We need to hit 'em where it hurts."

It was a timeless truth: To kill a snake, you had to nail it right, or it would bite back.

So, you had to stay cool, endured the crap, and striked when it counted.

Jasmine always got that.

Those five years in the slammer, she had no will to live, but Connor gave her a reason to keep going.

Protect Justin, Richard, and everything she cared about.

She had to be strong to protect her people. Back then, she had no family backing and

a sketchy rep. To get strong, she had to lean on others.

was the protector Connor had

Ethan, her feelings all tangled up. Sometimes, life was a gamble;

kept pretending

Everyone picks their path. We can't mess with others, and they can't mess with us," Ethan said, pulling

a beat, he added, "Jasmine, everyone's got their own life and choices. You gotta be

able

Annabelle meant no

If one went down, the

the final showdown, they'd throw everything they had,

might happen to him, and

her eyes,

strong and learn

she was more freaked out about something happening to

bit. The Cunningham family's got better security. I'll have Liam and Tom keep an eye on you. It's

he had to go head-to-head

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I won't be your Achilles' heel. I'll handle myself." Jasmine nodded. Jasmine knew if Howard couldn't get to Ethan, he'd come

kids were safe with the Cunningham family. Howard wasn't nuts

in the parking lot, thank

on Howard's radar. Jasmine was

to the office as much as

never been my weak spot." Ethan

a liability; liabilities were for

would protect his

nodded, leaning

morning, the Douglas

was waiting for Ethan to reclaim

and Daniel

there, smug as a cat that got

Ethan could snag William's shares, but she wanted Howard's

hand

Daniel would have enough firepower to

compete with Ethan, she'd use her secret intel to help Daniel build connections, score resources, and land projects, step by step outshining Ethan, crushing him, and

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