Intrigued by the CEO: Paranoid Obsessions

Logan lifted the glass and took a sip, his eyes falling to her slippers, silently listening to the voices coming from the computer.

Soon, the sound of the door closing came from the computer. It was when the waitress successfully and stealthily placed the phone in Fiona’s room during the day.

Then there was silence for a few seconds.

“I’ll give you a maximum of three million. Take the money and leave the country, don’t ever come back,” Fiona’s contemptuous voice echoed from the computer.

“Three million to shut me up? Am I that worthless to you?” Lena’s voice came back, filled with cold laughter, “Let me tell you, the reason why Harper is with Blaze now is because of what happened three years ago.”

Harper sat in the chair, unconsciously pressing her lips together. She thought, the truth she wanted to know would soon be revealed.

“And what then?” Fiona’s cold voice came again.

“What if I expose everything? Do you think you can handle the consequences?” Lena chuckled. “Moreover, if this gets out, The Davidson Family might not even want a scheming lady like you, and your future will be bleak.”

It was clear Lena was blackmailing Fiona.

If Harper hadn’t heard it with her own ears, she wouldn’t have believed Lena could speak like this.

“Do you really think anyone will believe what you say?” Fiona sneered.

“I dare say it because I have evidence. Do you really think you’re so careful that I couldn’t gather evidence even without communication tools?” Lena said calmly, “You’re smart, but I’m not stupid.”

“What ?”

“You know, like how you got me to lure Harper onto the ship, then drugged her to sleep, and finally testified that she was missing for an hour.” Lena said.

Harper stood up, her eyes filled with shock. Although she had guessed some of it, seeing the truth laid bare in front of her still shocked her. Drugged. So, three years ago when she felt unwell on the cruise ship, it wasn’t a coincidence; it was because she had been drugged by Lena. And all of this… Fiona was the mastermind, and Lena was an accomplice.

Fiona’s displeased voice came from the computer, “Lena, isn’t blackmailing me for so many years enough? Back then, I just wanted Harper to gain notoriety. All you needed to do was to drug her and arrange for Mr. Taylor to come over. But what did you do? You set your sights on Blaze, such a big figure, and messed everything up…”

Harper’s face turned pale. So, Fiona’s original plan was to drug her on the cruise ship… Her own sister, plotting to drug her.

Mr. Taylor? Harper remembered, there was such a man. He was a sixty-something old man, whom she had seen once at The Shaw Family’s banquet. He had leered at her all night… Fiona had laughed at her then, saying she could marry into a wealthy family…

Logan sat there, his grip on the cup tightening… Three years ago, Fiona had planned to have someone harm Harper secretly…

There was a moment of silence from the computer, then Lena’s rebuttal came, “There were so many big shots on the cruise ship, I just wanted to take a chance.”

“Take a chance?” Fiona mocked, “Your idea of taking a chance was drugging Blaze and sleeping with him. And you forgot to direct Mr. Taylor there.”

“In the end, not only did you fail to climb up the ladder in one night, but you also heard Blaze, in his confused state, saying he wanted to kill you. That’s when you got scared and hurriedly left his room,” Fiona taunted her. “I’ve never seen such a dumb gold digger like you.”

Lena immediately retorted, “But didn’t I make up for it? I didn’t take your money for nothing; I framed Harper.”

“If I hadn’t found someone to help you in time, do you think this would’ve been so easily brushed aside? If I hadn’t helped you, Blaze would’ve found out about you sooner or later,” Fiona said. “Lena, are you trying to blackmail me again? Think carefully, if we split now, you won’t benefit either. Blaze will destroy you!”

“Don’t worry, I have leverage over him now.”

“What leverage? Didn’t you say that night in bed, when he was drugged and confused, he kept saying he wanted to kill you?”

…

Harper couldn’t listen to any more of their conversation. Her mind was filled with conspiracies, plots, framing, and accusations… She finally understood the whole story. Three years ago, Fiona set up the entire scheme, tricking Lena into luring her onto the ship, drugging her, and arranging for her to be harmed. And Lena, lost in the world of wealthy elites on the ship, wanted to catch a big fish. So she willingly climbed into Blaze’s bed, and then framed her… Hehe… her former college friend and her own sister… teamed up to set up this trap for her. That’s it. Three years ago they harmed her, tarnishing her reputation; three years later, she was directly imprisoned by Blaze because of them.

“I’m calling the police!” Harper said, about to rush out. Logan immediately stood up, reaching out to grab her wrist. “Harper, don’t act rashly.”

“Rashly?” Harper glared at Logan, her eyes filled with hatred. She pointed to the computer beside her, shouting emotionally, “Didn’t you hear? Three years ago, they conspired to harm me. Because of them, I couldn’t even graduate from college properly! They ruined everything for me! They destroyed my life!”

“I know. Just calm down first,” Logan said, trying to soothe her.

“I can’t calm down!” Harper forcefully shook off his hand. “If it weren’t for them, Blaze wouldn’t have mistakenly thought I had his child and kept me imprisoned by his side. I wouldn’t be stuck in this giant cage unable to escape! I almost died at Blaze’s hands, you know?” She yelled loudly, her eyes turning bloodshot with hatred.

“You weren’t willingly with Blaze?”

“Of course not! If it weren’t for what happened three years ago, he wouldn’t have come looking for me in the first place!” Harper exclaimed, her emotions running high, “I was imprisoned by him in the forest back then. I reached out to you for help, but you didn’t help me! You all thought I was lying… No one believed me!” she shouted, her voice nearing desperation.

Thinking back to the phone call he received a long time ago, Logan realized she was truly seeking help. Now, he would believe whatever she said. But back then, his memory hadn’t been restored…

“I’m sorry,” Logan said softly, his face filled with deep remorse. She said she almost died at Blaze’s hands, and at that time, he didn’t come out to help her immediately. If only he could have recovered his memory earlier, none of this would have happened.

Seeing his intense self-blame, Harper forced herself to calm down a bit, but her emotions were still turbulent.

“You don’t need to apologize to me; you don’t owe me anything. I don’t need anyone’s apologies. I want them to go to the police station. I want to call the police, I want to expose everything they’ve done!” Harper walked towards the computer, preparing to back up all these conversations.

Her hand was once again stopped by Logan. “You need to calm down first; we need to discuss this carefully.”

Harper immediately pulled her hand away, looking at him with distant eyes. “You don’t want me to go public, do you? Are you trying to help Fiona cover this up?”

Harper took two steps back, leaning against the desk, staring at him defensively. “You’re deliberately helping me, aren’t you just waiting for me to gather evidence so you can destroy it?”

Logan stood stiffly there, a self-deprecating smile tugging at his lips. “So in your eyes, I’m not even worth trusting.”From NôvelDrama.Org.

Harper realized her tone was too harsh, “It’s not about trust. I know she’s your wife, and you probably can’t bear it. It’s human nature.”

“Can’t bear it?” Logan scoffed self-mockingly, “She continuously deceived me, kept the abortion secret from me, kept the dirty scheme against you hidden from me. Should I still be unable to bear it?”

“What?” Harper looked at him in shock.

“You’ve been eavesdropping on Fiona for a few days, you should know by now,” Logan said calmly.

Harper stuttered, “I thought she just wasn’t pregnant.”

“She wasn’t not pregnant? She just secretly aborted the child,” Logan recounted calmly.

Harper couldn’t wrap her head around it. What was Fiona thinking after all? She glanced at Logan’s defeated face, piecing everything together with what she knew before. Suddenly, it dawned on her, “So that’s why you helped me. You also want to know how many dirty deeds Fiona has done behind your back, right?”