The Billionaire's Unexpected Proposal by Samantha

Chapter 177

Rayna's hands tightened around the steering wheel as she drove to the Quinns' house, her mind racing with an unstoppable rage.

The thought of confronting Sandra made her pulse quicken, and she pictured the countless ways she'd transfer her frustration and anger onto her. She couldn't let Sandra get away with what she had almost done to her and what she did to Ethan. As far as she was concerned, this had nothing to do with Evelyn. This had been a personal attack on her, and she was going to handle it personally and not wait for Evelyn and Derek to punish Sandra.

She wasn't going to wait until

t until morning, either

to handle either. She

Sandra.

She didn't have the patience to wait like they did didn't care that it was late in the night. She was going to barge in there and give Sandra the beating of her life instead of waiting with a stomach coiled with dread while Ethan was being operated on.

After she was done with Sandra, Derek and Evelyn could have her arrested and taken to prison, looking like an accident victim for all she cared.

But as she neared the the Quinn house, she spotted something unexpected: an ambulance parked at the curb, its lights flashing against the night, illuminating the manicured lawn in bursts of red and blue. Paramedics were loading a stretcher into the vehicle, and Eric was following closely with a worried expression on his face.

Rayna strained to see who it was. Her stomach dropped as the paramedics closed the doors behind Eric, and the ambulance pulled away from the house, sirens blaring.

to do

She contemplated going after the

unmoving, watching the ambulance grow smaller down the road, her mind churning with unanswered questions. after the ambulance or calling Evelyn to let her know that something seemed to be wrong at home, but just then, her phone rang. Her heart dropped when she saw that it was Melvin, and she quickly picked it up, fearing whatever

say? Is he going to

he has not woken up yet, but they said he will be

I

wanted to be with Ethan when he woke up. She was going to

she was going to pull out all the

off, the front door of the Quinns house swung open, and Sandra stumbled out of the

Sandra dashed barefoot down the driveway with only her phone in hand, and her thoughts locked solely on pursuing the

by her side. As Sandra hurried I down the road barefooted, hoping to catch a cab to go to the hospital, the phone in her hand rang once again, and in a sudden burst of frustration, Sandra

her mother fall and hurt herself. And for all she knew, her mother could die from bleeding so

about Evelyn, Michael, or anyone else right now. All she wanted was for her mother

Sandra

an approaching cab so she could catch up with the ambulance. Once she got into the cab and gave him directions

together as tears ran down her face, and she

to be. Away from there, Derek's impatience grew with every passing second as he glanced at his watch and then back at the hitman, who was becoming equally agitated. ach silence longer than the last as they all waited for the moment Sandra's phone would

The room was tense,

they'd planned. Her clothes had been roughened up with red stains like blood on them,

Evelyn's

he muttered a frustrated curse under his breath. "Still not connecting," he announced, his voice filled with irritation. heard the expression

the

she did to Ethanews. "This isn't right," she said, standing up and pacing. "If Sandra isn't answering, something's wrong. Maybe she suspects something... or

she's waiting