Burn the Marriage, Keep the Crown

Chapter 203

Aaron's brow remained tightly furrowed, tension carved deep into his features.

"It couldn't have been Cynthia. She'd never do something so cruel."

"So, you never really believed, not even for a second, that Cynthia Lynwood was behind the kidney transplant. Not for a single moment..." As Serena spoke, a smile flickered across her face-radiant, almost dazzling, yet somehow tragic, like a dying rose in the last rays of sunset. The sight made Aaron's chest tighten.

"Serena..."

"Do you know why I brought you here to see all this?"

It was as if Serena were trapped in a nightmare, oblivious to Aaron's voice.

"I knew the recordings alone would never be enough to put Cynthia Lynwood away. Telling you about Dr. Owens and the nurse was a deliberate move to draw Cynthia out, to catch her red-handed.

But what I didn't expect was how far you'd go for Cynthia Lynwood."

She turned her gaze to the man in the white t-shirt.

He was dead now too, but the fact he'd managed to take down five mercenaries

and still complete his mission spoke volumes about his skill.

Aaron could have found

Which meant...

ordered the hit, Aaron was tangled up in this

eyes narrowed sharply as Serena went on. "So these two-they were your

Dr. Owens and the nurse, a flicker of guilt passing

hadn't directly caused their deaths, but she had used them all

faded almost as

died—maybe that was just karma catching up

the hospital in the

Serena's gaze

he looked at

don't you think this is too

"And when Cynthia Lynwood sent me to that operating

don't have all

Serena cut him off, tired of watching him defend Cynthia. "They're dead now, and the truth

behind bars, but they're more than enough to

If

then

fingers to his brow,