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

Chapter 1075:

Nearly thirty minutes later, the crunch of tires on gravel announced Noah’s arrival.

Hailey burst from the living room the instant he appeared at the door. “Noah!” She latched onto his waist with desperate fingers, as though he represented her sole stability. “I’m terrified about my father…” Her words emerged strangled, as convincing tremors rippled through her body, a masterful portrayal of fear.

Noah maintained his icy composure, unmoved by her apparent distress. His frigid gaze swept the living room, registering Forest’s conspicuous absence.

As words formed on his lips, blinding pain exploded across the back of his skull, the impact of something substantial connecting with devastating force. Darkness swallowed his consciousness as the crushing realization dawned—he’d walked straight into a trap!

His legs buckled beneath him as his body crumpled helplessly onto the unforgiving floor with a sickening thud.

the attack. Her alarmed gaze darted to Forest, who loomed behind Noah’s fallen form, clutching a jagged shard of a porcelain vase. Glittering fragments of the shattered vase

Noah, fingers frantically checking for signs

features as she detected the shallow

blurted, unable to contain her concern. “If Noah suffers permanent damage, how

demeanor had vanished completely. Contempt twisted his features as he gazed down at Noah’s unconscious form, prodding the limp arm with

irritation flickering across his face. “Your sentimentality weakens you, Hailey! Remember what drives our actions—the restoration of the Burgess family, your rightful position of wealth and influence! Don’t you yearn to continue living the comfortable life

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crashed over Hailey like an icy

rose deliberately from her crouched position. The undeniable truth in Forest’s words crystallized in her mind. Sentimentality would only obscure her purpose. Nothing endured except family prestige and the power she seized with her own hands. Resolve hardened her gaze