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

Chapter 1182:

Before Stan could complete his thought, however, his head collapsed sideways against the pillow, and consciousness abandoned him entirely.

In that precise instant, the heart monitor stationed beside the bed erupted into a shrill, ear-splitting wail that sliced through the sterile air.

The jagged line that had previously danced with irregular heartbeats now stretched into a merciless, unforgiving flat line. “Beeeeeep—”

Blaine’s mind reeled in confusion, his thoughts spinning wildly while panic surged through his chest like a tidal wave threatening to drown him.

Pure instinct propelled Blaine forward as he seized Stan’s shoulders with desperate hands, shaking the unconscious man with fierce determination.

“Stan! Stay with me! Tell me who did this to you!”

color as he rushed across

carefully lifted Stan’s eyelids to peer

raised his head, his expression carved from stone and bearing the

The doctor’s voice carried the devastating weight of loss. “I’m deeply

Blaine’s mind as he stumbled backward, his legs threatening to buckle beneath the crushing weight

indeed experienced that final surge of clarity that sometimes graced the dying, yet he hadn’t managed to

like a physical blow—that nurse, the one who had

consciousness with the force of lightning, transforming his features into a mask of deadly

“Damn…”

throat as he

is

air, leaving not even a whisper of her presence behind. Blaine dug his fingertips into his temples, fury and frustration warring within him as the bitter truth settled in—he had allowed his quarry to escape through

before jabbing at his bodyguard’s number with barely