Dumped My Cheating Ex. Now I'm Sleeping Next to a Billionaire CEO novel Chapter 1534

The revelation plunged the tent into a heavy, suffocating silence. The men exchanged unreadable glances as they digested the shocking intelligence.

After a long moment, Will finally couldn't hold back and broke the quiet. He furrowed his brows deeply, staring at Emmy with profound worry. "Emmy, if you know all of this... then why did you come here yourself? If the Captain already has a meticulous plan in place, this area is going to become unbelievably dangerous. You absolutely shouldn't be here."

Emmy met his frantic gaze, took a soft breath, and spoke with unwavering calm. "My target is Dean. He is hiding somewhere in this territory right now. The only way to draw him out of the shadows is if I show my face." She rested her intertwined hands on the table, laying out her logic with crystal clarity. "Tomorrow is the day James officially marries into the family. The cartel controlling the Delta has declared a mandatory one-day ceasefire across the entire region. They've invited every single cartel boss and warlord representative from the surrounding areas to attend his daughter's wedding. Tomorrow, I will attend that wedding banquet as the Sovereign of Star Jewel, and I will bait Dean out into the open."

"No way," Will rejected the idea instantly, without a second thought. "Emmy, absolutely not. That old fox might have demanded a ceasefire, making things look peaceful on the surface, but since the Captain and Major General Calony are springing their trap tomorrow, it's going to turn into an absolute slaughterhouse. The moment the two sides tear off their masks and open fire, the danger level will be ten times worse than the warzone we've been fighting through these past few days. You cannot show your face tomorrow."

Brett chimed in anxiously, nodding vigorously in agreement. "Yeah, Emmy, Will is right. That piece of trash Dean is a complete lunatic. If you actually lure him out, who knows what kind of psychotic things he'll do to you in the chaos? Since the Captain already has everything set up, we should just stay put and lay low. If he needs our backup when he makes his move tomorrow, he'll definitely find a way to send us a signal."

Emmy listened to their desperate protests but simply shook her head. "Perhaps my appearance is already part of James's master plan." She lowered her eyelashes, staring at her own hands, her voice dropping to a soft murmur. "You don't understand what kind of monster Dean truly is. As long as he is in this region, as long as he draws breath, he is a venomous snake lurking in the dark. He will only rear his head if I stand right in front of him. And that is the only way James and Calony can capture him once and for all. If we let him slip away again this time, he will become the greatest lingering threat to James and me. We will never have a day of peace, and our children will never grow up safely."

At the mention of her children, a ruthless, icy sharpness pierced through Emmy's eyes. She reached into the pocket of her windbreaker and pulled out a delicate, compact pistol, placing it gently on the wooden table. It was the very same gun James had given her for self-defense.

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