I Left the Deck Feeling Seasick and Walked Into a Nightmare — My Own Husband Whispering, “Tonight We Push Her Into the Sea. Her $300M Is Ours, and So Is My Mistress”

The spinning icon lasted five seconds.

Ten.

Then.

DELIVERED.

My entire body sagged with relief.

Someone knew.

Even if nothing else worked.

Someone knew.

I messaged Captain Elias Warren next.

CAPTAIN.

I AM IN IMMEDIATE DANGER.

DO NOT ALERT ADRIAN, DOUGLAS, MARIANNE, OR TEMPORARY STAFF.

I OVERHEARD A PLAN TO PUSH ME OVERBOARD TONIGHT.

I BELIEVE I HAVE BEEN DRUGGED.

PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE PRIVATELY.

Sent.

Delivered.

Then someone knocked on the study door.

I almost screamed.

PART 9

“Natalie?”

Adrian.

My hands shook so badly I nearly dropped the tablet.

I switched off the screen.

Slid it beneath a stack of folders.

Then stood.

“Yeah?”

“What are you doing in there?”

I looked around.

Think.

Quickly.

“Looking for ginger tea.”

Silence.

Then the handle moved.

The door opened.

Adrian stepped inside.

His smile was still there.

But weaker.

More suspicious.

“Ginger tea?”