Chapter 4 - Elena Began Getting Sick—And Dante Discovered Someone Inside His Own House Was Poisoning His Pregnant WifeElena began vomiting every morning.
The doctor initially blamed pregnancy.
Then she fainted.
Tests revealed traces of a chemical compound.
Dante became furious.
“Someone is poisoning her.”
Security searched everything.
The kitchen.
The medicines.
The supplements.
The water.
Nothing.
Then Elena remembered.
A herbal tea Sophia had recommended.
The tea was contaminated.
Sophia was devastated.
“I didn't know.”
Elena believed her.
Dante didn't.
Not at first.
He ordered a full investigation.
The supplier had been paid by Victor.
The tea had been delivered through a company linked to him.
But someone had approved it.
A signature.
Sophia's.
Dante confronted his mother.
She swore it wasn't hers.
The signature had been forged.
They were close to finding the person responsible.
Then another attack came.
A car followed Elena.
Shots were fired.
Dante's security stopped the vehicle.
The attacker escaped.
Elena collapsed from fear.
Dante held her.
“I should never have brought you into this.”
“You didn't.”
“I did.”
“You married me.”
“I loved you.”
She looked at him.
“That doesn't make you guilty.”
He kissed her forehead.
“I don't know how to do this.”
“Do what?”
“Be a husband.”
She smiled.
“You're learning.”
Then she noticed something.
Dante was crying.
She wiped his cheek.
“Don't.”
“I can't stop.”
She held him.
The moment was interrupted by a phone call.
Victor.
“You want your wife alive?”
Dante answered.
“Yes.”
“Give me the audit.”
“No.”
“Then you lose her.”
The call ended.
Elena looked at him.
“Don't give it to him.”
“I won't.”
“Even if it costs me?”
He stared.
“It won't.”
But Victor had one advantage.
He knew where Elena's sister lived.
He sent a photograph.
Her sister.
Bound.
Alone.
Elena began crying.
Dante looked at the image.
Then made a decision.
He would trade the audit.
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Or so everyone thought.
In reality, he planned something much bigger.
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