Flash Marriage: Shrewd Wife, Devious Husband
Chapter 193: Sinister Plan

Chapter 193: Sinister Plan

"Paul didn’t want to kill Andy-my brother. Only your sister was the target..." Tony paused.

Marcella leaned closer as she already knew that. There must be more.

Tony pressed his lips and averted his eyes. His hands fisted and he unconsciously gritted his teeth. Since his jaws hurt, he took in a sharp inhale.

Marcella patted his hand as he was stressed.

"He wanted you," Tony said.

Marcella waited. It appeared that Tony still had more to say. She knew Paul wanted to kill her too. That was the reason she was targeted that night. Tony protected her that night.

"Paul wanted you..." Tony said. His eyes were furrowed and he stared at the floor. He was suppressing his anger and at the same time, she saw relief on his face.

"...to blackmail you into marrying Andrew..." Tony closed his eyes fearing her reaction.

Marcella was taken aback. "Me?" she asked. "Andrew? Andrew Romano—my brother-in-law?" she asked.

What she understood from what Tony said was that Paul didn’t want her killed for the CODEX or other reasons, but he wanted there to break her into marrying her sister’s husband.

It didn’t make any sense for her. How can someone’s brain work this twisted? How can anyone think of marrying their brother-in-law? Andrew would have died before marrying her. He considered her a little sister and nothing more than that. He professed it often in the open too. How could Paul...

Ah... right... It’s Paul! Paul Romano would done that if there was any advantage.

Her sister used to be mild-mannered and listened to every suggestion of Paul and his wife. But as she was encouraged by her husband, she changed. Even with the will, she went as far as to change the will excluding Paul and Maggie. Paul mustn’t have liked this development.

They had her "infertility" as a knife to hold over her head in the past. Also, their father’s inheritance was largely maintained by Mellissa. After the baby was born, nothing was holding back Mellissa and she started questioning Paul. With the important properties in her hand, Paul must have known that he was losing control.

"To be my puppet master and control everything that’s left of my father’s empire," Marcella said.

Tony nodded.

"Don’t feel guilty, Tony. It’s not..." Marcella took in a deep breath.

That night, she thought that her life was in danger and she could have exchanged her life for her sister’s. Had she acted alone, she might have fallen into the hands of the evil people.

Paul would have used every means to make her surrender. A chill went through her spine remembering the state of her sister’s body. Unable to watch her sister getting tortured, she might have agreed to marry Andrew. There is a great probability that she would have tried to save her sister and ended up living her life as Paul’s slave.

In that case, none of them would have been happy.

She would have regretted her life and her sister probably would be alive, but would be in deep suffering. Joey would have been a pawn in Paul’s hand and every one of them would be regretting life.

Marcella’s hands went cold and she held his hand tightly. She might be wrong to think that, but she thought that sometimes death is better than life. She still would choose her sister being alive, but with all the plots that happened around them, she was terrified.

"Thank you for protecting me that night, Tony," she said from her heart.

More than ever before, she felt immense gratefulness for Tony’s act that night. Maybe, she was not that well-versed in the ways of evil people. Maybe Tony knew the world better than she did and that was the reason he hid her.

Tony hugged her. "Are you scared?" he rubbed her back. "Silly, it’s fine now... I’m here..."

Marcella hugged him tightly.

"Wait... Did he bring you there to kill you to make me marry that guy?" she asked.

Tony looked blankly at her.

"I am asking about Andrew Mellon. That guy is your half-brother and~"

"Yes," Tony interjected her.

"Yes?" she raised her brows. She didn’t know why he said yes. She asked a couple of questions.

"Yes, he wanted to kill me and force you to marry Andrew Mellon," Tony said.

Marcella thought he might be joking for a moment but then she had to remind herself that they were talking about Paul Romano. He was lower than a snake’s belly. He was someone who belonged in the ninth circle of hell. She hoped he was there already.

"How come your father had no other plans to subjugate a woman? Is his only plan of subjugating a woman is by blackmailing her and forcing her to become his daughter-in-law?" she asked.

Tony shrugged. He enjoyed the look of despise on her face more than he thought he would. When he started, he thought that he would react differently but like always, his wife had made his mood a lot better.

Also, the threat is neutralized—at least partially. Andrew Mellon should be kept in observance.

"His plan would have worked if he acknowledged you as his son. Then I would have automatically become his~" Marcella stopped herself.

Paul had a reason he didn’t do that. He didn’t want to accept Tony as his son under any circumstances.

"He wouldn’t be able to control me," Tony said.

Marcella nodded. That probably was the main reason Paul didn’t accept Tony as his son. He wouldn’t have gotten a blind slave who followed his orders. Tony was a man of his own. He listened to no one but his heart.

"Too bad he didn’t know that a little love would have shaken you to the core," Marcella said.

Was that possible? Yes, it was possible that Tony got shaken by the love of his father and ended up his slave. Good thing that didn’t happen. Paul couldn’t even pretend to care for and love someone. All he could do was invoke his power to make them surrender.

"Are you mocking me, woman?" Tony pinched her arm.

"Oww!" Rubbing her arm, Marcella stood up. "That hurt, Tony!"

Tony laughed. Marcella pouted and tried to leave the room. Tony caught her and brought her to the bed,

"I can’t kiss you but I can do a lot of other things," he winked getting on top of her.

"Get healed first, idiot!" she pushed him away.

Tony was not happy to hear it but he kept his hands and other stuff to himself as he realized that she made sense.

"What did Mark Paulo tell you?" she asked.