Rebirth: Revenge of the abandoned heirress-Chapter 42: Unintentional helper

"A high-acting aphrodisiac and some traces of another powerful drug that causes loss of inhibition," Jazmine murmured, glancing at the reports from the first cup.

"For the second cup," she continued, her gaze darkening, "a rare, strong sedative. It causes drowsiness, loss of coordination, and—most importantly—lowers a person's resistance."

She sat back in deep thought.

So this was why David had acted the way he did?

Then... if he knew it was Rosaline's plan, why had he stayed with her?

Was it to stop her from going through with it?

But why would he care?

What were his real intentions?

Her fingers tapped against the desk as she turned to Lucian Smith.

"Did you keep the whole process secretive?"

"Yes, President," Lucian confirmed. "No one knows about the reports. I had a trusted friend run the tests at our own facility."

"Good." Jazmine's expression sharpened. "Your next task—track down where these drugs came from. These aren't random street drugs. They require medical authorization. Given how stupid my sister is, she's bound to have left a trail."

She locked eyes with him. "Find it—but be discreet. Our enemy must not even catch a whisper of what we're doing."

Lucian's eyes gleamed.

His President was a devil in disguise. She didn't rush in with brute force. No—she let her enemies dig their own graves and watched them fall in.

And strangely...

He admired that about her.

Jazmine turned to Emily Carrol.

"What's the minimum penalty for attempted assault and drugging someone?"

Emily, who had long since given up being shocked by her President's schemes, answered smoothly, "Three years in prison."

"Are you planning to sue Rosaline?"

Jazmine chuckled. "No. That would be stupid."

Emily's lips curled.

Of course not.

Jazmine wasn't interested in punishment. She was interested in leverage.

Her sister, Rosaline, had once betrayed their family for David.

She had helped him crush the Harrison empire—had even handed him the keys to their downfall.

She had been his pawn.

But in the end, even she had been discarded.

Now?

Jazmine would make sure Rosaline learned the consequences of picking the wrong side.

"Have you found the person she bribed?"

"Yes," Lucian answered. "It was the Harrison family's driver."

Jazmine's eyes darkened.

"I sent someone to fetch him, but..." Lucian hesitated. "The bastard had the audacity to demand a bribe in exchange for testifying against Rosaline."

A laugh—low and chilling—escaped Jazmine's lips.

Did he really think she was the same naive girl they had bullied in the Harrison household?

She leaned forward, voice laced with cold amusement.

"You know what to do."

"Already taken care of, President."

Emily's eyes burned with fury.

That measly driver dared to demand money from her President?!

He was lucky he was still breathing.

Had he any sense, he would have already fled the country.

Instead, he had sat there thinking he could extort them?

Fool.

And they had the perfect place for fools like him.

There was a basement beneath Tang Enterprises. A place where uncooperative witnesses and problematic figures saw reason.

A place that only Jazmine and her closest staff knew existed.

Where legal and illegal means could be used to make someone talk.

The driver had chosen poorly.

Once Emily left, Lucian remained.

"President, I've made progress on the group surveilling us."

Jazmine's gaze snapped to him. "Did you find out who it is?"

Lucian looked uneasy.

"I couldn't pinpoint a single person behind it," he admitted. "But what I did find... is that it's not just one person."

Jazmine stilled. "Go on."

"There are at least fifty of them. They operate day and night, never letting up. And from what I can tell, they are all professionals."

Silence fell over the office.

Fifty people.

That wasn't a small-scale operation.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes," Lucian hesitated. "I managed to trace the source of their operations. They're working from a barren facility in Hong Kong."

Jazmine's expression hardened.

Hong Kong.

The name echoed in her mind.

Tang Enterprises was a dominant force in her country. But in Hong Kong, there were powers far greater than hers.

Could this have been part of her downfall in the last life?

Had David Anderson not been the only enemy?

Were there other forces at play?

And if this group was after her, why hadn't they made a move yet?

Lucian hesitated.

"President..." he started, "I'm not sure, but there seems to be... two separate groups."

Jazmine's eyes narrowed. "Explain."

"One team is clearly trying to break into Harrison Enterprises' security systems." Lucian's jaw tightened. "They have malicious intent. They want to get inside."

Jazmine's fingers tapped against her desk. "And the other?"

Lucian's eyes glittered with intrigue.

"The other group... is stopping them."

Jazmine's eyes widened.

Lucian continued. "It's as if... someone else is running interference. They're not attacking us. They're... protecting us."

The realization sent a chill down Jazmine's spine.

Someone was watching over them.

And if Lucian had found their presence, that meant...

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They wanted her to know.

Jazmine leaned back in her chair, staring at the ceiling.

There was a bigger game at play.

One enemy.

One mysterious ally.

And neither had shown their full hand yet.

But if this truly was connected to her past life...

Then this time?

She'd make sure she was ten steps ahead.

Because no one was going to pull her strings again.

Not David Anderson.

Not Rosaline.

And certainly not whoever was hiding in the shadows.