Chapter 1263:

Tina’s words tumbled out faster now. “Alex explained that he’d helped you take the phone for repairs, so he just stopped by to check on it. Seemed logical enough at the time. But then I got an urgent call from work—something needed my attention right away. You remember how hectic things were back then. I couldn’t waste a second. Alex offered to take the phone to Sadie for me, since I had to attend to something else.”

By the end of her explanation, Tina couldn’t help but feel uneasy. The whole thing felt too perfectly timed.

Blaine’s mood shifted instantly, his expression darkening.

So it really was Alex behind it all.

Alex had always seemed so charming, so thoughtful with Sadie, like he was incapable of anything cruel.

But now, Blaine could see the truth—a wolf in gentleman’s clothing. “Alex… he’s fooled us all. Who would’ve guessed—”

“Hold on!”

hand up without warning, halting Blaine

slow, unsettling waves. “We don’t have anything solid,” she said, her voice thin. “Right now, it’s all hunches and eerie coincidences. Sadie won’t believe it.” She hesitated, a quiver of dread

Tina’s mind, spreading like frostbite through her veins. Her skin turned clammy, her hands slick with

a hand in this… was

her expression—something in her eyes gave it all away. “You said I went under because of

words snagged in

Blaine’s lips. “The Castro family’s hospital—famed for its flawless reputation—can’t even catch something as basic as a patient’s drug allergy?” Blaine’s voice was cold, laced with contempt. “Looks

words hit Tina like a weight to

stories

of the Castros, was supposed to represent the pinnacle

“Hurst!”

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