Chapter 346
Anyway, she could always ally with the Wilson family. Once she married Trevor, the Wilson and Yurchenko families would be bound by marriage. Aubree was no one to be feared.
Milena asked, “What did you guys do?”
Mimicking Milena’s earlier attitude, Aubree said, “Nothing much. I just shorted your family’s stocks, that’s all.”
They didn’t do much, just poured a fortune into snapping up Yurchenko Group’s shares at sky-high prices, only to dump them at rock bottom.
Normally, people wouldn’t do this. First, one would need deep pockets; second, if it didn’t work, one would be spending the money in vain.
Unfortunately, the Yurchenko family’s dominance in Südlichen Strand relied entirely on their old connections and shady businesses. They lacked any real strength of their own, whereas Aubree and Bowen were never short of money.
Milena’s face drained of all color, her previously composed demeanor completely shattered. “You’re insane!”
Milena couldn’t believe Aubree would go to all this trouble for some mere employee.
Aubree demanded, “I’ll ask you one last time. Where’s Birgitte?”
Quantavius was also growing impatient. “Out with it!”
“I’m not telling. Quantavius, how could you side with outsiders against me?” Milena shouted with tears in her eyes, her resentment overwhelming any sense of reason. “Don’t you know Aubree stole Trevor from me?”
Quantavius was at his wits‘ end with Milena. He knew she could be extreme, but this was downright brainless.
He thought, ‘What the hell is this? If she likes Trevor, just go ahead. No one’s stopping her. But claiming Aubree stole him? What does that even mean?‘
“Are you out of your mind? Aubree and Trevor are biological siblings. Why on earth would she steal him? To put on a show for her?”
“Wh–what?” Milena was in disbelief. She thought, ‘They’re real siblings?‘
She had never bothered to thoroughly investigate Aubree, largely because whenever she openly showed her hostility toward Aubree in front of Trevor, he never once clarified things. Instead, he subtly played along with her assumptions, letting her believe whatever she wanted.
“Why did you ever think Trevor was a good guy?” Aubree’s eyes were laced with pity. “He never outright admitted our relationship to you, but then again, you never asked, did you? And he never denied it either, did he?”
Now that Aubree had spelled it out so clearly, even someone as dense as Milena couldn’t miss the fact that she’d been manipulated by Trevor.
“I…” Milena looked up at the uniformed officers, her mind racing. She thought, ‘What should I say now? If I say anything, won’t that just mean I’m admitting I’m involved? Kidnapping means jail time.‘
As Milena’s brother, Quantavius could read her like an open book. “If you know where she is, telling the police now would help them with their investigation.”
A glint of realization flashed in Milena’s eyes. She wasn’t the one who actually did it, and after all this time, they must have finished by now. Her goal had already been achieved. If she kept dragging this out, their company would be in danger.
Milena said, “Birgitte is at…”
Now that she had the address, Aubree had no time to dwell on the Yurchenko siblings‘ petty schemes. Milena might be a bit thick-headed at times, but she knew how to cover her tracks.
Aubree was certain there was no way she could pin anything on Milena for this.
Aubree thought, ‘It doesn’t matter. I’ve got plenty of ways to make Milena pay.
After Aubree left, Milena was also taken away by the police for questioning.
“Ms. Miller, we’re here,” Josiah announced.
Josiah was behind the wheel, with a bodyguard riding shotgun. Bowen and Aubree sat in the back. When Aubree saw the living conditions, which were even messier than when she’d first moved out of the Wilson family’s place, her heart tightened with worry.
No wonder Aubree couldn’t find a single trace of the Cherniavsky family. Milena was cunning as hell. Living in a dump like this, it was almost impossible to find any information.
Aubree ordered, “Get out of the car and kick the door down.”