Dark Revenge Of An Unwanted Wife: The Twins Are Not Yours! - Chapter 528

528: Captives VI 528: Captives VI Antonio’s grin stretched wide like that of a Cheshire cat, sickeningly proud of himself.  Athena exhaled weakly, tears teasing her eyelids again.

She was tired-tired of these painful reveals, tired of darkness unfolding piece by piece.  Yes, she understood now why she hadn’t seen anything damning about Antonio online-he covered his tracks well.

If not, she would have probably seen reports by abused women scattered across forums.  But then… maybe he had done away with each of them.

She didn’t want to think of the count of women he had disposed of.

“I know… you thought your children were the only ones with genius brains…” Antonio drawled.  Athena ignored the sarcasm dripping from his voice.  “I wanted to groom them myself when we married…” Athena paled further, if that was even possible.

Groom them?

To work with Herbert?

To cause more havoc in the country… to take more lives?  Again, she was grateful for whatever twist of fate had made her come to her senses before walking down the aisle with this monster.

“So, you are aware of the Grey Virus… aware of the killings?” her voice barely came out, more breath than sound.

“Of course.” Herbert answered before Antonio could, nodding along.

“It’s for the greater good.” Athena’s eyes rang with disbelief.

“Greater good?

What are you talking about?” Herbert shrugged casually.

“Governments need money, the military too… this is a good way to do it, and also test out something that could be used in warfare if there should ever be a case for it.” “And the president wouldn’t agree, and so you didn’t even broach it to him…” Athena muttered, nodding slowly when Herbert cussed the president.

“That fool, that thinks he is more righteous than all of us.” “Not really,” she shot back, shaking her head faintly.

“He just has his humanity intact.

You lot are monsters.

That’s the difference.

Murdering millions of people across nations because of mere profit… you will pay for it.” “And who will make us pay for it?” Herbert teased, leaning forward with a mocking grin.

“You?

You are already dead meat.

You and your husband.” He laughed sharply.

“Has he told you that you both are still married, or is that another lie he’s yet to talk about?

Zane told me about it too, and I know my son wouldn’t lie to me.

Still, I confirmed it at the registry.” Athena was nonplussed.

She turned to Ewan.

His bowed head, heavy with defeat, confirmed the truth far more painfully than words.

“We are still married?

You didn’t divorce me then?” Ewan shook his head slowly.

“For some reason I couldn’t understand then, I couldn’t.

And I am sorry I haven’t told you before.

I just thought…” Athena’s lips pressed into a thin line, but she let him speak, ignoring the fact that her sight was getting hazy, that her body was about to give out on her.

“I didn’t want you to feel bad,” Ewan whispered hoarsely, “maybe feel that you had been with another man while still married.

I alone should carry that.

I am truly sorry.

I just… we just survived from one case to another… and I figured I would wait till all this was over before I let you know.” Antonio scoffed loudly.

“You were not planning to let her know!

You are just like me, Ewan!” “He’s not.” Athena declared instantly.  Never would she put Ewan and Antonio in the same pod again.

Antonio was a monster.

Ewan was human.

And humans made mistakes.  She could see the sincerity in his weakening eyes.

He would have told her-maybe in that private cottage of theirs, over a well-cooked dinner, just like he had done for John’s case.

The memory of that cottage and everything it symbolized finally broke her.

The tears spilled freely now.

She wanted to go home.

She wanted to be away from these monsters.

Ewan, thinking he was the reason for her tears, tried shifting toward her, but the ropes strained dangerously against his neck.

Still, he pressed on.

“Athena, I am-” She shook her head quickly, the gesture making him pale.

“Stop turning.

You will hurt yourself.

I understand.” He had loved her.

He truly had.

And now they might never get the chance to explore that love-forever-the way they wanted.

The tears wouldn’t stop flowing now.

Couldn’t fate stop playing them like this?

“Oh, what a beautiful sight…” Antonio muttered sarcastically, jealousy lacing his voice.

“You understand him, but you didn’t understand me…” Athena hissed sharply.

“You were trying to force a pregnancy on me!” “And so fucking what, slut?!

And so fucking what!

You should have felt grateful about that… you should have been spared from this at least…” Athena laughed-dry, tired, disgusted.

“Spared?

What would have happened if we had married?

You would have banned me from working against the virus?” Antonio shrugged.

“I would have kept sabotaging it.

You didn’t need to know that side of me.

I was even ready to give up my sexual preferences…” Athena scoffed, staring at him like he was filth.

Offended, Antonio stepped closer and slapped her.

She tasted blood again.  Before she could spit or swallow, he grabbed her hair and kissed her roughly, painfully-blinding her senses, drowning out even Ewan’s helpless, broken groan.

“Antonio.

Stop.” Herbert snapped, calling the madman to order.

Antonio smirked dangerously but obeyed, stepping back.

Blood smeared across Athena’s lips.

Shame wouldn’t let her look at Ewan.

“How do you feel, bitch?” Antonio taunted.

Athena said nothing.

Silence was safer.

She just wanted to die.

“Don’t kill her off yet with your madness,” Herbert chided.

“She is still of use to me.” Athena’s swollen eyes lifted weakly.

Herbert wasn’t looking at her.

He was staring at Ewan.

“I need something from him.

Something his parents were wise enough to hide… his mother’s research.

They thought they could outplay me, the almighty Crayfish.

Back then, I wanted to kill him when I discovered the puzzle was tied to him… but I lost interest when he joined John’s gang, seeing he had no interest in medicine.” Oh God.

Athena’s mind trembled.

Would this nightmare never end?

“You won’t get it from me!” Ewan rasped, eyes flashing with defiance.

Herbert chuckled.

“That’s why I still need your wife.

Or maybe you can just tell me, so that I won’t have to torture her.

Because surely you will-it’s only a matter of time.” “What do you want the research for?” Zane asked, arms crossed.

Herbert smiled at his son.

“For more work for the greater good.

With her gone, no one can stop us now.

Our tracks have been properly covered.” And Athena wondered-terrified-whether the evidence they had taken from Morgan’s house was still safe… or if it had already been wiped clean.

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