How to Destroy a Cheater Without Saying Goodbye novel Chapter 248

Ablett closed the last report with a blank expression. “Nothing unusual,” he said.

He handed the papers to his male assistant. “Destroy these.”

The assistant obeyed immediately.

Blanche, however, placed her hand on the report before it could be taken away. “Is there a problem?”

Ablett caught her hand in his. The assistant, quick on the uptake, retrieved a velvet ring box from his pocket and opened it to reveal a striking emerald ring.

Ablett slipped the ring onto Blanche’s finger.

Blanche held up her hand, examining the ring. “But I already have a plain silver band. Isn’t one enough?”

“Some people just don’t notice the obvious,” Ablett replied dryly.

He handed the documents back to the assistant and stood to open the hospital room door for Blanche—something he had never done for anyone else.

Blanche paused, her lips curling into a smile. “Director-General, was that supposed to be a joke?”

She let out a laugh, though it was more out of politeness than amusement.

Truthfully, his humor was rather ice-cold.

She stepped into the corridor, but before she could take another step, Ablett bent down and swept her up into his arms.

Her eyes widened in surprise. “Director-General, my ankle’s fine now. I can walk on my own.”

He gazed down at her delicate features.

Why is it that someone else can hold you, but I can’t? The words stuck in his throat.

“My mother’s waiting downstairs,” he said instead.

The assistant chimed in, “Miss Griffiths has been through a terrible ordeal. Of course, Director-General should take extra care of his wife. A husband ought to be attentive.”

Blanche wrapped her arms around Ablett’s neck without protest. “Then I’ll lean on you for a while,” she murmured.

With his tacit approval, she nestled her face against his chest. Being dragged away by Eddy had frightened her deeply. Even now, her heart was still pounding with lingering fear.

But in Director-General’s arms, she felt safe at last.

When the elevator doors slid open, Wilhelmina Lopez and Rebekah were waiting just outside.

“Are you alright?” Wilhelmina asked, her tone concerned but brisk, as if wary of showing too much warmth toward Blanche because of her checkered past.

“I’m alright, Aunt Wilhelmina,” Blanche replied warmly, unfazed by Wilhelmina’s chilly demeanor.

“Eddy’s gone too far this time. I’ve already asked your father to step in. We’ll make sure he pays for this,” Wilhelmina said as she strode forward.

Ablett shot Rebekah a glance, then followed his mother with Blanche still in his arms. “Let the police handle it,” he said calmly. “Otherwise, people will say the McCarthy family is throwing its weight around.”

Wilhelmina pursed her lips but didn’t argue. “But how did she know where Laney was? Unless Eddy has someone planted in the house—or he’s had someone following her all along?”

The thought sent a chill through the group.

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