A Woman Worth Billions Dated the Wrong Brother novel Chapter 433

A Presidents Deceit

Amber POV

The next two days passed quietly, at least by the standards our family had become accustomed to. I spent most of my time resting, but I was finally able to stay awake for longer periods, and the nurses no longer watched every movement I made with the same urgency as before. Lucas and Éthan remained close by, and having them in the room made everything feel a little more normal. For once, there wasn’t an emergency unfolding every few minutes, although Adrian’s condition remained a constant concern because he was still unconscious.

Emory had spent most of those two days trying to determine exactly what had been done to him. When he finally came to my room with the latest results, I immediately knew there was something important in the folder he was carrying. He sat beside my bed and explained that Adrian hadn’t been given the same dose of aconite that I had. In fact, his dose had been considerably higher, enough to cause severe toxicity, and the fact that he had survived long enough for them to bring him back was remarkable. I stared at Emory, troubled by the information, because the difference didn’t make sense to me. If the same people had poisoned both of us, why had they given Adrian such much larger dose?

“That’s what I’m trying to understand,” Emory admitted when I asked him. “The substances are similar, but the quantities are very different.”

I looked toward the window, my thoughts already racing. Had they wanted Adrian dead more quickly? Had they been afraid he would expose something? Or had someone else been responsible for poisoning him? None of the possibilities made me feel better. “I don’t like that,” I finally said, and Emory gave me a serious nod.

“Neither do I.”

Meanwhile, my grandfather had taken control of Asher Corporation while the investigation continued. He didn’t trust anyone to take advantage of the chaos surrounding the family, so he had personally begun overseeing the company’s most sensitive operations. Suspicious transactions were being investigated, financial records were being examined, and access to certain accounts had been restricted. It wasn’t simply about protecting the company anymore; he was making sure no one could use the situation to move anything behind our backs while everyone was distracted. Considering what we had already uncovered about my family, I couldn’t blame him for being cautious.

For the first time in days, the room was relatively quiet when the door opened. Jasmine stood in the doorway, but she didn’t come inside immediately. I looked at her and smiled, motioning for her to come in, and she finally stepped inside and closed the door behind her. Something about her expression immediately caught my attention. She looked nervous, but not in the usual Jasmine way. This was different. She looked almost afraid.

“What’s wrong?” I asked.

She shoved her hands into her pockets and looked down. “I thought you might be angry with me.”

I frowned. “Why?”

“Because I didn’t follow orders.”

I couldn’t help smiling. “That’s what you’re worried about?”

She gave me a small shrug. “I went into the warehouse.”

“I know.”

“I found Adrian.”

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My expression softened. “I know that too.”

She looked at me for a moment before continuing. “I wasn’t supposed to go in.”

“You found my family,” I reminded her. “You found Adrian when we didn’t even know where they had taken him.”

She nodded quietly.

I reached for her hand and waited until she took it. “You also took risks to protect your family. You went looking

for Adrian when you knew it was dangerous. You went into places you had been ordered to stay away from because you thought someone we loved might be there.” I squeezed her fingers gently. “You didn’t just find Adrian, Jasmine. You helped bring him home, and I will always be grateful for that.”

Her eyes immediately dropped, and I could see the emotion building in them. “I was scared,” she admitted quietly. “I thought if I didn’t go, we might never find him.”

“And you were right to be worried,” I said. “But you were also brave.”

She looked back at me, and I smiled. “I could never have asked for a better little sister.”

Her head snapped up. “Little sister?”

I laughed softly. “Yes. You don’t get to reject the position.”

A tiny smile appeared on her face. “I wasn’t going to.”

“Good.”

I pulled her into a careful hug, and after a moment of hesitation, she wrapped her arms around me. When she finally pulled back, some of the tension had disappeared from her expression.

“I thought you’d be angry,” she admitted.

“I could never be angry at you for trying to protect us.”

“Even when I disobey?”

I raised an eyebrow. “Let’s not push our luck.”

She laughed softly, and for a moment, the room felt lighter.

Then her expression changed.

“There is something else.”

I looked at her. “What?”

“The signal I placed in the caves.”

My smile faded slightly. “I remember.”

“They blocked it.”

Before I could ask anything else, my phone vibrated on the bedside table. I reached for it and saw Mr. Stait’s name

on the screen. I opened the message and read the first line, then read it again because I couldn’t quite believe what I was seeing.

Jasmine immediately noticed my expression. “What?”

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I handed her the phone.

She read the message silently, and her face slowly lost its color. Her eyes moved across the screen before she whispered, “The Sum president.”

I nodded slowly.

Mr. Stait had discovered that the order had come directly from the president of Sum.

Jasmine stared at the screen for several seconds. “He knew?”

“Apparently.”