When She Rose From the Ashes

Chapter 49 Suspicions

The man was staying in a five-star hotel. For Natalie to have personally designed cufflinks for him, his status had to be extraordinary, and he certainly wasn’t short of money. How could Jensen possibly persuade such a man to give them up?

The thought left him restless and agitated.

Just then, security called.

“Mr. Luke, there’s a woman lying outside the Grand Pavilion. Her right arm is covered in blood. You should come take a look. I think it’s the same woman who tried to force her way in here the other day.”

Jensen froze.

“Sharon? What happened to her?”

“Not sure. Looks like her right hand was smashed to pieces-bloody, a real mess. It’s terrifying.”

The words jolted Jensen upright so violently that the tablet on his lap clattered to the floor, forgotten.

“What did you just say?”

“Her right hand’s been shattered-blood everywhere. It’s gruesome.”

The security guard’s clearer explanation made Jensen’s heart pound.

Not long ago, Sharon had been the one who ordered Natalie’s right hand broken.

Back then, he had forced Natalie to swallow her pain, forbidding her to press charges.

Now Sharon lay mangled in the same way.

Could it be… Natalie was still alive?

The possibility made his pulse race.

coming right now. Call

“Yes, Mr. Luke.”

and

Sharon’s

it mirrored Natalie’s, then it meant only one thing-Natalie might still

filled him with wild

he would find her. He had

hawand recognition

him it was pulverized, that she would never hold

Natalie looked like this, too, when she

frozen, afraid to even touch Sharon, terrified his fingers might destroy what was

The ambulance arrived quickly.

medics lift Sharon inside

as soon as they

was like

And who dumped her at the Grand Pavilion? I want

hurried

“Wait.”

Jensen stopped him suddenly.

the surveillance from when Natalie was admitted, too. I want to

Luke, should we notify the police

No one is to leak word that Sharon’s hand was smashed.

his mind, the image of Natalie’s face came back-anguished, resentful, crushed beneath the weight of his command not to

her? Natalie, was it you

silenced you, forced you to endure that pain in

No.

It couldn’t be.

kind, too gentle, too soft-hearted. She could never have done

But that fire…

clashed inside