The Extraordinary Bride Of The Wyndham Family (Isla and Gabriel) novel Chapter 223

“As I was saying,” Gabriel continued.

He leaned back in his chair stowly and folded his arms across his chest. His posture looked relaxed, but everyone in the room could feel the sharp danger behind his calm face.

“Yesterday, during our meeting here,” he said evenly, “I received a very disgusting message from an unknown number.”

The room went quiet.

“Someone threatened my family.”

A low wave of shock moved through the conference room.

Some people gasped softly. Others straightened in their seats. A few exchanged quick glances, clearly uneasy.

Gabriel watched them carefully. Every face, every small reaction. He noticed.

“That message,” he continued, “was the reason I cancelled the meeting yesterday.”

He paused again, letting his words sink in.

Even after all he had explained, confusion still filled the room. No one could point out who the guilty person was.

No one dared to speak.”So,” Gabriel said calmly, “l apologize if I seem strange today.”

He leaned forward slightly now, resting his elbows on the table.

“If you will agree with me, my family has been through a lot lately. We faced threats. We faced danger. And we finally thought we had closed that chapter.”

His voice grew firmer.

“But now, another insect has decided to crawl out and threaten my family again.”

A heavy silence followed. And it caused uneasiness among the people.

Gabriel did not rush his words. He kept speaking, explaining everything in detail. He talked about trust, Loyalty, and how important it was for the company to stay clean.

“If I am going to continue working with you,” he said, “then I must be sure I can trust every single person in this room.”

His eyes moved slowly across them.

“So I need your cooperation.”

And immediately Gabriel finished talking, Stone stepped forward toward the table where the bowl of devices sat.

His presence alone made the tension thicker.”I apologize for the inconvenience,” Stone said firmly, “but we need your cooperation.”

He turned slightly.

“Mrs. Landon Mia,” he called, “please step forward. Kindly pick up your devices and open them. This is only a quick check.”

Mia smiled calmly.

She stood up without hesitation and walked forward. She picked up her devices and unlocked them one by one.

Stone and the men checked carefully.

When they were done, Stone nodded.

“You’re clear.”

Gabriel spoke immediately. “You may leave, Mia,” Mia was surprised, but she nodded respectfully and walked out of the conference room without looking back.

Stone continued calling names.

One by one, everyone stepped forward. One by one, their devices were checked. No alarms. No discoveries.

But unlike Mia, they were asked to return to their seats.

Minutes passed. Still nothing. And that made Gabriel frown slightly.

Confusion filled his mind.If they found nothing… Then who was playing games with him?

His jaw tightened.

Whoever it was, they were still in hiding. And Gabriel hated that.

Stone turned to face the men and women still seated in the conference room. His voice was calm, but there was something sharp under it.

“I would like to say that I am impressed with what we have found so far,” he said slowly. “But something is very wrong somewhere.”

The people in the room shifted in their seats. Some frowned. Some looked confused. On the other hand, others looked nervous. No one understood what Stone meant, but no one interrupted him.

Stone stepped closer to the long table where the bowl was placed. He reached inside the bowl and pulled out a phone.

He raised it up so everyone could see it clearly.

Gasps filled the room.

A wave of shock moved through the hall. Chairs creaked as people straightened. Eyes widened, and breaths hitched.

Gabriel’s face hardened instantly.His nose flared. The muscles on his jaw tightened. The corners of his mouth twitched slightly as his grip on the table became tighter and tighter. His knuckles slowly turned white.

His mind was no longer in the room.

All he could think about was how he was going to handle the person responsible.

Gabriel had been a gentle man all his life. He was always calm. Patient, and thoughtful. But life had taught him hard lessons.

Ugly lessons even.

Life had taught him cruel lessons.

When his grandfather died, Gabriel had suspected Wyatt immediately. Every instinct in him had screamed that something was wrong. But his father had talked him out of it. He had trusted his father’s judgment at that time.

That trust had cost them everything.

Wyatt later turned out to be the one who injected his grandfather with a poisonous substance.

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