Between Ruin And Resolve: My Ex-Husband’s Regret

Chapter 424

Chapter 424:

“Eight million.” Kyla raised the offer.

“Still too low for the risk.”

“Ten million. That’s my last offer,” Kyla responded tersely.

The tone on the other end shifted from dismissive to obliging.

“Well, Miss Wade, that’s more like it. I’ll take the job. Who’s the target?”

Kyla articulated each syllable with precision.

“Laura Stewart, at the downtown hospital.”

“Consider it done, Miss Wade. It will be handled discreetly, without any complications.”

Kyla hung up the phone and slumped onto the bed, her body shaking uncontrollably.

with the pungent

blinking away

still, the IV drip marking time with

Sadie’s voice was faint, her

but her strength failed her; she could only manage to turn

the corner of her eye,

fully garbed in a white coat, mask, and cap, was almost entirely obscured

syringe, moving

a surge of

where

alertness sharpened. She attempted to get a clearer view of the doctor’s face, but he remained

bedside, he silently lifted Laura’s IV tube, poised

energy to shout.

for a moment before he slowly

forehead under the bright lights of the ward, and his eyes betrayed a flicker of

a nutrient solution,” he

heavy dread settled

the cloak-and-dagger stuff? Sadie recognized all the doctors who treated Laura, but this

doctor acted