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?"

no longer cared. All that mattered now was escaping and ensuring

bare hands and no tools, getting out of the collapsing

to intensify. Cracks snaked across the walls, and chunks of the ceiling began to fall. It was only a matter of time before the entire space

shouted, spotting a massive slab of stone

out of the way, but before she could take another step, debris

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the falling slab. But before she could catch her breath, another piece of the ceiling came down. This time, she wasn't so lucky. The impact

It w

of this

if she could stay with her mother until the

there was one thing

Suzy whispered, her voice filled with guilt,

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

die alongside you, it's

even as she said it, her thoughts drifted to Allen

sorrow

once, in the years ahead,

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

then they

complicated mix of emotions surged in

the third

go of the woman she held so tightly. A pang of sorrow

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

time, Suzy didn't

and Riley finally

the body in her arms, Hawk said gently, "You're injured.