My Billionaire Husband

Brian noticed Antonette was eager to leave. As a result, he ate deliberately slowly throughout the meal.

At six-thirty, Antonette couldn't stand it anymore. She stood up and announced apologetically, "I really have an emergency situation to deal with. I have to leave now."

Simon said nothing.

"If you are really busy, you can go," Brian uttered coldly.

Permission granted, Antonette immediately got up to leave.

Right on cue, Ken pretended to read a message on his phone and shot up with an alarmed look on his face.

"Boss! There's a problem with the company!"

"What?" Simon and Brian both reacted strongly to the news.

"What happened?" Simon asked.

"It's okay, just a design problem. We can handle it."

With that said, Brian took his coat and walked out with Ken.

However, Simon was still worried. He stood up and said, "No. I have to go to the company myself, see what's going on."

Luckily, Ken had explained to Sybil the plan. Thus, she returned to her previous tactic and quietly whispered something to Aaron.

The perfect accomplice, Aaron looked up at Simon with big 'puppy dog' eyes and cried, "Grandpa, stay with me. I won't eat anything unless you stay with me."

There was still a bit of reluctance on Simon's part, but he was completely undone by Aaron's request. He looked lovingly across the table at him and assured him he would stay right there with him.

Ken and Brian made it outside to the car just in time to be able to follow Antonette.

After some time, Antonette stopped at an abandoned car park and then snuck in.

Ken wanted to open the car door and follow her, but Brian stopped him.

"Wait a minute," he said. "Give her a few seconds more."

As predicted, Antonette had one last look around before walking in.

"Okay, let's go!" Brian gave the order, leading Ken towards the car park after Antonette.

Jarvis was waiting there with him too, when suddenly he held his belly and cried, "Boss, I have to go to the restroom."

"Why do you have to pick now?" he hissed.

Jarvis looked at him and m.o.a.n.e.d, "I don't know. I must have eaten something bad."

Annoyed, Carl waved him away.

Jarvis ran to a corner and hid there. From his hiding place, he saw Antonette approaching.

As quietly as he could, Jarvis called Ken.

"They are here! Come quickly!" he whispered.

Ken nodded at Brian.

"Call the police," Brian instructed.

Antonette took out the money and handed it to Carl.

"Here, take it. After this, we are strangers. Remember, I had nothing to do with what happened to Diana Anderson."

"Don't worry, no one will ever know it was you!" Carl laughed.

As he held the money to his c.h.e.s.t, Carl couldn't help gazing at Antonette's face. The combination of the danger and the money was turning him on.

"How about sleeping with me one last time?" Carl grinned at Antonette with his dirty, yellowish teeth.

Antonette smiled naughtily at him.

"You are so bad!"

"Well, it looks like I'm disturbing you two…" All of a sudden, Brian appeared from the darkness, chuckling to himself as he came closer.

Carl was shocked. "Why are you here?" he exclaimed.

"Brian? What's going on?" Antonette knew instantly that something was very wrong.

Brian ignored her and looked towards where Jarvis was hiding.

With a sheepish look on his face, Jarvis came out from the shadows to stand beside Brian.

"Where are you going?" Carl shouted.

Jarvis forced himself not to show his fear.

"Sorry, Carl. Guess you should have shown me more respect."

"You! How dare you! How could you betray me? I always treated you well!" Carl was flabbergasted at his betrayal.

Jarvis smiled ironically. "You think you look after me? I begged you to save my wife and son, but you refused. How could you say you treat me well?"

Carl was speechless.

"I think you know why I am here, don't you?" Brian asked coldly.

"Brian, what are you talking about? I don't understand what is going on?" Antonette responded.

"Oh, really, Antonette? Then why are you meeting him here?" asked Brian.

"It's nothing. We are just friends..."

Suddenly, Brian turned serious.

"So tell me, why did you ask Carl here to hit Diana and Abby?"

His words set Antonette shaking. She shook her head. "No. I didn't. What are you talking about?"

"I can prove it." Brian stared at Antonette. And then he glanced at Jarvis.

Jarvis took out a small black machine. He had recorded their conversation.

"You were recording me?" Carl said in disbelief.

"I had no other choice…" Jarvis shook his head and then pressed play on the recorder. The audio was clear; there was no doubting whose voices could be heard.

"Here, take it. After this, we are strangers. Remember, I had nothing to do with what happened to Diana Anderson."

"Don't worry, no one will ever know it was you!"

For a few seconds, all was quiet, both Antonette and Carl were frozen in shock. That was until Carl's rage finally kicked into gear.

"I'm gonna kill you, Jarvis!" Carl yelled and ran towards Jarvis.

But before he could get very far, the police burst in.

"It's over," Brian uttered coldly. He had the evidence. Neither of these disgusting people could get away with it this time.

Seeing the policemen circling, Carl tried to run away. But Jarvis tackled him to the ground. Meanwhile, Antonette somehow slipped past a policeman and ran toward the entrance of the car park.

Brian chased after her, however, Antonette was surprisingly fast: she made it to her car and sped away.

Brian couldn't believe it. How had she escaped! He punched a wall in a fury before heading back to Ken.

After a brief deliberation, Brian decided to drive back to Simon's house, while Ken stayed at the scene.

Simon was feeding Aaron when Brian arrived. He seemed surprised to see Brian back so soon.

"Have you handled everything?" he asked.

"Yes, all sorted. Is Antonette back yet?"

Simon was even more confused now.

"Why do you ask about her?"

"She hasn't come back," Sybil interrupted.

Brian squinted his eyes, thinking where on earth that bitch could be hiding.

"Do you know where she used to live?"

Simon shook his head. "I don't know."

"Okay, bye."

With that, Brian headed straight out the front door.

Simon had no idea what was going on.

"Why is Brian being so weird?" he asked Sybil.

Sybil shrugged her shoulders.

"I don't know..."