All Chapters of Despised By My Billionaire Husband : Chapter 161 - Chapter 170

Ralph had been waiting for this moment for years. He had been watching the Black Triad's base and knew the exact time to make an appearance.He had gathered enough evidence on the Black Triad over the years and anonymously sent it to the authorities. He calculated his movements and left his hotel at the appropriate time so he could finish what he had gone there to do before the feds arrived.Before Ralph fled, he would never have had the courage to do what he was about to do – attack the Black Triad – the same people who had been after his head. But eighteen years in Kora Bora changed that. He was different now. He had never been a fighter, but now he could be compared to an assassin. He had trained with them back in Kora Bora. The Black Triad would underestimate him, but that would make it even easier to take them on.There were two guards at the entrance, and a few more staged within, and he knew their exact positions. Of course, he had been watching this place for a long time thro

A week had passed since Ralph came back, and Zane was beginning to give in to the thought of seeing him. Aldwin was still avoiding Zane, so Zane decided to wait for him in his sitting room. He had sat there for a long time when Aldwin finally walked in. Aldwin was shocked to see Zane there.He walked past Zane, heading for his room as if Zane were invisible."Father," Zane called out.Aldwin stopped without turning around.Zane's heart pounded in his chest. "Can we talk? Please?" he begged.Aldwin stood there for a moment, then slowly turned to look at Zane."What is it about this time? If you need something, you can ask. But don't expect things to go back to the way they were. That's not going to happen."Zane felt the words hit him like a stab in the chest. He wanted to say something back. He wanted to tell Aldwin that he was still his son no matter what the DNA test said, and he wanted to explain that he hadn't asked for any of this. But the words wouldn't come. He had spent the af

I held Zane, supporting him as he was still limping. He didn't reject my help this time. It was one thing to walk by himself in the house; it was another while we were outside. Aside from hospital visits, this was the first time Zane had been out of the house since he started recovering fully from the accident.As we walked into the reception, I noticed someone leaning by the counter and staring at us intently.Could this be him? I thought. Is this Ralph? He didn't look like anything I remembered or imagined. He was totally different. Ralph hadn't been mistaken when he said he was a different person now. My anxiousness to know about his years in exile piqued instantly.He looked older than I remembered – his face lined with years I hadn't been there to see. His hair was nothing I would have been able to predict: shoulder-length dreads, neatly tied back with a band. His beard was fuller now but neatly trimmed. His build was firm, muscular – like he had been training all those years. I

Zane's interest in Ralph grew instantly. He was beginning to like him of his own accord."What happened to your leg?" Ralph asked, changing the topic."A car accident," Zane said. "I was following my brother. He ran off after a fight with my father. I lost control of the car and went off a cliff."Ralph's face stiffened. "Are you okay?""I will be. The doctors say I'll be able to walk without a limp. It'll just take time.""And your brother? Is he okay?"Zane's expression darkened. "He's fine. He wasn't in the car. He was off somewhere else."Ralph nodded slowly, not pushing further.They talked for another hour. Zane asked about Kyrgyzstan – about the mountains and the people, and what it was like to live somewhere so far from everything he had ever known. Ralph answered each question patiently, not hiding the hard parts but not dwelling on them either. He told Zane about the software company, about the projects he had worked on, and about the satisfaction of building something from

Aldwin's attitude towards Zane didn't change, despite his conscience pricking at him over the way he ignored Zane and his unwillingness to lose him to Ralph.After many unsuccessful attempts to find Ralph's whereabouts, Aldwin concluded that Ralph was either lost somewhere and never coming back, or was dead. The latter was better, because Aldwin had instructed his search team to kill Ralph the moment he was found. He no longer had any reserve for him. Aldwin silently regretted why he had helped Ralph flee from the Black Triad in the first place. He could have killed him when he had the chance – now he was untraceable, whether dead or alive. Ralph was not close, but he had successfully ruined Aldwin's luck with the boys by stealing his chance of being the father to a wonderful son like Zane. He rolled his eyes at the satisfying imagination of leaving several bullets in Ralph.He dismissed the possibility of Ralph ever showing up; besides, it had been eighteen years after all.Aldwin de