Ex-husband’s Regret by Lean

Chapter 210

Jessica clenched her fists quietly, her face filled with regret and stumbling through her confession," I... I felt humiliated being publicly scolded by her, and in a fit of anger... I said those slanderous words about Mom! I was wrong... Ryan..."

Her acting was truly impressive. If I hadn't already known the truth from Grandpa, I might have believed her story.

Ryan's gaze fell on John, he squinted his eyes

slightly. "What do you have to say?"

"What do I have to say?" John forced himself to remain calm. "If Lauren really was a mistress, how could we have waited five whole years after your mom's death to get married?"

As he finished speaking, the door to the emergency room opened.

Ryan remained skeptical and looked at the doctor. "How serious is it?"

"Mr. Frost." The doctor came out, removed his mask, and looked serious. "She lost a lot of blood. Luckily, she was brought in just in time. If it had been any later, she might not have made it." Visibly, Ryan's tense body relaxed a little.

I furrowed my brows. Was she acting so convincingly even with her life on the line?

If it hadn't been St. Mary's Hospital, I would have suspected they had bribed the doctor.

taken to the ward, she woke up shortly afterward. Seeing Ryan standing at the foot of her bed, tears streamed down her

her student.

I really didn't! After marrying into the Frost family for so many years, I treated you as my own. If I really were... involved with

a share of the Frost family's fortune. Now, all

frowned. "Did you attempt suicide

willing to sacrifice everything for you. You know that... Now, being slandered like this has created

heartfelt stepmother

and ruthless to outsiders, decisive and firm, but towards his family, perhaps out of a longing for affection, his heart

next, with no intention of staying longer. I turned

Jalready guessed how things

and left immediately.

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take my mind off worries and

in the oven, I

I finished preparing, I heard a strange

to check through the peephole, only to find it

door, I was instantly startled and

and the floor... were all covered in bright red blood, and