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.

standing at the foot of her bed, tears streamed down her face.

her student.

as my own. If I really were... involved with someone else, how could we not have

to laugh. If Grandpa hadn't forbidden it, she would have had ten children to claim a share of the Frost family's fortune. Now, all this had become a perfect

"Did you attempt suicide

barely catch her breath. "I was willing to sacrifice everything for you. You know that... Now, being slandered like this has created a grudge between us. I'd rather

heartfelt stepmother

to outsiders, decisive and firm, but towards

no intention

Jalready guessed how things

and left immediately.

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could temporarily take my mind off worries

in the oven,

finished preparing, I heard a strange noise from the

my hands and went out to

I opened the door, I was

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