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

Chapter 999:

Hailey’s eyes glinted with renewed determination as she gingerly pulled herself off the floor.

She walked over to the full-length mirror and wiped the tears from her face. She needed to be calm and levelheaded. She couldn’t afford to lose.

The shrill ringing of her phone interrupted her musings.

It was Briley. That imbecile.

With an impatient huff, Hailey grabbed her phone and snapped, “What is it now?”

Briley spoke in between panicked sobs.

I sent after Sadie—they got caught! They’re in police custody as we speak. They… They will definitely spill everything! I can’t go to jail,

her

just how useless she was. It was too late for her to fear the consequences; she should have thought about them before she made a

lips curled into a mocking

So your men got caught… What does that have to do

hit Briley like a ton of bricks.

what,

in indignation. “Don’t forget that it

takes you

sharp as a cracking whip. Her tone carried a subtle threat when she continued, “You’d better watch what you say, Briley. I haven’t done anything. From the very start, weren’t you the one who hated Sadie the most? You were jealous of her, and you desperately wanted her done. Now that

why she had been very careful. She made sure to only use burner phones and kept the conversations

of the line, Briley was