Divorced My Cheating Husband, Married A Billionaire novel Chapter 91

"How did we overlook this, Clint?" Adrian demanded. They were inside Adrian's study, discussing Brian at eight in the evening.

"Sir, I apologize. We focused on your stepfamily," Clint said regretfully. "But I'll have someone follow Brian from now on."

"Do that and monitor the entire Martin's," Adrian instructed. And how are Brian and Claire? How did they progress to getting married? Haven't you tipped off Mr. Barlowe about Claire's location?"

Initially, Adrian intended to let Brian believe he had struck gold with Claire. He planned to make Brian suffer longer by making him marry Claire and raise his debatable child. Why? Because Adrian was still trying to win Riley's love and didn't want Brian to come running back to her.

However, things had changed. Adrian was now confident of Riley's love. Consequently, he could accelerate his plans to ruin Claire, Brian, and his family.

"Yes, Sir. Mr. Barlowe already knows about Claire's location. One of my contacts is the security guard at Mr. Martin's community, and from what he told me, Mr. Barlowe had visited Claire twice. It would seem like the affair is still ongoing," Clint reported. "The security guard had hinted to Mr. Martin about Mr. Barlowe, but I have yet to know the results."

Adrian frowned. He said, "I see. So, Mr. Barlowe is accepting Claire's situation? I wonder how that happened and if he knows about the pregnancy."

"We don't know, Sir. For sure, Mr. Barlowe had noticed Claire's growing stomach," Clint answered. "But either way, we still need to prove that he is the father of Claire's child. What we know for sure is that Claire still had sexual relationships with Mr. Barlowe when she started going to hotels with Mr. Martin."

Adrian scoffed, his disbelief noticeable. He said, "Brian is such a fool. We already gave him a clue, and he missed it."

"Mr. Martin may have had a lot on his mind lately. Brey Jewelry is significantly changing its marketing plan due to Ms. Allen's dismissal. Their new designs are not attracting high-end clients. I also heard that Claire and her family have been causing trouble in the neighborhood," Clint conveyed.

"Anyway, look into it further and find out what Brian has been doing lately," Adrian instructed.

The man took a few seconds to reflect on his plans. After remembering one, he asked, "What is the progress of the investigation on Renee's accident?"

Clint leaned back before answering, "Mr. King, we tracked down the truck driver involved in Renee's crash. His initial police statement mentioned nothing about seeing a luxury car on Highway 55 during the accident, but we had our men persuade him. He finally confessed that he had been paid to keep quiet."

"So, he did see a luxury car?" Adrian asked.

"Yes, the driver said he saw everything, including how the luxury car tried to hit Renee's car and sped away after the crash," Clint revealed. "Highway 55 surveillance caught nothing. I believe it was tampered with, but get this, the driver remembers the plate number."

Adrian's eyes narrowed. He bent forward and asked, "Tell me, you ran a trace."

Clint smiled and confirmed, "I did, Sir."

"Who does the car belong to?" Adrian asked.

"It was Miss Ramona Myer's old car, which she had dumped - not sold, but dumped in the junkyard six months ago," Clint responded.

"Ramona," Adrian echoed, his lips twitching upon hearing the name. "Leni's mother figure."

"Exactly, Mr. King," Clint confirmed.

Adrian rested back in his wheelchair. All the evidence led back to his suspicion about Riley's father. Sadly, now was not the time to deal with it. He shook his head and instead ordered, "Add more protection to Riley and Renee."

It was clear to Brian that Mr. Ace was Riley's backing, and he shared the same information with his mother during that evening's dinner.

Brian, his parents, Claire, and her family had dinner at an Italian restaurant. They all had fitted their clothes for the wedding and decided to dine out afterward.

They were finishing their meals when Brian revealed, "I have this strong feeling that Mr. Ace is the owner of Adley, and Riley might have persuaded him to open a store for her."

Beatrice had recently been made aware of the company situation, so she also knew Mr. Ace. She said, "Didn't your staff say Mr. Ace buys jewelry for his mistresses? You said Riley had changed her profile status to "In a relationship." Could Riley have become one of his mistresses?"

Brian knitted his brows at the thought of Riley having a sexual relationship with Mr. Ace. It did not sit well with him. Then, he recounted that image of Riley canoeing with a man. Brian only saw the man's back view, but he had a muscular back. He pondered, 'Could Mr. Ace be that man?'

He envisioned Mr. Ace as an older man. So, he also considered that Riley was seeing a younger man aside.

A sigh left his lips. Brian shook his head, realizing he did not know what was happening in Riley's life. He stammered in response to his mother, "I - I don't know much. I only know that he is very wealthy. He had bought over thirty million dollars worth of jewelry from us over the years."

Mara, Claire's mother, overheard their exchange. She said, "It's sad that your ex-wife had stooped so low of becoming a mistress just to get back at you, Brian. We should talk to Mr. Ace. Do you have his contact information? Claire and I could reason with him."

"We only have his assistant's contact number. I have asked for an appointment with Mr. Ace, but the assistant has yet to give me feedback," Brian suggested.

Just as he said that Brian's phone rang. It was Mr. Ace's assistant calling. Brian answered the call in a rush, "Hello."

"This is Mr. Ace's assistant. He accepts your request to meet and wants to see you next Friday," the mysterious assistant said on the other line. "We will text you the address of the meeting place."