The CEO's Contractual Wife

Chapter 186

Olivia

We all crowded around behind him, watching as he manipulated the playback. The time stamp in the corner moved backward rapidly, showing people coming and going in fast motion.

On the security monitor, Frank slowed down the footage until we could see my Porsche clearly. The time stamp showed it was just over forty minutes ago, during the height of evening arrivals.

“Let’s see here…” Frank muttered, his fingers clicking rapidly at the keyboard.

We watched as a dark sedan pulled into the frame and parked a few spaces away from my car. The vehicle sat idling for nearly two minutes before someone emerged.

“There we go,” Frank said, pointing to the screen.

The figure stepped out wearing dark clothing and a baseball cap pulled low, effectively obscuring their face from the camera. They moved with purpose toward my Porsche, briefly glancing around before approaching the windshield. The person quickly tucked something under the wiper blade and hurried back to their car.

“Can you zoom in?” Claire asked, leaning closer to the monitor.

Frank clicked a few buttons to enlarge the image, but the quality deteriorated. “Unfortunately, this is as clear as it gets.”

“What about the license plate?” Emilia suggested.

Frank rewound slightly and froze on a frame showing the back of the sedan. “It’s partially blocked by that SUV,” he said with a frown. “I can only make out part of it.”

“Do you have cameras covering the entrance to the garage?” I asked. “Maybe we could see the car coming in.”

“Good thinking,” Frank said, switching to a different camera feed, clicking through several angles of the parking structure. “Let me check the entrance cameras. Maybe we can get a clearer view of the driver or license plate when they came in.”

We all huddled closer, watching as Frank’s fingers flew across the keyboard, pulling up footage from the entrance gates. The screen showed cars passing through the entrance boom gate one after another during the busy evening hours.

“There,” Claire pointed at the dark sedan as it approached the entrance. “That’s the same car.”

Frank paused the footage and zoomed in, but just as we were about to see the driver’s face, a large delivery truck pulled up alongside the sedan, completely blocking our view.

and trying another angle. “The security cameras are positioned to

switched to another view, this one from above the entrance, but the baseball cap effectively

license plate?” Emilia asked,

the car. “I can make out part

I repeated, committing it to memory. “That’s a

a partial plate through the system,” Frank offered, “but without proper authorization, I can only check if the vehicle has been flagged in our

that,”

the system searched. After a moment, he shook his head. “No matches in our database. This is the first time

throwing her hands up. “Just some

sound more

we couldn’t be more

Emilia asked, crossing her arms tightly

report it to the police,” Frank suggested, “but honestly, for a single note with no direct threat…” He shrugged.

“So someone can just leave threatening notes on

threat,” Frank clarified. “Offensive, definitely. But

still harassment,” Emilia

watch and sighed.

way back to the parking garage. The partial plate number kept repeating in my head: ADR49–something. I wondered if it would be enough for

alone?” Claire asked as we

be fine,” I assured her, though my

frowned. “You should tell

promised, fishing my keys from

I mean now,” Ariana insisted. “This is serious,

nodded. “She’s right. You should

at this hour? More importantly, did I want to drag him into this? He’d probably overreact, insist on picking me

and now this note, maybe some overreaction

relented, pulling out my phone. “I’ll call

friends gathered around me as I dialed Alexander’s number. He answered on the second ring, his voice alert