Rebirth of Billionaire's Wife-Chapter 400: It was an ambush

Inside the warehouse, Jedrick glanced at Jonathan and Erna, a sly grin curling his lips. His eyes gleamed — not with joy, but with something darker, something that made both of them stiffen with unease.

"I'm sure your daughter won't disappoint me," he said softly, as if sharing a secret. He slipped the phone back into his pocket and, with deliberate calm, withdrew a cigar.

The flame from his lighter flared briefly in the dimness before he took a slow drag, exhaling a thick, suffocating cloud of smoke that coiled through the stale air.

"Jedrick, you should give up," Jonathan's voice cut through the haze, steady but taut. "You've lost everything. Surrender."

For a moment, Jedrick just stared at him, as if weighing the words. Then, slowly, a laugh rumbled from deep in his chest — rough, jagged, and wrong. The sound seemed to seep into the concrete walls, making the shadows crawl.

"No one defeats me, Jonathan. No one," Jedrick said, his voice low and menacing. "I crushed Father. I crushed you. And now, it's your daughter's turn. I'll make sure not a single soul from your bloodline survives."

Jonathan froze, horror tightening his chest as the meaning of Jedrick's words sank in.

Eveline and her little friends thought they had beaten him. Fools. Jedrick had been two steps ahead all along.

Even Rick's betrayal hadn't been enough to outsmart him.

Jedrick always got what he wanted — and if it demanded bloodshed along the way, so be it.

Rising to his feet, Jedrick turned to his men.

"Wait for my instructions," he said coolly, "before you burn this entire place to the ground."

Jonathan's heart hammered in his chest as he shot a desperate look at Erna, still slumped unconscious in her chair.

Their mansion's security hadn't mattered; Jedrick's men had stormed through like a well-oiled machine, abducting them with chilling efficiency.

And now... seeing how Jedrick intended to use them to bait Eveline, regret gnawed at Jonathan's gut. He should have seen this coming.

"Have a safe trip to heaven, dear brother and sister-in-law," Jedrick sneered.

Without sparing another glance, he turned on his heel and strode away, leaving them under the cold, ruthless watch of his men.

***

Meanwhile, Eveline was still reeling from Jedrick's chilling threat, her mind racing faster than she could control.

"I think we need to stop Uncle Kaden from attacking Jedrick's base," Gabriel said urgently. "What if... what if Jedrick does something to Uncle Jonathan and Aunt Erna?"

With Rick's intel, Kaden and his strike team had already been en route to Jedrick's main base — the hub of his illegal empire.

But now, with the new threat looming over their heads, the situation had twisted into something far more dangerous.

While Gabriel and Rick huddled together, discussing their next move, Eveline stood still, lost deep in thought. Her heart pounded, each beat growing louder, more frantic, until it drowned out the conversation around her.

Think, Eveline. Think.

And then — like a lightning bolt slicing through the fog — clarity struck.

"Brother Stefan," she called sharply, snapping the room to attention. "Hand me your laptop. Now."

Without hesitation, Stefan rushed over and passed it to her.

"What are you doing?" Gabriel asked, moving closer, watching her fingers fly across the keyboard.

"I don't think Mom and Dad are at the main base," Eveline muttered, her voice low but charged with certainty. "Jedrick's too smart. He wouldn't keep them somewhere so obvious."

She typed faster, her hacking skills slicing through firewalls and encrypted networks like a knife through silk. Screens flashed. Passwords fell. Layers peeled away.

Seconds later, a hidden blueprint appeared on the screen — an abandoned warehouse listed under a shell corporation tied to Jedrick's name. A place far from the main base. Forgotten. Secluded.

"There," Eveline pointed, her voice fierce. "They're here. He's keeping them at this off-site location — not the main base."

Gabriel's face paled as he stared at the blinking location pin. "If Kaden attacks the wrong place... Jedrick could kill them out of spite."

