Dumped My Cheating Ex. Now I'm Sleeping Next to a Billionaire CEO novel Chapter 1091

On the Southeast Asian border, two huge international drug cartels were wiped out. A major scam compound was raided by special forces, and the mastermind was caught alive. More than two hundred hostages who’d been locked up and abused were rescued, and now they were on their way home. The news never mentioned which unit took part or who led the operation, but Emmy knew. James had to be involved.

She stared at her phone, at the photo of his sharp profile, her finger tracing the screen. “You’re coming home safe. I know it,” she whispered.

Her phone suddenly buzzed in her hand. It was her mom, calling from home. Emmy glanced at the time and realized it was already the middle of the night over there. Her mom should have been asleep. Emmy answered right away, worry in her voice. “Mom, why are you still up? Is something wrong?”

Teresa sighed. “I just got back from Tyler’s wedding. You wouldn’t believe the day I’ve had. It was… honestly, it was terrifying.”

She launched into the whole story. At first, Teresa hadn’t even planned to go. The Nelson family was complicated enough, and with James away and Tyler being so unpredictable, she’d worried it was a setup. But Tyler had sent invitations to everyone in their circle. If she skipped it, she’d stick out. Plus, Andrew had an invitation too, and having him with her made her feel safer.

Even though Tyler had been kicked out of Nelson Corporation, he was still the head of the family. Tradition said the bride had to pay her respects at the family’s ancestral hall, so the wedding was held at the old Nelson estate. Teresa and Andrew arrived and were shown to a reception area outside the hall. They waited, and waited. The staff kept bringing fresh tea, but the “lucky hour” for the ceremony came and went. Still no sign of Tyler’s wedding convoy.

It was after one in the afternoon before news started trickling in. Tyler’s convoy had run into trouble on the way to pick up the bride from the Summer family. First, a flat tire. Then, the road was blocked. When they finally got the bride, on the way back, they were ambushed. A gunfight broke out right in the middle of the Capital. It was the real deal. People died, blood everywhere. Even one of Isabel’s bridesmaids was hit and rushed to the hospital.

“Supposedly, it was the Nelson family’s old security team. After Tyler took charge, he fired a lot of the long-time guards to get rid of anyone disloyal. Those guys held a grudge, so they got together and tried to kill him on his wedding day. But Tyler didn’t just bring his own security. He had a national army unit with him too. If it weren’t for the soldiers, Tyler and Isabel would be dead.”

Emmy fell silent, thinking. Isabel marrying Tyler must have crossed someone powerful. How could a bunch of fired bodyguards have the guts and weapons to start a shootout in the middle of the Capital? Someone had to be pulling the strings in the background. Those men were just pawns.

Suddenly, Emmy remembered something James had said before he left.