The Life of A Billionaire’s Wife
Chapter 47

Chapter 47 Death by a Great Big Blaze

Veronica suddenly woke up out of sheer will.

Opening her eyes in a state of semi-consciousness, she discoveredherself being dragged to a Toyota Corolla that was parked in theunderground carpark.

“Hahaha, boss. After this deal is done, we'll be living a good life fromthen on.”

“The Larsons have already informed us that if we silently get rid of her,there'll be one million waiting for us as our payment.”

“Shut up and just do as you're told. Work more, talk less.”

The two men merely allowed her arms to hang from their shouldersand it was in this posture that they carried her forward. This way, theycould just tell people that she was drunk.

What shocked Veronica the most was that she found the two men’svoices to be extremely familiar, which she found to be Jameson and Rioafter looking through a slit of her eyes

The two of them were brothers who shared a history with her. Why arethey doing this?

As Veronica squinted, she glanced at the quiet underground space andknew that she could totally escape under the circumstances.

However, in the end, she still closed her eyes and pretended to beunconscious while she was carried into the car.

The car was being driven on the road after it had exited theunderground parking lot.

Even with closed eyes, she intently listened to their conversation.

“Hey, bro, how should we kill her?”

"Floch’s orders were that we should do it so that no one could trace thematter back to us or them.”

“I'm afraid this doesn't seem that easy since they gave us such a highprice to deal with her.”

“You fool. We'll just have to set her apartment on fire after leaving herin it.”

As she listened to their words, it made her mock them in her heart.Rather than going through all this trouble, why not just create a simplecar accident? After all, isn't this the Larson Family's specialty?

After half an hour, Veronica was brought back to her apartment.

The door to the living room was opened with a key of unknown originby the brothers.

She was placed on the couch after they closed the door.

“What should we do now, bro?" Rio asked.

Jameson took out a pair of gloves from his pockets. “Wear these anddon't leave any evidence behind.”

While saying that, he took out two bottles of highly concentrated liquorand a bunch of cigarette butts. “Throw these cigarette butts into thetrash bins in her bedroom and toilet.”

"Why?"

“It's obviously to create the impression that the fire was caused by hersmoking in the house.”

"Oh, you're so intelligent, bro. What if she wakes up in the middle of allthis, though?”

“I have a sleeping agent that can be inhaled. This can eliminate thepossibility of her waking up in the midst.”

Thinking that Veronica was still unconscious, the brothers started toarrange the scene meticulously.

One person was responsible for throwing the cigarette butts in eachroom's trash can. On top of that, there was a cigarette pack that theyused Veronica's hand to crush a few times before carefully placing it atthe predetermined spot.

The other person used a towel that was doused in the sleeping agent tocover both her nose and mouth for a whole thirty seconds beforeremoving it.

After that, they lay her flat on the sofa. Her left hand, which washanging from the couch, held the cigarette as they spilled the alcoholonto the carpet with the remaining alcohol in the bottle on the table.“Bro, can a fire be created just like this?”

“The cigarette in her hand is already lit. Wait till it burns to the end;then, the sparks falling on the carpet will instantly start a fire.”

“Wow, you really are smart.”

After a brief conversation between the two, they then left the bedroomin a hurry.

The whole process from start to finish was within three minutes as theyhad done it with lightning speed.

Bang.

Hearing the living room close, Veronica slowly opened her eyes with ahint of iciness flashing across it.

Although their plan contained some flaws, all evidence would havebeen destroyed by the fire after.

As the brothers from the Dusk Family knew Veronica, they could lieabout her being a compulsive smoker and even drank concentratedalcohol frequently.

In a short time, the police would be hard pressed to locate anythingsuspicious, especially with the Larson Family bribing their way out ofthis behind the scenes.

When that happens, her death would be ruled out as just an accident!However, what these people were unaware of was that as someonewho grew up in a village, there was a reservoir right by Veronica'shouse, which meant that she could swim and hold her breath extremelywell.

So, when her mouth and nose had been covered earlier, she managedto not inhale any of the sleeping agent.

The important thing was...

She had already predicted that the Larson Family would make a moveon her.

At the same time at the Twilight Club, it had been half an hour sinceVeronica said that she was heading out for a breather and was nowhereto be seen.

Xavier, who went out to search for her, failed to locate any signs of heranywhere.

Yet, her purse and phone were still inside the private room!

He knew about the fact that the Larsons would seek revenge onVeronica since she had offended them. So, her disappearance madehim feel a sense of foreboding danger.

Immediately, he went to the surveillance room and asked to look at therecorded footage.

However, due to Xavier not having the authority to do so, his requestwas rejected.

Now that he was left with no choice, he could only phone Matthew.“Matthew, how did you teach your staff here at the club? Don't I evenhave the power to look at the surveillance footage?”

Matthew, who was accompanying Elizabeth at the hospital at thatmoment, was surprised by Xavier's sudden tirade.

This was the first time that Xavier called him as they had not contactedeach other before.

“The club has all kinds of VIPs coming in and out. Without the properauthorization, your request would naturally be rejected.”

Not wanting to know about the specifics, Matthew flatly rejected hisrequest.

The reason why the Twilight Club was the club of choice for the rich andfamous of Bloomstead was because of the level of privacy it offered forits customers.

In Bloomstead, nobody could just simply check whether a particularindividual had previously appeared at a club.

This was why the guards for the surveillance room rejected Xavier'srequest to look at the footage.

“Veronica vanished in the club half an hour ago. Although her bag andphone are still in the private room, she herself is nowhere to be seen.I'm warning you, Matthew, if anything happens to her, I'll raze thisplace!”

On the other side, an angry Xavier, who was in a panic, said thosewords.

As Matthew heard those words, he felt his heart skip a beat as ittightened. Veronica's missing?

Now that he could feel the raging Xavier's nervousness, Matthew knewXavier was not pulling a prank on him.

After hesitating for a short while, he replied, “Pass the phone to thehead of surveillance.”

The head of surveillance immediately granted Xavier's request to watchthe footage after Matthew's orders over the phone.

In the footage, Veronica could be seen entering the camera’s blindspot.When she reappeared, two men had already held her by the shoulders.“D*mn it, sh*t has hit the fan!”

Following the trail, Xavier discovered the car that the brothers from theDusk Family drove from the club's underground parking lot.

He instantly left the surveillance room and dashed to his car beforeleaving the premises.

While on the road, he had used his personal relations and provided thedetails of the car before tracing it to the Regalia Condominium

At the same time, Matthew, who was looking at the information on hislaptop in the small living room outside the ward, was growing restless.In the end, he called the club manager and ordered him to inquireabout the situation at the surveillance room.

“Sir, Veronica was not drunk at all. However, from the looks of thefootage, she was carried out by two suspicious-looking fellows afterreappearing from the camera's blindspot.”

Hearing the manager's words made Matthew's expression darken as heprobed, “What exactly happened?”

“Young master, judging from what you have said, I think that Veronica...might be in trouble.”