When She Rose From the Ashes

Chapter 25 Dead or Not

Chapter 25 Dead or Not

“Jensen, you’re hurting me.”

“I asked you – where is Natalie?”

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There wasn’t a shred of tenderness left in Jensen’s voice. He stared at Sharon like she was a stranger.

Just then, one of his men ran in, visibly tense.

“Mr. Luke, the fire’s been put out. But… Ms. Natalie didn’t make it. The body’s at the ruins. The fire department wants to know if we’ll be claiming the remains.”

“What did you say?”

A buzzing noise filled Jensen’s head. He heard every word, but somehow, none of them made sense.

Natalie didn’t make it?

“You’re lying! There’s no way she’s dead! She promised to marry me! I haven’t even proposed yet, haven’t given her the grand wedding I swore I would. I said I’d take her to see the whole world. None of that’s happened! How can she be dead?!”

He shook his head over and over, but his bloodshot eyes brimmed with hot tears, swelling with grief.

His chest hurt. Badly.

Why did it hurt so much?

It felt like someone had torn his heart straight out of his body.

Jensen stumbled to his feet, only for Sharon to throw herself in front of him.

“Jensen, what are you doing? You’ve got burns all over! You need to stay in the hospital and recover properly!”

“Get out of my way.”

His voice was cold hollow.

Sharon couldn’t stand seeing him like this.

wrong with you?! Natalie’s dead! She was burned alive in that fire! You’re the

you get it?” Luke Corp! You have

get

shoving Sharon to the ground without even looking at her. Then he

No!

refused to believe Natalie was

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She couldn’t be!

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shed when he was in pain. Every memory was a dull blade, sawing through

traffic lights. He floored the gas pedal, speeding toward the smoldering ruins of the

finishing up when

are you

“Where’s the body?”

scraped his throat like

at his

“Over there.”

the scene. A coroner was

to twenty–four. Right hand shows evidence of a healed fracture. Likely sustained a

words hit Jensen like a hammer, knocking the air out

Twenty–four years old…

A broken right hand…

could it

way!

the charred remains in

remains are extremely fragile due to

coroner frowned, irritated by the sudden

was still so

Jensen didn’t hear a word. He held what was left of her tightly, and

“Natalie… Ah Ning…”

cracked as he called out, but the

and was greeted by the heartbreaking

a molar

you all waiting for?! Get Mr. Luke off her right

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