The CEO's Contractual Wife

Chapter 185

Olivia

I dropped the paper like it had burned me, my heart hammering in my chest. Who would do this? Who would leave something so vicious on my car?

My eyes darted around the parking garage, scanning the shadows between parked cars. Was someone watching me right now? Enjoying my reaction to their sick little message?

A car door slammed somewhere in the distance, making me flinch. I fumbled for my phone with trembling fingers, nearly dropping it in my haste. The garage suddenly felt too vast, too exposed, with too many places for someone to hide.

“Think, Olivia,” I whispered to myself, trying to calm my racing thoughts. Victoria? Penelope? Ryan? The list of people who might want to hurt me kept growing longer.

I scanned the area, but no one was in sight among the silent cars and concrete pillars that cast long shadows.

Was this some kind of warning? A threat? Or just someone’s idea of a cruel joke?

My finger hovered over Alexander’s contact, but I hesitated. He’d overreact, so he would probably send an entire security team to scour the garage. After the revelation about being followed by his security detail, I wasn’t eager for more drama.

Instead, I called Emilia’s number, scanning the shadows between parked cars.

“Hey, Liv! Already missing me?” Emilia answered cheerfully.

“Em, I need you to come to the garage right now,” I whispered, my voice shaking. “Someone left a note on my car.”

“What? What kind of note? I’m coming right now. Stay on the phone with me.”

“No, just get here fast. I don’t want to be alone out here.”

hung up before she could protest, clutching my keys between my fingers like a weapon. The parking garage echoed with distant

this? Victoria?

at the paper on the ground, the single word staring up at me accusingly. My marriage to. Alexander

“Liv!”

jogging toward me, Claire and

me, her expression changing as she took in my face. “What’s wrong? You

paper on the ground. Emilia bent down to pick it up, her eyes widening as the read the

actual fuck?” She looked up at me,

is it?” Claire asked, reaching them. Emilia

my god,” Claire

her

breath, trying to steady my nerves. “I have a few

suggested, her voice tight

to seem more nonchalant than I felt. “Or it could be Penelope. Or Victoria. I’ve got a growing list of people who aren’t exactly thrilled

‘not thrilled,” Claire pointed out. “This is targeted

said firmly. “The parking garage has security cameras. We can find out who

worth the drama. Let’s

about it?” Emilia looked at me like I’d lost my mind. “Olivia, someone left a threatening

I argued. “It’s just nasty.

step,” Claire insisted. “Today it’s a nasty note. Tomorrow it could be something

at my watch. “Look, I just want to go home. I don’t want to spend the next hour filing reports

will take to check the footage. If we see who it was, then you can decide

to put this behind