Chapter 189
"Was it you?" Dominic Atlante's voice cut through the phone line like ice.
Finn Deross nearly dropped his phone.
"Uncle, I'm in Country C right now. Check the flight records if you don't believe me!"
He swallowed hard, forcing himself to sound calm.
"There's a contract on the Dark Web to retrieve those stolen arms." Dominic's tone remained flat. "Someone took it three days ago."
Finn's back prickled with cold sweat.
"Is... is that so?" He forced a laugh. "I had no idea."
"No idea?" Dominic's冷笑 was audible. "Then why was it accepted through your account?"
Finn froze.
"How... how did you get my account details?" His voice shook.
The Dark Web's security was world-class. How had his uncle breached it?
"That's not your concern." Dominic's voice dropped dangerously. "Tell me who took the job."
"My account was hacked!" Finn blurted. "You know I don't have those kinds of skills."
He'd been terrified of this uncle since childhood, despite their mere five-year age gap.
"True. You're incompetent." Dominic's words were razor-sharp. "I want the perpetrator's name."
Few people in the world could pull off such a flawless arms heist without leaving traces.
Finn's palms were drenched.
"I really don't know..." His voice dwindled.
"Think carefully." Dominic's tone turned lethal. "If it's one of your friends, I'll spare them."
Finn gritted his teeth.
"Uncle, I swear I don't know! Gotta go!"
He hung up, only then realizing his shirt was soaked through.
He'd just burned bridges with the most dangerous man he knew.
Stumbling downstairs, he gulped water straight from the pitcher, startling Ethan Roscente in the living room.
"See a ghost?" Ethan frowned.
"N-nothing." Finn waved him off and fled back upstairs.
Three days later, Vivian Laurent pushed open the villa door, exhausted but triumphant.
This mission had paid handsomely.
The house was silent. She crept into the bedroom without turning on the lights.
"Dead tired..." She collapsed onto the bed.
Thump!
A muffled groan came from beneath her.
Vivian sprang upright.
"Who's there?"