His Hidden Family My Ruined Marriage (Liana) novel Chapter 157

Chapter 157 Catch Them in the Act

“What’s going on?” Evan asked.

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“Mrs. Locke wants Mr. Locke’s schedule. He told me to give it to her, but… I think he wants me to give her a

fake one.”

“Mm. You’ve been away for a bit, so I’ll clue you in. Mr. Locke is not getting a divorce,” Evan stated bluntly.

“If he doesn’t want a divorce, why is he out spending nights with Anya?”

“Spending the night doesn’t prove anything. The key point is, we all need to keep our jobs. And the first rule of keeping our jobs is to maintain peace in Mr. Locke’s marriage. If I wasn’t clear enough, let me put it this way-in Mr. Locke’s dictionary, there’s only ‘widowed,’ not ‘divorced.”

Evan finished, giving her a meaningful look.

Yvonne nodded, but couldn’t help adding, “If that’s the case, then he should draw a clear line with Ms. Forrest.”

“Come on-even the most stubborn dame can’t resist a persistent guy. Works both ways, you

That was Evan’s take on the dynamic between Anya and Elian.

know.”

Yvonne sat down at her desk. Evan’s eyes were still on her. “How are things with you? Your… situation?”

“He won’t divorce,” Yvonne said tersely, already starting to create a custom, exclusive version of the schedule for Liana.

Seeing she didn’t want to talk more, Evan nodded understandingly and left.

Back at school, Liana’s thoughts kept drifting to the hospital.

She immediately opened her phone to check the camera feed. Anya wasn’t by the bed; only Theo lay there, hooked up to an IV.

Lily returned from her class and saw Liana at her desk. She immediately went over. “Have you asked Elian about it?”

“Asked him what?”

“About today’s gossip! What’s with this ‘Mrs. Locke’ nonsense? Are those paparazzi blind? I could tell from the silhouette that it was Anya! And the comments underneath all say it doesn’t look like you!”

Lily plopped down beside her, slapping the desk in anger.

“Or maybe those paparazzi k

exactly who he was holding,” Liana countered calmly.

Lily was stunned into silence.

“We were going to get divorced anyway. This mess only gives me more grounds to push for it, right?” Liana

reasoned.

She didn’t owe him anything now, not even her mother three-million-dollar medical bill, which she had

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paid back. And now he had this scandal. If he wouldn’t agree to the divorce amicably, she would file.

Yes, file for divorce.

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From now on, she could leave it to a lawyer. She wouldn’t have to see him or get entangled with him again.

With this thought, Liana immediately took action. She consulted a lawyer.

The lawyer said, “Everyone is equal before the law, but some tabloid gossip isn’t enough. Ideally, you’d need to catch them in the act.”

A little after ten. Liana quietly made her way to Theo’s floor.

The nurse on duty greeted her warmly. “Mrs. Locke! Mr Locke just arrived a little while ago.”

Liana smiled, acting as if nothing was wrong, and continued walking. The moment the nurse stepped back into the station, Liana immediately turned and slipped into another patient’s room.

The patient inside was asleep. Liana stood just inside the doorway and opened the surveillance app on her phone.

There was still no one visible on screen, but there was sound.

“Elian, it still hurts so much. We were way too wild last night.”

It was Anya’s voice.

Liana listened intently, leaning closer to her phone. But then, there was no more sound.

“Who’s there?” the sleeping old man in the bed mumbled, thinking a family member had arrived.

“Wrong room,” Liana whispered hurriedly, backing out.

The nurse, heading to the break room, saw her again. “Ch, Mrs. Locke, you went into the wrong room!”

“Yes, I realized,” Liana replied with a polite smile.

Once the nurse was gone, Liana leaned against the wall, heart pounding, and looked at her phone again.

The screen was now blank. No picture, no sound.

Elian? Did he disable it?

He was the one who placed the camera, acting all cooperative. In reality, it was just to stop her from hearing something she shouldn’t, right?

Hmph!

Liana suddenly felt ridiculous.

With a man like him, she shouldn’t have held on to even a sliver of hope.

She had thought he would at least secretly monitor the feed, for Theo’s safety if nothing else.

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She’d underestimated how much Elian trusted Anya.

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