Jessa kept her gaze fixed on Sawyer.

Their gazes met for a second before Sawyer shifted it away. “Don’t be unreasonable, Jessa.

“She put herself in danger to save you when the car accident happened. You even threatened her with a knife! Even if you hate her, you should be grateful that she saved you. Besides, you’re the only one I love. Why won’t you believe me?”

Why should she believe him? Should she believe him because of that seven-month promise? Or was she supposed to believe that Vanessa’s baby was not his?

Jessa took out her phone and showed Sawyer all the texts Vanessa had sent her. Then, she played the voice recording from the study.

After that, Sawyer watched as she calmly put a tablet before him.

It showed all the proof of Vanessa’s ties with the Cevina Group. It also laid out their plans in minute detail.

Sawyer’s face was pale. It first showed shock, then disbelief. After that, Sawyer went quiet.

“Where did you get all this?”

“I have my sources.”

After Jessa said this, Sawyer suddenly cornered her. He questioned, “Your sources? Jessa, I am your husband! Why didn’t you tell me there’s a risk to the company at once? Why did you go for outside help?”

“What was I supposed to tell you? Did you believe me when I told you she was lying to you?”

What had Sawyer done when Jessa had raised this matter to him? He had told her that she should pity Vanessa!

As the two were stuck in an impasse, Sawyer’s phone rang.

He frantically hit the speakerphone button. Through the line came the voice of a director at the Cevina Group. It was lazy and mocking.

“I heard there’s been a few issues at home, Sawyer. I thought you and Jessa were deathly devoted to each other. Why are you two in such a huge row over some bodyguard?”

Sawyer suppressed his rage and said coldly, “Vanessa is yours, right?”

Alvin Rucco let out a laugh. “Do you think I’d have the same poor taste as you? A woman like that is not even worth being a pawn of the Cevina Group.

“You shouldn’t suspect that nobody. Why don’t you suspect your wife? But she loves you more than I thought. To clear away a rival in love, she was even willing to come to me for help.

“By the way, Sawyer. Do you think that your wife is a pure and clean woman? You should ask her how she got your stock back from Mejika three years ago. Do you think she really managed it through words alone? You should know your wife’s skills better than that.”

The call was cut, but then a video was quickly sent over.

In the video, Vanessa could be seen barely hanging onto life. She had been strung up from the rafters of an abandoned factory. Below her was a vat of some sort of green chemical.

At the end of the video came Alvin’s voice. “If you’d like to save your loyal little bodyguard, Sawyer, you’ll have to trade Jessa for her.

“Also, I left you a gift in your email inbox. The password is 250367.”

Sawyer quickly opened his laptop. Indeed, he had received an encrypted email in his inbox.

It held another video, but this one was of Jessa.

She saw in the semidarkness, but her voice was calm and crystal clear. “Mr. Rucco, I want you to frame Vanessa Rivera as a corporate spy. Once everything’s done, I’ll give you half of the Pitt Group’s shares.”

Alvin laughed. “Why should I trust you, Ms. Darling?”

“No woman can handle her husband having a mistress. Besides, between letting Vanessa snatch the Pitt Group away and giving you the shares, I choose the latter.”

The Jessa in the video was calm and ruthless with her logic. It was just like the Jessa he knew.

Sawyer’s breathing nearly stopped. Before he had the chance to collect himself, the screen switched to show a bank transaction.

The account listed was an overseas one that he did not know about. Records showed that a great sum had been transferred into it from the Cevina Group. The transfer was listed as a “deposit for collaboration.”

After that, an expertly authored report was presented. It proved that every piece of evidence Jessa had shown him was really proof of Jessa framing Vanessa.

“Explain this, Jessa. I told you to wait, so why couldn’t you trust me? How did it benefit you to force Vanessa to extremes?”

“You would rather trust an enemy than trust me, Sawyer?”

Jessa found this situation absurd and tragic. There were two sets of evidence, but Sawyer chose to trust the one that came from the Cevina Group and questioned her instead.

Sounding angry, Sawyer said, “You’re the one who doesn’t trust me. Vanessa saved us both! How can you treat her this way?”

“And what if she was the one who planned the car accident, Sawyer?” Jessa said, raising her voice.

Sawyer subconsciously avoided Jessa’s gaze.

Sawyer’s evasiveness shocked Jessa. Had Sawyer already known about the truth of the car accident?

But then he had hidden it all because of the baby Vanessa was carrying.

In that case, could he also tell that this evidence was doctored?

That meant that Sawyer was not being stupid. He simply no longer loved her.

Jessa gave a bitter laugh as Sawyer’s phone rang again.

“Have you thought it through, Mr. Pitt? Do you choose Jessa or your loyal little bodyguard? Actually, I quite hope that you’ll pick Jessa. With such a skilled negotiator in your household, you can make a whole bunch of cash. A bodyguard’s life isn’t worth much.”

Every word was a provocation to Sawyer.

He turned furious, and his voice was cold and shaking. “Jessa, you should go and take her place. You owe this to her.”