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

Chapter 991:

To fortify their position, the Higgins family had “accidentally” funneled every damning piece of evidence pointing to Ophelia straight into police hands. The Johnson family now faced an avalanche of consequences from which they could never hope to escape unscathed. Contemplating the current situation, Nathan felt a delicious lightness bubble up inside him, replacing the earlier dread.

“Oh, and thanks to Ophelia’s spectacular downfall, my dear brother’s carefully crafted reputation at the company lies in smoking ruins. After all, Ophelia is still his wife. The senior executives have convened an emergency meeting to burn the midnight oil plotting damage control, while Jarrett’s position hangs by a thread.”

He could almost visualize Jarrett’s humiliating descent from power, the mental image flooding him with a perverse satisfaction that warmed him from within like aged whiskey.

Sadie absorbed his words in calculated silence, a ghost of a smile dancing at the corners of her lips. The elaborate chess game unfolded precisely according to her meticulous design.

The Johnson family now crumbled like a house of cards, Jarrett’s power slipping through his fingers like water, and Nathan—the overlooked heir to the Higgins family—

the chance to ascend to the position

amusement threading through her silken voice. “It appears the crown of the Higgins Group

eyebrow at her prophetic words, a self-satisfied smirk spreading across his face

replied cheerfully. The intoxicating vision of wielding absolute control over the Higgins Group filled his

now on

its natural conclusion shortly thereafter, neither having more to discuss now that the pieces were

flicked her phone onto the leather seat beside her with practiced

Nathan had given her before, a cryptic string of numbers scrawled across its

forward and extended the paper toward Samuel, who

clouds gathering on the horizon. “Once you’ve located her, arrange her