My Second Marriage with the Mafia Kingpin novel Chapter 23

Chapter 23: Fake Profile

If Lucian had stayed, Ashley had planned to make him help her repack the soil into small sachets. She intended to distribute the samples until this expert botanist—the wife of Lucian’s prospect—reached out.

And she planned to take Lucian to the florist’s, since that was the only place she knew she could leave them.

But since he allowed her to go out, she knew she wouldn’t have a problem distributing the samples.

Now, instead of sleeping, here she was—packing soil into small sachets in the middle of the night.

"I guess this is enough!" she beamed, nodding. "Aunt Liza told me about some of the flower shops around the area."

Even though she had given Lucian a present to deliver to the man he was about to meet, Ashley knew it wouldn’t be enough.

"The soil is something rare and tempting," she whispered. "But for that kind of man, there’s a possibility he’d turn down this opportunity."

Why?

Because it came from Lucian. It came from Dominion.

This meeting was meant to fail, and it was meant to end tragically. The man Lucian had his eyes on valued the peaceful life he shared with his wife. There was a strong possibility that he would keep this from her, simply to protect themselves from being associated with Dominion.

"Well! There’s no harm in trying!" she told herself, nodding. "If that fails, the second plan is already in motion."

If the husband kept the present from his wife, Ashley had already planned to make its existence known by distributing it.

Lucian had a gold mine in his own home, and Dominion didn’t even know it.

She smiled happily, grinning to herself.

"And only I know this gold mine. If this still fails, then I’ll have no choice but to resort to that plan!"

Deep in her heart, she hoped she wouldn’t have to. But if all else failed, Ashley had a trump card up her sleeve.

As she promised, she wouldn’t let this fail, and she wouldn’t allow Dominion to return with casualties.

*****

The next day arrived quietly.

When Ashley woke up, Lucian had already left for business. It was no surprise. Lucian wasn’t only preparing to meet this person—there were several matters he had to attend to as well.

Having said that, Ashley began her day too.

Carrying the large luggage filled with soil samples, she went down to the lobby to meet her guards. Seeing them standing upright outside the lift told her Lucian had already informed them of her plans.

All of them carried distant expressions on their faces. But when their eyes landed on the luggage she was dragging along, their composure began to crack.

"Did you have breakfast already?" she smiled at them as she stepped out. "If so, let’s go."

With that, she dragged the luggage herself. However, when it was time to load it into the car, she told them to place it in the backseat with her.

And so they did.

Still, one question lingered in their minds.

Why was she taking this luggage, and what in the world was inside it?

It would only take a few minutes for them to find out.

When they stopped in front of a flower shop, Ashley opened the luggage.

"Soil?" Red, who sat in the front passenger seat of the same car, looked back when he heard the zipper.

His face twitched as he studied the packed soil sealed in small, clear plastic bags.

They looked suspiciously like illegal drugs.

Dominion didn’t deal in drugs, but they dealt with people who did. For instance, the Di Carpios.

"Are those—"

"These are not drugs," she cut him off before he could finish, picking up one of the samples and showing it to him. "This is gold. Wait for me here."

She didn’t wait for his response before stepping out with a sample in hand.

Even so, Red instinctively got out and followed her. He didn’t enter the shop, though. Instead, he stayed outside the establishment—just in case she fled.

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