Betrayed I Upgraded to His Billionaire Brother novel Chapter 210

**TITLE: Pushing the Edge 210**

Zane’s tall frame swayed precariously, as if the very ground beneath him had shifted. He swallowed hard, his throat tight with disbelief and confusion. “What did you say?” he managed to utter, his voice barely above a whisper, laced with a mix of hope and dread.

Beside him, Amelia stood frozen, her heart racing in her chest. She had been listening intently, every word slicing through her like a dagger. The truth had been revealed at the most unexpected moment, and she had never envisioned this scenario playing out!

A surge of jealousy coursed through Amelia, threatening to consume her entirely. She shot Scarface a venomous, desperate glare, her eyes pleading for him to act.

“Just one bullet,” she thought frantically. “One bullet would end it all.”

But Scarface was no fool. The moment he had uncovered my identity, he had made a calculated decision: he wouldn’t kill me. Cheating Amelia out of her precious money was more than enough for him.

Zane took a long, agonizing moment to turn around, each movement weighted with disbelief. He could hardly bear to meet my gaze, as if he feared what he might see reflected back at him.

On the phone, the assistant’s voice droned on, “They erased most of the adoption records, but I verified it personally. Your wife is the one you’ve been searching for. The timeline of her arrival at the Windsor house matches exactly when the girl was adopted from the orphanage.”

Boom.

The sound of Zane’s phone clattering to the floor echoed like thunder in the charged atmosphere.

He gasped for air, finally summoning the courage to look at me, only to find my expression utterly devastated, my eyes cold as ice.

Zane’s hands trembled violently, a storm of emotions brewing within him. Suddenly, as if driven by a force beyond his control, he lunged toward me, roaring, “Let her go!”

Scarface, caught off guard by Zane’s sudden charge, hesitated for a brief moment, just long enough for Zane to deliver a powerful kick to the elbow holding the gun, disarming him in a fluid motion. He stepped in front of me, a protective barrier, shielding me with his body as if I were the most precious thing in the world.

“Fire!” someone yelled, a voice sharp with urgency.

I turned just in time to see flames erupting, a fiery cascade igniting barrel after barrel of gasoline, the inferno spreading with terrifying speed.

Amelia and Marx had already vanished into the chaos, leaving us behind.

“Who the hell set the fire?!” Scarface shouted, panic evident in his voice as he realized the danger closing in. “Mr. Grayson, when the fire reaches a certain point, the explosives on the second floor will detonate! You need to get out now…” He and his men took advantage of the chaos, making their escape as the flames climbed higher.

“Elara… Elara…” Zane’s eyes were bloodshot, filled with desperation. Ignoring the rapidly spreading flames, he worked frantically to untie the rough ropes that bound me, his fingers trembling with urgency.

When he had been on the phone, I had only caught a vague mention of an orphanage adoption. But his demeanor had shifted so drastically after that revelation.

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