Reclaiming Her Heart

Chapter 1318 Everything is a Mess

Alex didn't acknowledge her, flooring the accelerator instead.

Everything was falling apart. Raymond forced abroad, Paul dead. It felt like some invisible force was hovering over Silver Bay City, pulling strings.

A few miles out, Alex slammed on the brakes. Frowning, he grabbed his phone and called Raymond.

He said, "Raymond, I just remembered Paul said he was going to focus entirely on what you'd asked him to do. Before heading to Ridgefield, he was researching something at the hospital."

Raymond stood by the window, gazing at the distant scenery. "Alex, don't do anything for now. My people are investigating."

"How can I do nothing? I'm terrified! Victor could be next. Or me. And we still don't know who we're up against. Raymond, I can't accept that Paul's gone he shouldn't have died like this."

Raymond took a deep breath. "I'm planning to come back briefly."

is a powder keg right now, especially since you left. I heard Ralph collapsed and hasn't regained consciousness. You have no allies in power-even your father

about Christopher's safety, convinced you were jealous of his success and couldn't bear seeing him return alive. That narrative has taken hold- especially after you aggressively bought

but stopped, remembering the charred,

now would be

his expression darkening. He rarely visited the Reed family estate these days, and the

his temples, he suddenly drove back to the

to find his friend standing by

do you smoke?"

away the cigarette butt. "Picked it up overseas," he replied

at Victor's fingers, his eyes reddening. "I

interrupted them. "Dr. Barnes,

coat. Before leaving, he glanced at Alex. "Get some rest. You

left, he felt adrift. He sat on the window seat, pulling the curtain