Chapter 1239:

The search results appeared quickly.

NE Research Institute—Zupren’s premier pharmaceutical research facility. Or rather, it had been. The institute had shut down 17 years ago after a reported leak of some kind. Seventeen years ago?

The same year the Hudson family had plunged into turmoil.

Sadie’s chest tightened as the pieces began to stir.

Her mother’s mysterious work, the research institute, and the sudden downfall of the Hudsons…

It couldn’t be coincidence. But Noah came first. Everything else—answers, suspicions, the past—would have to wait.

She steadied herself, gently laid the tablet aside, and took a deep breath to smooth over the cracks in her composure.

Then she stepped into the hospital room.

asleep, his breathing calm and

after a long moment did she turn and slip out, closing the door softly

Morning came swiftly.

o’clock, Hurst finally arrived—disheveled, yawning, with shadows beneath his eyes that hinted at a sleepless

knitted together the moment

to no

warning from the day before echoed in her mind, rekindling the unease she’d tried

lazily,

his voice laced with a

blend of self-assurance and roguishness that felt

Sadie had no other

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a brittle calm, and met his gaze with quiet resolve. “I’m

grin slipped from Hurst’s face. For once,

then turned toward the operating room. The heavy door swung shut behind him with a

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