My President Husband

chapter 20

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“We hacked into the last known call records of her father but it’s more than that. We traced someone else, someone who’s been communicating with him constantly before and after the kidnapping”, he said. My eyes narrowed.

Aryan: “Who?”, I asked him.

Jake: “His name is Leo. Leo Asher, College senior. Same department as Adriana. He’s obsessed with her and now works in the same hospital”, he told me and handed me a tablet.

I clenched my jaw as I scanned the details. Photos, Messages everything is here. Even blurry screenshots of her walking around the campus. He had been following her, watching her. My hands tightened around the device.

Aryan: “Why didn’t she mention him?”, I mumble with a law voice. My anger kept increase.

Jake hesitated. “Maybe she doesn’t know the extent of it.”

Obsession. That word burned through me like acid. No one could obsess over her. She wasn’t some prize to be stalked. She was mine.

Aryan: “Find out everything. Where he lives, who he talks to, where he goes. I want his whole damn life mapped out by tonight.”

Jake nodded, but then added something that made the air leave my lungs.

Jake: “There’s more. His father… my name's Marcus Asher.”

I froze. I knew that name.

Jake continued, “Marcus and Lena Asher. They died ten years ago in a supposed car accident—but records show they were involved in illegal dealings… the same couple who were connected to your parents' murder.”

My heart stopped. Blood roared in my ears.

Leo wasn’t just some obsessed fool. He was the son of the monsters who destroyed my family.