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

Chapter 1264:

It didn’t add up.

She turned to Blaine, their eyes locking—both of them thinking the same terrifying thought.

“I’ll go find out!” Tina couldn’t sit still for another second.

She sprang from her seat and bolted out of the room, her heart pounding like it might crack her ribs.

She prayed for her intuition to be wrong.

Her shoes echoed sharply down the corridor as she darted left and right, looking for any trace of Hurst or Lenny.

But the floor was deserted—eerily so.

Just as her panic was about to consume her, the fire escape door groaned open with a metallic screech.

maddening nonchalance, one hand deep in his coat pocket, his face etched with irritation

caught. She

Lawson!” She stood in his way, urgency crackling in

a long, unreadable look, as though debating whether to pity her or scorn

his mind, he

know what to do with even if he handed them to her on a silver tray. He sighed, shaking his

the fire escape with a lazy flick of his hand. “He tried to run. Slipped on the stairs. Broke his neck. He’s down there

of dread stabbed

Lenny… dead?

the door open. The dim lighting cast long shadows down the stairwell—at the very bottom, she spotted a still form crumpled

first on

through her, leaving her rooted in

Damn it.

chance at a direct confession vanished with

to reveal who had orchestrated