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

her feelings all tangled up. Sometimes, life was a gamble; win or lose, it was all or

and Annabelle kept pretending to be her and stayed with Ethan, would Ethan have fallen for

path. We can't mess with others, and they

"Jasmine, everyone's got their

able to stand

offing Annabelle meant no turning

Claire were in it together. If one went down, the other

final showdown, they'd throw

him, and Jasmine wouldn't

lowered her eyes, holding

be strong and learn to watch her own

she was more freaked out about something happening to her

place for a bit. The Cunningham family's got better security. I'll have Liam and Tom keep an eye on you. It's time to throw down," Ethan said, heading back to the

the Douglas family, he had to go head-to-head with

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Jasmine knew if Howard couldn't get to Ethan, he'd

wasn't nuts enough to mess with them, so he'd definitely

parking lot, thank God Tom

they were on Howard's radar. Jasmine was super careful when

stuck to the office as much as

my weak spot."

calmed Jasmine down. She wasn't a liability; liabilities were for the weak. He

protect

leaning on Ethan's

in the morning, the Douglas Group's boardroom was

reclaim his shares

and Daniel were

there, smug as a

shares, but she wanted Howard's shares.

to hand

firepower

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,

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