Page 169 of My Husband’s New Fiancée

As soon as I get back to the manor, I lie down on the couch and fall asleep.

The best lies are the ones that contain a grain of truth.

*

I’ve been home for over two hours when my phone rings.

I sit up from the couch to grab it from the coffee table before answering.

“It’s done,” Louane announces. “She just left your office.”

Her words instantly wipe away my drowsiness.

“As planned,” she continues, “Bianca came to see me about thirty minutes after you left.”

Every trace of fatigue disappears at once. For a second, I can’t form a single coherent thought.

“Hello? Are you there?” Louane asks, suddenly concerned.

“Yes… yes, I’m here.”

“I told her you’d had to leave unexpectedly and that you’d asked me to clean the lab. She followed me. Just like you wanted, I left her alone in your office while I cleaned equipment in the bathroom.”

My heart kicks into overdrive.

“Thank you for warning me.”

I hang up immediately and dial Andrea’s number.

“Bianca just came out of my office,” I tell him the moment he answers.

“I’ll call you back.”

Ten minutes later, he gives me a full report.

“According to the lab recordings, the second Louane disappeared into the bathroom, Bianca immediately took the opportunity to copy the entire NRX-889 file.”

I close my eyes for a few seconds.

That’s it.

There’s no turning back now.

“Perfect. Send me the video.”

A silence follows.

“I hope you know what you’re doing.”

“You’re not the only one.”

Despite the confidence in my voice, a chill runs through me.

“You and Dante are completely insane.”

I smile despite myself.

“If it makes you feel any better, he was against this idea at first. But it was the only way to make them believe they’d won.”