Desired Hatred

Chapter 29

"They thought I did it," I say as I pace the kitchen with my phone pressed to my ear. 

"Well I mean you are married to me. I would assume if they thought I was involved you would be the first suspect" Nelson says. 

I roll my eyes "But everyone at Syntec was pretty confident that we hated each other" I say. "Anyway, they want me to go back in today—something about meeting with an old Syntec employee. They didn't mention who it was other than he was another suspect" 

"Is that why the kids are at your parents?" Nelson asks. 

"Yep. I need to be able to focus without worrying about them" I explained. 

"Alright well I will let you get to work then my love," Nelson says. 

I smile slightly. "I love you. I can't wait for you to come home today" I say

"I love you as well. See you soon" Nelson says before hanging up.

I sigh as I move to head to the door leading to the basement of the house. I had told Project 863 that I would attempt to find files on Autumn and I knew Nelson kept most of his old files down here. I wasn't exactly thrilled that I was helping Deb's project but I knew if I didn't Nelson or I would have this murder pinned on us. I grabbed every file I could find on Autumn before heading to meet with Matt and his team. 

Matt was the one to answer the door. He leads me up to the conference room where once again his team was waiting for us. I set the files down on the table in front of them. 

"I tried to find as many files as I could on Miss Autumn," I explained opening a few. "This file is actually one that I kept on her. Autumn was originally hired as Nelson's assistant when I was pregnant with Natalia so that he could be away from work if necessary. Since they spent so much time together she started developing an obsession with my husband which lead to him sleeping with her" 

"Nelson cheated on you and you stayed with him?" Sam asks.

"It wasn't exactly that simple. Nelson and I were forced into marriage for the benefit of my parent's company and his. If I left, I would have been disowned." I explained. "Don't worry, Nelson learned his lesson pretty quickly."

"You seem to have a leash on him" Woods joked.

I smiled at this "We have a leash on each other. Our relationship despite what you may think is equally balanced, it is one of the reasons why we work so well together" I say. 

"The way you describe Nelson is different from everything we've found on him" Matt says looking over the files I had on the table. 

"Nelson was once as the documents state a cruel individual who didn't care about others" I explained. 

Matt nods before looking behind me. He gestures for whoever it was to come in. I turn to meet the eyes of Scott Clarick, someone who I hadn't seen in years due to his disappearance

"Y/N" Scott says in shock. 

"Scott?" I asked. "You're alive?" 

"I think so." Scott says a smile on his face "Why wouldn't I be?" 

"You disappeared. What happened to you?" I asked.

"I'm not really sure actually," Scott says. 

"Scott showed up at our building one day with no memory of the past few years" Matt explains. 

"What is the last thing you remember?" I ask. 

"I had a meeting with Wes," Scott says causing my heart to drop. "Which I have been informed is dead" 

My heart hurt for Scott. Scott was someone at the company I felt close to. He and I worked closely together in the laboratory. I was about to say something we the young woman who treated me the last time I was here stepped into the room.

"Matt there's someone at the door. He's um looking for you and the team." She says. 

"Did you get his name?" Matt asks. 

"He said that you would know who he is upon seeing him?" She says. 

"Thanks, Kat. We will be down momentarily." Matt says allowing Kat to leave. 

I walk downstairs with the team with Scott at my side. Scott stops on the stairs staring at who was waiting for us. I look up to see my husband with his arms crossed. He didn't look too pleased to be there but when his eyes meet mine I can see him relax. 

"Nelson!" I squeal happily, as I push past the others to run to my husband. 

I launch myself into his arms allowing him to wrap his arms around me tightly. I could hear Matt and his team whispering behind us. 

"Hello, Love. Did you miss me?" Nelson says kissing my head gently. 

"Of course, I did," I say smiling. 

"Would you like to introduce me to the group you stole my files for?" Nelson asks. 

"I forgot to close the basement door didn't I?" I ask wincing slightly. 

"You did," Nelson says as I pull away.

I turn to the team who looked at Nelson with wide eyes. "Project 863 meet Nelson Syphus, Co-founder of Syntec, and my husband," I say.