Substitute Wife For The Blind CEO

Chapter 139: Couldn’t Finish

The quiet in the Quinn household that afternoon in Zeden wasn’t comforting. It was loud in the wrong way—loud with tension, loud with thoughts, loud with unspoken plans and tightly-wrapped secrets.

Regina paced her bedroom in growing impatience. Her heels clicked across the polished wooden floor as she moved back and forth, arms folded tightly across her chest. The curtains were drawn, but she could still hear the faint noise of the city outside—car horns, people laughing, children playing. All of it grated on her nerves.

She stopped at the edge of her window, her fingers twitching against the cool fabric. Her phone sat on her nightstand like a time bomb. She kept glancing at it, willing it to ring. Any moment now, she thought. Any moment.

She’d been able to quench the fire on the internet about their family by making sure Ivy signed the papers and though she was supposed to be feeling a little bit relieved and happy but those emotions were far from her right now as all she could think of was the important call she was waiting for.

Where was the call?

"It shouldn’t take this long," she muttered to herself, eyes narrowing. "He said he’d do it quickly. Clean and without traces so what was taking so long."

She smirked to herself. Regina Quinn had always been several steps ahead. She always knew where to look, how to dig, who to pay, and how much silence cost. Finding Ruby hadn’t been hard—not once she knew where to start.

"Just a few calls here, a few taps there," she whispered, admiring her own handiwork in her mind. "Florittle wasn’t too big to cover. And once I had that foolish Stefan followed and watched, everything thing else fell in place."

She let out a breathy laugh, more pride than amusement. "Honestly, I’m just too good."

After the airport had refused giving them the cctv footage from the day Ruby arrived there, she’d thought since Stefan had gone there to find Ruby too, that it was only right they followed him so that he’d do the digging himself and just lead them to her.

She turned to the mirror, smoothing the front of her blouse. In her mind, everything was already done. Ruby was gone, Stefan would have no choice but to return to Ivy, and her daughter’s disgrace would be erased.

But her phone still hadn’t rung from the call that’d confirm it all.

She picked it up, unlocked it, and checked for messages.

But there was nothing.

She tossed the phone on the bed and resumed pacing.

Her eyes flicked toward the door just as it swung open.

"Mom!" Ivy burst into the room, her eyes wide with urgency.

Regina spun around sharply. "Ivy! How many times have I told you not to burst in here like that like it’s your room?" .com

Ivy ignored the scolding, her brows drawn tightly in frustration. "I couldn’t help it. I’m anxious. I can’t just sit around and wait."

"You’re not the only one waiting," Regina snapped, striding over to her. "I’m waiting too. Still no call."

fast. You said once Ruby was out of the picture, everything would go back

now. These things take time. Besides, we wouldn’t be here if not because you couldn’t keep

her eyes. "Not

on Elizabeth’s side? Has anything

nothing. That woman has gone quiet the past few days. Lying low. She might suspect something. Do you think she knows I’m

tight, like their worries were pushing

both

looked at the

immediately. "Is

voice on the other end was low and clipped. "Couldn’t

body stiffened. "What do you mean,

"Someone saved her."

her eyes.

He came out of nowhere. Pulled her away just in

be there? They aren’t even on speaking

up and got in the

under her breath. "Useless. Absolutely

be traced back to me," the

dryly. "Careful with cleaning, never good

with a sharp

her eyes wide. "What happened? Why are you angry and why did you mention Stefan’s

her temples. "He doesn’t know anything and I’m mad because we can’t do anything now. Stefan is by her side. He saved her. That means he won’t leave

Ivy asked in disbelief. "Why would he save her

asked, Ivy. I don’t know," Regina muttered. "But it means we have

how?" Ivy asked,

looked up, her eyes steely. "We wait. We let him bring

frowned. "Bring her back? Why would we let him do that? Isn’t letting them reunite the

smartest. Let them come back here. Let them think they’re safe. Let them think everything’s

looked unsure. "And then

darkly. "Then, we break them.

moment, neither of them said a word. The silence in the room thickened again, heavy with plans, with secrets, with the sharp edge of something dangerous

disappointed, yes. But not defeated. She

one way or another, she was going to make sure

that Stefan returned to Ivy, whether he wanted to or

like a place where time had stopped. The fluorescent lights above buzzed softly, casting pale shadows on