CEO Broke Down and Cried After I Divorced Him by Miss Rich

Chapter 0365

Chapter 0365

It wasn't an earthquake but something Charlotte did. As she approached the villa's main entrance, she had discreetly activated the hidden mechanism for the basement.

Charlotte had prepared a destructive device in the basement, designed to obliterate everything inside if she found herself in a desperate situation. She wasn't about to let Suzy's mother, whom she had imprisoned for twenty years, escape unscathed.

If she couldn't make it out alive, neither would they.

What she hadn't anticipated was Mark's betrayal. Still, she managed to act just in time, developing a drug to turn Suzy's mother into a puppet before Suzy's arrival.

But the current result? Even better.

If she had to die, she'd take Suzy with her.

As the villa began to shake violently, Charlotte's laughter grew cold and

bloodthirsty." Suzy, let's go to hell together!"

Down in the basement, Suzy and Riley felt the tremors immediately and rushed toward the exit. But they were a step too late.

The ceiling above the entrance collapsed, blocking the way out entirely.

"This isn't an earthquake," Riley said, pointing at the debris blocking the door. "It's deliberate. Otherwise, how could it collapse so perfectly to block the exit?"

Suzy's expression hardened, her voice cold. "Charlotte always did have a knack for meticulous planning."

"She really does think of everything," Riley growled through clenched teeth. "Do you think she and Mark were in on this together from the start?"

mattered now was

hands and no tools, getting out of the

the ceiling began to

massive slab

to rush forward to push her out of the way, but before she could take another step, debris struck her shoulder, dislocating it completely. Pain shot through her, leaving her gasping and

1/3

down. This time, she wasn't so lucky. The impact struck her back,

It w

clear that getting out of this alive wasn't going

she could stay with her mother until the end, Suzy thought, perhaps

was one

her voice filled

bruises, Riley forced a smile through the pain. "Boss,

alongside you, it's an

as she said it,

pang of sorrow twisted

just once, in the

Riley thought their fate was sealed, the door was suddenly blown open from the

then they

a complicated mix of emotions surged in her

the third

and bloodied state, refused to let go of the

path, Hawk made his way to her. Squatting down to meet her at eye level, he said softly, "Junior,

didn't mind

Riley finally

still refused to release the body in her arms,