Dark Revenge Of An Unwanted Wife The Twins Are Not Yours novel Chapter 255

Chapter 255: Long Night XIX

Trust no one? She didn’t even trust him! Athena mused, swallowing the disdain she suddenly felt for the man sitting a few feet away from her, maintaining a calm demeanor.

How dare he come around and take over the mission? He was supposed to be on the sidelines, and now he was in the circle; and now he was even keeping them out of the circle.

Ha! A strategic play, and he’s talking about trust?! He should leave with his friends and never come back!

"Athena..." Old Mr. Thorne’s calm, fatherly voice managed to drag Athena out of her deprecating thoughts and into a position where she began to question her reasoning.

Ewan is the cause of this! She finally realized. He was making her doubt herself—he still had that power over her. Well, she would no longer stand for it, not even with him in her face.

While combating her thoughts, she still hadn’t looked at Old Mr. Thorne or acknowledged his call. The old man had to call again to get her attention.

"I’m sorry, I was just trying to connect some dots in my head," She said, realizing she was the center of attention.

Old Mr. Thorne, who had called because of the sinister smile on her lips, didn’t need a soothsayer to understand the direction of her thoughts. Ewan was stepping on Athena’s nerves, and he didn’t want her to brood on it either.

Those two were supposed to be civil, at least; he had promised his wife to sow the seeds of love—or friendship, at the very least—for the sake of his grandchildren.

"That’s okay. Do you want to share what you were thinking about?"

Athena raised a brow and shook her head. "But I have some questions and some observations..."

Old Mr. Thorne held back a sigh of weariness. Athena wasn’t letting this matter go anytime soon.

"Sure, go ahead."

He finally let out a sigh when she turned to face Ewan, who had been staring at her.

"Why didn’t you involve us in the plan with Spider? Who is this Spider? You never mentioned that. Since no one here has thought to make this important inquiry, I believe I should. Your earlier talk of trust and politics—was that why you didn’t involve us in the plan, Ewan?"

Athena’s voice was calm and steady, despite the flurry of emotions swirling within her, with anger at the forefront. Why hadn’t he involved her and the crew when they had included him? What sort of dirty behavior was that?

"Well, yes, that’s why I didn’t involve you all," Ewan responded in the same calm tone, even though he was bursting with frustration inside. What’s with this woman scrutinizing everything I do?

Athena let out a hollow laugh of disbelief while glancing at Old Mr. Thorne. The old man sighed and turned aside to Ewan.

"You don’t trust us?"

Ewan shook his head. "I trust all of you in this room. I just don’t trust the unit you sent with us. I don’t even know them personally. I’m aware they are loyal to you and to Athena, but this is the real world. Let’s be realistic—everyone has a price tag."

A pause. "And you can see that’s what saved us. There’s a mole among us, and I think that’s what we should be deliberating on: how to sniff out the mole. If I had involved everyone in the plan...well, the plan wouldn’t even exist if I had just walked in like you all, assuming everything would go right. There should always be contingencies in missions like this."

Ewan finished before shifting his attention back to Athena. "And about Spider, it’s as I told you before: let me have my secrets, just as you have yours."

Athena bit her lower lip, meeting Ewan’s gaze and feeling an increase in her confusing emotions. On one hand, she felt like slapping the satisfied look from his face; on the other, she felt like thanking him for saving their lives. In the end, she said nothing. After a while, she turned away from him.

"You still should have told me. I hate being blindsided," She muttered, loud enough for everyone in the room to hear.

"If I had..."

"And we are sorry about that. It won’t happen like this next time," Zane spoke up immediately, interrupting Ewan and covering for his friend, as the latter couldn’t see that the woman just needed an apology to smooth things over.

Ewan needed to take some lessons from him about women!

He smiled, giving Ewan a satisfied smirk when Athena nodded slowly and adjusted her position on the bed. All was good.

Lesson learned. Ewan mused, noting the relaxation of Athena’s shoulders. Women hated being argued with.