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

Chapter 1136:

“Stay calm. I’ve reached out to local police—they’re completely backing us.”

Noah nodded curtly and took the pistol Blaine offered. The metal burned cold and unforgiving against his palm.

With practiced precision, he inspected the weapon, then slipped it behind his waistband and marched toward the alley without a moment’s pause.

Blaine fell into step directly behind him.

“We’ve searched the eastern and northern areas—found nothing. The western area remains unexplored. Samuel led a team to the south. We should hear back from him any moment.”

Noah didn’t break stride. He simply gave a terse nod. “Then we go west.”

In a crumbling, unremarkable house hidden deep within the village, Hailey reclined in a groaning wicker chair, her gaze fixed on the surveillance monitor glowing before her.

A cruel

her side, Forest appeared anything

and pride—had completely dissolved, leaving

jumped nervously across the screen, tracking the well-armed operatives.

anything

together, sweat

them? They’ve assembled a small army…” Terror had sunk its talons

mean defeat—it would spell their complete destruction. The

slowness, her stare cutting through him like a

brows drew together in

is your

Returning to your spineless habits

stare. He parted his lips, but silence was all that emerged because, in his heart, fear