Unwanted Fake Wife The Top Billionaire novel Chapter 309

Chapter 309 The Confrontation

How’s Gideon holding up?” she asked, her voice laced with quiet concern.

His legal team’s sitting down with him right now. He mentioned this whole mess might be tied to Did Gideon and Nathan have some kind of falling-out or unresolved history between them?” Alexan questioned, his tone deliberately casual.

Elena’s mind immediately flashed back to the chaotic scene at Haze Lounge that night, every sharp rushing to the forefront of her memory. She couldn’t shake the thought that Nathan still held Gideon responsible for the permanent damage to his leg, nursing a bitter grudge he’d never let go of.

Without hesitation, she laid out the entire incident to Alexander, leaving out no detail of what had transpired between the two men that evening.

he very next day. Elena tracked down Nathan’s phone number and dialed it, her hands tight with a m ger and apprehensi e line trilled several times before he finally picked up, the silence on the ot

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never reach out again,” Nathan drawled, a faint, mocking edge of amuseme But the sound sent a cold prickle of goosebumps racing down Elena’s arms. g was deeply off about him.

Was this entire scheme your doing?” Elena demanded sharply, her patience k of no one else with a motive to target both Gideon and Alexander so ruthlessly ed this level of malice toward the two men.

her direct accusation, Nathan remained eerily calm, his composure unshaken. “It’s ce we had a genuine, face-to-face talk. Why don’t we meet in person to hash this out? on I want to have over the phone.”

o see you,” Elena shot back immediately, refusing his request without a second thought.

e to the bait or show a hint of frustration. “Then I’m not answering a single one of your eople in the media always have hidden recorders tucked away, ready to trap someone. I’m ave to protect myself.”

ghtened, her frustration boiling over but her resolve/pushing her forward. “What time?”

k this afternoon. I’ll text you the address,” he replied smoothly.

actantly agreed, her chest tight with dread. She ate a quick lunch at her office desk, barely tasting and as the clock neared two, she got into her car and drove to the First Sight Cafe, the location had sent over.

she stepped through the cafe doors, Nathan was already seated at a corner table by the front window. oked perfectly at ease, slouched back in his chair with a blank, unreadable expression on his face, as if ere waiting for a casual acquaintance rather than facing a confrontation.

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Elena slid into the chair across from him, her own face set in a rigid, emotionless mask. “Don’t bother worrying-I don’t have a recorder on me like you suspected. But for the record, the bodyguard Alexander assigned to watch over me is parked right across the street, within plain sight.”

Every instinct in her body screamed that this Nathan was a stranger, nothing like the man she’d once known. She had no way of knowing what reckless, dangerous thing he might do next, and she refused to le her guard down for even a second.

“What on earth do you think I’d do to you?” Nathan let out a low, humorless chuckle.

“The last time I tried to come after you, I lost nearly everything-my freedom, my future, and half the use of my leg. Now that you see me like this, broken and stuck like this… are you finally satisfied?”

“What happened to you has nothing to do with me,” Elena snapped, her voice cold and firm. “Evan was the one who came after you, plain and simple. If you want to blame someone for your injuries, blame them not me, not Gideon.” She wanted nothing more than to sever every last tie between herself and Nathan.

There was only one thing she cared about getting answers to. “Is this entire situation with Gideon linked directly to you?”

“Entire situation? What exactly are you referring to when you say that?” Nathan leaned back slightly in his chair, a flicker of dark, eager excitement igniting in his eyes.

“Why don’t you spell it out for me? Let’s hear exactly how much you’ve managed to figure out on your own, he pressed, his tone dripping with quiet provocation.

A cold sweat broke out across the back of Elena’s neck the second he spoke. There was no denying it anymore-Nathan had changed, and not just in small ways.

“Have you lost your mind? Gideon never did a single thing to you to deserve this. If you have a grudge against me, if you want to settle a score, come after me directly-leave him out of it,” Elena snarled, her hands clenched into tight fists at her sides.

Nathan’s gaze stayed locked on her furious, flushed face, and his smile didn’t fade–it only widened. growing colder and more cruel with every passing second. “Never did anything to me? If it hadn’t been for Gideon, my leg could have been saved, fully healed, good as new. He’s the reason I’m stuck like this, a cripple for the rest of my life. How can you be so blindly loyal, so cruel? You only ever see his pain, his suffering. All I’m doing is ruining his reputation-nothing more

“Besides, I’m not the only one working against Gideon. What real harm could a broken, crippled man like me do all on my own?” he added, his voice light and casual.

The more nonchalant he sounded, the more terrified Elena became. She’d only gone into this meeting hoping to test his involvement, to fish for a hint of the truth-she never could have predicted he would admit his guilt so openly, so brazenly. Where was he getting this unshakable confidence. What else was he hiding?

“You’ve been siting here this entire time and haven’t even glanced around the room. Elena does this cafe mean nothing to you? Does it ring a single bell?” Nathan asked suddenly, shifting the conversation away from Gideon without warning

“No, it doesn’t,” she replied sharply, her focus still used on the danger he posed. She had no time, no patience, to dwell on pointless nostalgia or vague questions about a random coffee shop

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Elena was certain of one thing: Nathan was completely, irreparably insane. He’d openly admitted to orchestrating the attacks on Gideon, and his offhand comment about how much she’d figured out” sen fresh wave of fear through her. Did that mean he’d been behind far more than just the Gideon scandal?

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