Dear Ex-wife Marry Me (Maja and Ian) novel Chapter 1751

Philip stood there, a mix of silence and a growing sense of excitement bubbling within him.

The car pulled up at the farthest building on the street, and had it not been for what Philip was witnessing with his own two eyes, he would never have doubted Bernard.

Bernard was a friend of Holden, and back in the day, Ian had taken a shine to him in the military, giving him a leg up. Could it be his true colors were darker than they'd seemed?

Philip chuckled and pushed open the door before him, stepping inside.

The room was empty, and through another door, a man who bore a striking resemblance to Ian knocked lightly.

"Sir, he's here."

A voice from within responded, "No need to see me. If he's of value, keep him."

The implication was clear: If he wasn't of value, let him die.

The man opened the door and entered to find Bernard hunched over a stack of documents.

These were sensitive files smuggled out of a research facility. Although the facility's top brass could get their hands on the drugs produced inside, there was a mutual distrust, and no one was allowed to just take these secret documents. Otherwise, it would lead to one faction overpowering the others.

A balance of power was necessary for the survival of the research facility, and now that it had collapsed, all the documents had ended up with Bernard, making him the biggest winner of all.

Bernard adjusted his glasses, stood up, and moved to a discreet alcove.

He pushed open a hidden door, revealing a room with two cryogenic chambers. One held his son; the other, his wife.

Bernard was getting on in years. His wife had passed away a while ago, followed by his son.

He had told Ian that his son died at the research facility, along with several other talents from Windhelm, but the truth was his son had not died there.

The person he had sent to the facility was just a body double; his actual son had died suddenly at home, collapsing during an argument and never reviving.