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He shook his head.
“He stopped his illegal businesses a long time ago after he started handling Valencian Corp in Achilles’s absence.
Now he only runs legal businesses across the UK.
And with the power Ace had given him, I can’t say if he still runs something in the shadows while destroying every evidence he has against him.
Though I told my cousin to look more into it.
He’ll get back to me as soon as he finds anything out.”
I sighed.
He was right.
He was quite a powerful man, all thanks to Ace’s trust in him.
I wished I could tell him, but without any proof, will he believe me?
But he could also hire someone to look through Arthur’s past just like I did, right?
He’d find out the truth himself.
A determination etched on me.
I’ll talk to him as soon as possible.
But not now.
We’ve come into a relationship just now.
I didn’t want any tension in it.
Maybe after a day or two, when Warner’s cousin would find something solid against him?
Then I could easily reveal everything before Ace without fearing anything.
“All right.
Tell him to do it fast.
Before Arthur gets a hint of our quest, we have to get a hold of something strong against him.”
I looked into his eyes.
“And thank you, Warner!
I couldn’t do this without you.”
He put a hand on my shoulder.
“No need to thank me.
What are friends for, after all?
I would do anything for you, you know that, right?”
Nodding, I smiled.
“You just be careful around him, Em.
He’s a very dangerous man.
Don’t get yourself into any trouble.”
I squeezed his hand.
“Don’t worry.
I’ll be fine.”
“You didn’t tell
me he gave you this dress.
Nor did you tell me you guys are together now,” Cassie grumbled, holding her cocktail in her hand.
“I thought you confided me in with everything.”
I chuckled.
The reception was about to begin.
After helping Tess with retouching her makeup, Cassie pulled me aside to throw questions about the faint hickey on my throat.
Of course nothing went past her eyes.
So, I told her everything.
“Don’t be overdramatic now.
We just sorted things out.”
She eyed my gown again, a slow smile stretched across her lips.
“Remember when you asked him to make you his princess one day?”
Warmth crept up cheeks as I remembered the day of my ninth birthday.
“Well, you’re looking like one today in this gown.
And now that you’ve finally become his princess, how are you feeling right now?”
She held an imaginary mike before me.
I looked down, running my hands on the beautiful gown he chose for me.
“Well, I don’t want to be his princess anymore.”
Her brow raised in confusion.
A smile graced my lips.
“I want to be his queen now.”
Chuckling, she rolled her eyes.
“Now you’re getting greedy here, aren’t you?”
At my narrowed eyes, she burst into laughter and I joined soon.
Someone cleared their throat behind me.
Turning around, I came face to face with a tall man in his late twenties and a beautiful blonde in his arms.
What caught my attention was his pale blue eyes that weirdly lingered on my face for too long for my liking.
“Hi, Emerald.
Remember me?
I’m Jane from Tess’s high school,” the blonde said, flashing her pearly white teeth.
Yeah, I remembered her.
She used to hang out with Tess sometimes.
I smiled.
“Hi, Jane.
How are you doing?”
That man still didn’t move his gaze from me.
His features were too blank to read anything.
“I’m doing great!
It’s been so long since I last saw you.
And look at you, you’ve turned into such a beautiful woman.”
Before I could open my mouth to thank her for the compliment, the man interrupted.
Oddly enough, I felt like I saw him before.
But I couldn’t place a finger on it.
“Indeed.
Now I understood why my friend is so smitten by you,” he said in his northern accent.
“Friend?”
I frowned.
He nodded.
“Achilles Valencian.
I’m a really close friend of his.”
How come I’ve never seen him if he was a good friend of Ace?
Then he held his hand out for me to shake.
“Hello, my name is Antonio, Antonio Raymond.
I feel very blessed to finally meet you, Ms.
Hutton.”
FORTY-NINE: ENEMY INSIDE?
M y smile slipped, and my eyes widened.
Antonio Raymond?
So that’s why he seemed to be so familiar.
I’d seen him on the TV the other day but couldn’t see his face properly because he had the half of his face covered.
Wasn’t he in jail?
What the hell was he doing here?
My jaw clenched.
“What are you doing here?
As far as I know, you’re not invited to this wedding.”
Did Ace know of his presence here?
If he did, he wouldn’t be still parading out here like this.
He placed his hand on his heart.
“Ouch!
I wasn’t expecting that one.
You hurt me, Ms.
Hutton.
I didn’t know you behaved that way with your guests.”
“I do with uninvited guests.”
A humorless chuckle left him.
“Feisty, huh?”
“What’s happening here?”
Jane asked, confusion laced her face.
“Antonio, do you know them?”
“Oh, he knows us very well.
Unfortunately, he used you to get in here.
Because he knew he wasn’t invited,” I said, holding his gaze.
“Hey, dude!
Get your ass out of here before Achilles sees you.
I’m sure as a reputable businessman, you wouldn’t want to be thrown out of the here like a stray dog.”
Cassie flashed him a sweet smile.
His jaw ticked at her spitting insult at him.
But then he reciprocated Cassie’s smile with equal venom.
“Oh, I have no bad intentions here.
I just wanted to give my best wishes to the bride and groom.
That’s all.”
“Mr.Raymond.”
My voice snapped his attention back to me.
“I’d advise you leave the venue right now before Ace or Caleb notices you.
I really don’t want a scene here.
And I don’t understand.
After what you’ve done to Caleb, how did you think you could come here to give him your best wishes?”
He raised his brow.
“Oh, so the little Rosebud of Achilles knows everything then?”
How did he know Ace called me Rosebud?
Only close family members and friends knew that.
My patience was running slim now.
“Of course.
Everyone should know about the enemy outside.
Now leave.”
I pointed towards the gate.
A smirk tugged at the corner of his lips.
“You can make the outside enemy leave you alone.
But what about the enemy inside?”
His head tilted.?”How would you tackle them, Ms.
Hutton?”
My eyes narrowed.
“What do you mean?”
He shook his head, giving me a once over.
“My work is done here.”
He turned to the blonde.
“I’ll see you later, sweetheart.”
Cassie shared a look with me.