How to Destroy a Cheater Without Saying Goodbye novel Chapter 27

She'd been acting strangely these past two days, and it wasn't just because of her period.

It probably had something to do with that man with the child.

Eddy frowned. That man was likely the reason Laney had suddenly left Novandria.

Maybe he was someone Laney knew.

Just thinking that there was a man around Blanche—someone unknown, beyond Eddy's reach—made his heart twist with unease.

Suddenly, Eddy's phone began to ring.

Three sharp beeps echoed through the car.

Blanche remembered the three texts she'd sent Eddy from the flight attendant's phone on the plane. If Eddy ever found out, he'd probably lock her up and never let her speak to anyone from the outside world again.

If that happened, even if the Director-General's people came, they'd never find her.

She snapped out of her thoughts just as Eddy unlocked his phone and opened the messages.

Blanche lunged, snatched the phone from his hand, rolled down the window, and hurled it out with all her strength.

The car was crossing the long bridge over the bay, and the phone tumbled into the churning waves below. It was gone for good.

When they arrived at Simmons Mansion, the first to greet them was a bodyguard.

"Mr. Simmons, I found the man you asked me to track down," the bodyguard said, handing over a folder.

At his words, Blanche turned to Eddy.

Blanche's mind flashed back to that voice—almost unreal—calling out to her.

"Sister."

Only someone from the organization would address her that way.

But no one from the organization would dare reach out to her outside its walls. That was the rule: once you left, you were strangers.

"Why were you looking for them?"

If it really was someone from the organization—and he'd risked everything for her—she couldn't let him face danger because of her.

"To repay him, of course."

Eddy ran his hand through Blanche's soft hair, choosing not to hold a grudge.

He nodded to the bodyguard, who immediately stepped forward and opened the folder.

Inside, sheet after sheet of surveillance screenshots. And there, unmistakable, was a familiar silhouette.

Blanche's eyes snapped up, turning red as blood. She slapped Eddy across the face.

The sound echoed through the house, drawing everyone out—Loraine, their daughter and son-in-law, their granddaughter, and even the household staff all spilled out onto the front steps.

Shock registered instantly on every face.

Blanche and Eddy had been together for ten years, and she'd never raised her voice at him, let alone her hand.

But now, for the first time, in front of everyone, she had slapped him.

Her eyes were red and brimming with tears that spilled down her cheeks like broken pearls. She looked utterly heartbroken.

Eddy said nothing.

Loraine shot a bewildered glance at Eddy, then stepped forward and took the folder from Blanche's trembling hands. After flipping a few pages, she turned and slapped the bodyguard.

"Get out!" she barked at him, her anger barely contained. "How could you let Jeannette show up at Healy's preschool? Do you have any idea how disgusting this is? How could you do this to Laney?"