The Widow’s Fate They Chose Was My Escape Plan Chapter 05
Adrian’s pupils constricted. The words made his scalp crawl.
The cake box he had been clutching all day slipped from his hands.
It hit the ground with a dull thud, bursting open. The cake rolled into the dust.
*No heir, and she’d be killed.*
Adrian clenched his jaw, the words echoing in his mind.
Impossible…
“How could the Quinns suddenly move? How could the Hudson Crest Holdings board approve their asset transfer and restructuring…”
His words cut off.
Of course. Why wouldn’t the board approve it?
Sebastian was gravely ill. If he died at the New York headquarters, both Hudson Crest and Quinn Industries would face a public relations nightmare. But if the Quinn family voluntarily returned to their original base in Miami, and Sebastian died en route, the blame could be shifted to his own decision to travel.
But what had Lena done to deserve this?
Why did she have to leave New York forever—and maybe even be murdered?
She had been abducted as a child, had survived hell to make it home, and now…
Adrian swayed. A sharp pain seized his chest, his heart hammering as if it would burst from his ribs. He coughed, and a spray of blood darkened the ground.