Eveline slammed the laptop shut and stood, her eyes blazing with determination. "Then we stop him. We move now. Before it's too late."

For the first time since Jedrick's threat, the group moved with a singular purpose — following the girl who refused to let fear paralyze her.

Eveline wasn't just fighting for her family anymore.

She was about to end this — once and for all.

While Rick and Stefan sped toward the off-site location, Eveline and Gabriel huddled together, their minds racing as they tried to devise a plan to outmaneuver Jedrick.

Fulfilling his demands was out of the question — surrendering would only guarantee their destruction — but keeping him waiting wasn't an option either. Every second ticked louder in Eveline's ears, a brutal reminder that time was not on their side.

Her parents' lives hung in the balance.

One wrong move, one misstep, and she could lose everything — not just her family, but the last hope of stopping Jedrick once and for all.

Eveline clenched her fists, forcing herself to think clearly through the rising panic.

They needed a distraction.

They needed to buy time.

And most of all — they needed to make Jedrick believe he was still in control... right until the moment they ripped it away from him.

***

Meanwhile, Kaden and his men advanced toward their heavily guarded base, every step calculated and cautious. They moved like predators through the night, confident and armored—and yet completely unaware of the trap Eveline was quietly weaving against them.

With Rick's help, Kaden's team had seized one of Jedrick's key consignments and tracked down what they believed was his main operation site. Everything had fallen into place almost too perfectly.

And yet, despite the surface success, an unease gnawed at Jedrick's instincts — sharp, relentless.

Something was wrong.

Something was missing.

He could feel it, like the subtle shift in the air before a deadly storm.

Kaden's eyes narrowed as he surveyed the dark stretch of land ahead. He had learned the hard way never to ignore a bad feeling. And right now, every fiber of his being was telling him this wasn't going to end the way he expected.

"How the hell is this place not guarded?" Kaden muttered, his voice low and tense as he scanned the empty perimeter. His hand hovered near his weapon as he spoke quietly into his comm to Luke.

Jedrick's base was rumored to have the kind of security where even a stray fly would be shot down before it crossed the fence — layers of high-tech surveillance, armed patrols, and motion sensors everywhere.

And yet now, standing here, surrounded by eerie silence and flickering security lights, it felt wrong.

Too wrong.

"This isn't right," Luke replied, his voice crackling through the earpiece. "It's like they cleared out... but why?"

Kaden's eyes narrowed. His gut twisted.

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"Stay sharp," he said grimly. "This smells like a trap."

Luke nodded, his eyes sweeping the shadows around them—when suddenly, a sharp crack shattered the stillness. A gunshot. One of his men dropped instantly, lifeless.

"Down!" Kaden barked, adrenaline surging as he yanked his weapon free. The team scattered, diving behind crates and abandoned vehicles as more bullets tore through the air — blind, relentless, and everywhere.

It was an ambush.

They hadn't breached Jedrick's fortress.

They'd been lured straight into its jaws.

Inside a darkened surveillance room, Jedrick leaned back in his chair, the glow from a wall of monitors painting sinister highlights across his face. His eyes glittered as he watched Kaden's team scramble under fire, a look of satisfaction tugging at his features.

He reached for the ringing phone, answering it without glancing at the caller ID.

"What have you decided?" he asked smoothly, already knowing. Eveline wouldn't risk her parents — not when their lives dangled in his hands like marionette strings.

There was silence on the other end. A long, cold pause.

Then finally, her voice: calm, but layered with barely contained fury.

"I'll do as you say. But first... I need proof. I want to see my parents — alive."

Jedrick raised an eyebrow at the demand, amusement flickering in his eyes. Slowly, a twisted smile curled at his lips.

"Of course," he purred. "Come and find them."

And with that, he ended the call, turning his gaze back to the screens as gunfire lit up the night like a warzone.

"Let the girl play hero," he muttered to himself. "It'll make breaking her all the more fun."