The Ex-Wife’s Billion Dollar Comeback Novel

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Chapter 226: Unmask

~ Elena ~

It took Elena three months to reach the final stage of her plan.

Soraya was barely in New Avenport. Annette said she and

Jacob were preparing to move, making her visits brief and

unpredictable. But whenever Soraya was around, Elena and

Matt made sure to leave an impression.

The first step came easily.

Matt's family had invited Soraya to his father's birthday party.

Soraya was in and out of the Alverez's estate in just an hour.

Apparently, she was too busy to linger, but that single hour

was enough. Enough for photos. Enough for whispers.

Enough to start a story.

A few compliments from Matt and Soraya quickly fell for it.

From across the room, Elena pretended not to be close to

Matt and watched as everything unfolded from a distance.

“Miss Ara, you are truly beautiful. | think all the single men in

the party are jealous that you are speaking to me right now,”

Matt said, approaching Soraya and Annette.

“I've met CEOs, models, heiresses... but none of them have

your presence.”

“Forgive me, but your husband is a lucky man. Unfairly lucky.”

“| know you're married, but admiration isn't a crime, is it?” Matt

added, louder this time, making sure half the room heard him.

Soraya just smiled, not realizing she was digging her own

grave.

Elena quickly took the opportunity to approach her parents,

saying, “Mom, Dad, why do | have a feeling that Soraya is

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attracted to Matt?”

There, she had planted a seed of doubt. And once doubt

existed, Elena knew how to feed it. It did not matter if her

opinion was wrong. Her parents would always believe her.

Her schemes had never failed, whether against Soraya, her

classmates, or competitors in business. Manipulation was her

talent. Soraya wouldn't be any different.

The next time Soraya visited New Avenport, she only stayed

for a day, but Elena and Matt worked with the time they had.

Matt sent a bouquet for Soraya at Dalton Realty. She

personally saw the delivery guy announce it loudly in the

reception area.

The gasp from the staff was delicious. Within hours, the

speculation spread through every floor of the company: Matt

Alvarez was pursuing Soraya.

When the next quarterly board meeting was finally due to

arrive, Matt and Elena met up at a hotel to finalize their plans.

Matt was a devil in bed. He took her three times before

getting to the point. As Elena rolled out of bed, wrapping her

body with the blanket, Matt asked, “Why do you dislike Soraya

so much?”

Elena frozen. She turned and lied, “It's a secret, okay, but my

parents had adopted her before, when we were around six,

but she was so jealous of me, being an heiress and all, so she

tried to steal from me and hurt me.”

“After my parents decided to cancel her adoption, she

became vengeful.” Elena sighed. “She got lucky, marrying

Jacob Steel, and now she is trying to get back at me and my

parents for leaving her behind in Cedar Heights.”

“Damn,” Matt hissed. “She's crazy.”

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“That she is,” Elena responded. “She doesn't deserve to be the

chairman of Dalton Realty, nor to be Jacob's wife.”

“Are you ready for tomorrow? She's staying at the same hotel,”

Elena asked, smiling.

“Ready,” Matt said, resting his head on his arms. “I'm going to

see her at night and pretend like there is a problem at the

apartment building. We will drink wine, and I'll take it from

there.”

Elena and Matt have already hired a hotel staff to bring a

complimentary wine to Soraya's room, one that would have

enough doses of aphrodisiac to make the latter's cunt itch

and lose control.

“Good,” Elena said, “Don't forget to take photos of her, naked

in your arms.”

“What if she refuses to see me?” Matt asked.

“| think she already likes you. Didn't you see the way she

looked at your father’s birthday? Also, she accepted your

flowers.” Elena smirked. “It will go according to plan. Trust me.

And when she loses Jacob's support, she won't be able to.

fight back.”

Elena smiled, her mind drifting to the near future.

She could already see it now. When Jacob Steel becomes

heartbroken, she would offer him comfort. She and Jacob

could start as friends, and later, after helping him mend his

heart, she could take over the position of Mrs. Steel.

Of course, to give Matt the right motivation to move on with

their plans, Elena fetched a fat check from her purse. She

handed it to him, “Here's five million dollars. Consider this a

thank you for your cooperation.”

Matt smirked, taking the check. “Pleasure doing business

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with you.”

The next day, Soraya arrived. She stayed at the New Avenport

Emerald Hotel and booked a presidential suite.

Elena heard that Soraya traveled alone, which was great.

Annette also came, but she stayed in a hotel room two floors

down.

At around eight in the evening, Elena and Matt implemented

the turning point of their scheme. They met at the hotel lobby

of the New Avenport Emerald Hotel, gave the wine to the

hotel staff, and made their way to the twentieth floor, where

Soraya’s room was.

Elena stayed behind, hiding in one corner as Matt knocked on

Soraya’s presidential suite. She made sure to record how

Soraya opened the door and let Matt walk in.

Stupid Soraya even stepped out of the door, looked around, as

if making sure no one saw her.

“Oh, my god! | think she really likes Matt!” Elena concluded. “

She must have been waiting for this day all along!”

Then, Elena stayed long enough to witness the hotel staff

offering the complimentary wine to Soraya. After the hotel

staff walked in, Elena left with a triumphant look on her face.

She texted Matt: [Don't forget to send the photos tomorrow. |

will drop the bomb on Soraya during the board meeting!]

eee

The next day, Elena received a zipped file from Matt. He said

through text: [I have done as you asked. Here are the photos.]

But, much to her dismay, the zipped file was password-

protected!

When she tried to get in touch with Matt, his phone was dead.

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The board meeting was about to start, and she didn’t have the

luxury of time to figure out how to access the file. She could

only hope that Matt would reply soon with the password.

Elena wasn't part of the board; her parents were. However,

family members of the Dalton family were usually welcome

during the meetings to learn the ropes of running the

business. So, she sat there and waited for the perfect

moment.

The meeting began, and Elena noted that Soraya seemed

distracted while listening to the Harrisons’ report. To the

others, it may have looked like Soraya just had a lot on her

mind, but Elena knew better: Soraya had just cheated on her

husband, and Elena was going to reveal the entire truth that

day.

Half an hour later, Jacob Steel arrived, surprising everyone. He

said, “I'm sorry I'm late. My flight from Beldridge just landed

an hour ago. Thank goodness, | made it!”

Jacob's company was handling the major renovations of

Dalton Realty properties, so his presence was much

appreciated.

Seeing him, Elena's eyes widened. She thought. ‘Perfect! Just

perfect! Soraya would be ruined right in front of Jacob!”

Another hour passed, and Elena finally received the text from

Matt. It read: [The password is ‘UNMASK.]

The board meeting was about to end. Elena had to make her

move!

With the power to destroy Soraya, right in her own hands,

Elena abruptly got up. She said, “Wait! | just intercepted a

scandalous exposé that was about to go public, one that

would have ruined Dalton Realty and Mr. Steel's personal life!”

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Everyone's heads turned to Elena as she pretended to be

horrified by what she had discovered, “Miss Ara, you - you

cheated on Mr. Jacob Steel?!”