Rise of the Formidable Ex-wife (Lucia and Alex) novel Chapter 122

Chapter 122

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“She married him, Marco whispered to the empty room. “She actually married him?

He had been so certain his plan would work. The fabricated evidence, the storm, the business partnerships falling apart, all of it should have been enough to make Alexander cancel the wedding, A minimum, it should have planted doubt in Lucia’s mind about the man she was marrying,

Instead, she had walked down that aisle like a queen claiming her throne,

Marco clicked to the next video. This one showed the kiss at the altar. Alexander’s hands gentle on Lucia’s face, her arms around his neck, both of them lost in a moment of pure love,

The laptop flew across the room before Marco realized he had thrown it. It hit the wall with a satisfying crash, the screen shattering into a spider web of broken glass. But destroying the computer didn’t erase the images burned into his memory.

His phone buzzed on the desk. A text message from Margaret, who was still staying at her hotel downtown: “Saw the wedding coverage on the news. How does it feel to watch your wife marry another man? Maybe now you’ll finally move on.”

Marco deleted the message without responding. Margaret way the least of his problems right now. She could rot in that hotel room for all he cared. His only focus was the woman who had just become Mrs. Alexander Kane.

He walked to his window and stared out at the city lights, thinking about Lucia somewhere out there in Alexander’s mansion. Probably getting ready for bed with her new husband. Probably planning the life they would build together.

The thought made him sick.

Marco returned to his desk and picked up his landline phone, dialing a number he knew by heart.

“Louis, it’s Marco, I need you to deliver the second package to the federal agents.”

“Marco, are you sure? What we released today was already…”

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“It wasn’t enough!” Marco’s voice exploded through the phone. “She married him anyway! The wedding went ahead like nothing happened!”

“But the business impact has been significant. Several major contracts have been canceled.”

“I don’t care about his contracts! I care about destroying him completely!” Marco was pacing now, his free hand clenched into a fist. “You have more fabricated evidence, don’t you? Bank records, offshore accounts, criminal correspondence?”

Louis was quiet for a moment. “Yes, but Marco, if we keep escalating this, it increases the risk of exposure. The more documents we create, the higher the chance someone will discover they’re fake.”

“Then make them better! Make them so convincing that even Alexander’s own lawyers will believe them!”

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“I’m paying you to do what I tell you to do!” Marco skammed his fat on the desk.

empty glass. “I want thoge downeys delivered to Senator Magrine’s office first thing Monday mang

“Senator Magnus’s office? Marco, that’s extremely dangerous. If federal itwestigators ones we’ve hero Senting thes fabricated evidence”

“They won’t discover anything if you do your job properly

Louis sighed heavily. “What exactly do you want the new documents to show?

Marco smiled for the first time all day. “I want them to show that Alexander has been bunderity, money ba is crime syndicates. I want bank transfers to known terrorist organizations. I want evidence of bribes to foregs him to look like the biggest criminal the business world has ever seen”

“That’s incredibly serious, Marco. If we fabricate evidence of terrorism funding.”

“Then Alexander will spend the rest of his life in federal prison, and Lucia will finally see what kind of man the married

The line was quiet for so long that Marco wondered if Louis had hung up.

“This is going too far,” Louis said finally, “Creating fake evidence for tax evasion is one thing, Fabriczing terror connections is something else entirely. That’s the kind of charge that ruins lives permanently”

“Good. That’s exactly what I want.”

“Marco, listen to yourself. You’re talking about destroying an innocent man.”

“Innocent?” Marco laughed, but there was no humor in it. “Alexander Kane stole my wife! He used his money and connections to turn her against me! He destroyed my company and my reputation! There’s nothing innocent about him?”

“But you know these accusations are false. You know he’s not actually a criminal.”

“I know he’s a manipulator and a snake who has been obsessed with my wife for years! I know he swooped in like a vulture when my marriage was in trouble! I know he’s been systematically destroying everything I built!”

Marco was screaming now, his voice echoing off the walls of his study. Seventeen years of rage and jealousy and obsession poured out of him like poison from a wound.

“If you won’t help me, I’ll find someone who will,” Marco said, his voice dropping to a dangerous whisper. “There are plenty

୮ of people in this city who can create the evidence I need.”

“Marco, please. Think about what you’re doing. Think about your children.”

“My children chose their mother over me. They don’t factor into this anymore.”

“And if Lucia finds out you’ve been fabricating evidence against her husband? If she discovers you’re the one behind all of this?”

The question gave Marco pause. He hadn’t considered what would happen if Lucia learned the truth about his campaign against Alexander. But then he thought about the video of her kissing another man at the altar, and his resolve hardened.

“She’ll never find out if you do your job properly.”

Louis was silent for another long moment. “The price just tripled.”

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“And if this goes wrong, if we get caught, you don’t know me. You’ve never heard of me. We never had this conversation.”

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