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.”

between my fingers like a weapon. The parking garage echoed with distant car

this?

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

“Liv!”

Emilia jogging toward me, Claire and

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

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

She looked up at

is it?” Claire asked, reaching them. Emilia

my god,” Claire gasped.

Claire’s shoulder, her face

a deep breath, trying to steady my nerves. “I

suggested, her voice tight

Or Victoria. I’ve got a growing list of people who aren’t exactly thrilled

is more than being ‘not thrilled,” Claire

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

not worth the drama.

like I’d lost my mind. “Olivia, someone left a

argued. “It’s just nasty. And

“Today it’s a nasty note. Tomorrow it

just want to go home. I don’t want to spend the next hour

If we see who it was,

wanting to put this behind