My Coldhearted Ex demands a Remarriage by Eva Blackwood

Chapter 547:

The man’s eyes fluttered open, and he looked at Kristopher with an expression that was almost triumphant. “Kristopher… you owe me.”

His voice was so faint it was hard to make out the words. Kristopher bent down, his ear close to the man’s mouth. “What did you say?”

A strange, twisted smile spread across the man’s face. “I accidentally hit your sister with my car… You… you made my life in prison a living hell. It’s all your fault. Karma… It’s your retribution… You bring misfortune to everyone around you…”

With those final words, the man’s chest stilled, the mocking smile frozen on his lifeless face. The man had deliberately reminded Kristopher of the car accident, hoping that it would distract him from any real investigation that might bring Lise into the picture.

Kristopher straightened slowly, his expression unreadable as he stared down at the body. “Investigate the driver involved in that car accident,” Kristopher ordered, his voice cutting through the silence like a blade.

He hadn’t expected the incident to connect to

hung high in a sparse sky, its cold light filtering into Carrie’s hospital room. The glow of countless homes outside contrasted with the stark, cold light of the hospital room, making it feel

on her, pulling back the covers to examine her wound. He froze, his face paling. The wound had reopened, the blood seeping through her hospital gown and forming a dark, dried stain beneath her. Carrie

and a flurry of

rag doll, her hair a tangled veil across her pale face. Even as the medical team worked frantically around her, she remained still, her body unresponsive,

was immediately met with a scene of urgency—doctors and nurses hurried in and out of

with a grave tone, “What’s happening to my

staff exchanged uneasy glances, hesitant to answer. Carrie caught the worried look on his face and managed a weak, ironic smile. Had she not

bitterly that her willingness to forgive so easily was precisely why