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Chapter 81: The Portrait
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2026-07-07 05:27:58
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My Husband Regretted Divorcing Me Chapter 81: The Portrait
For a long moment, no one moved.Every eye was fixed on Claire's portrait.She seemed to be watching them, her expression calm, almost amused.Sarah stepped closer.The painting was larger than she had first realized, nearly five feet tall, set in a heavy walnut frame."There," she whispered.Rebecca followed her gaze."What do you see?""The frame."Everyone leaned in.Unlike the rest of the room, the frame showed almost no signs of aging. There were no cracks in the varnish, no dust collected in the carved corners."It was removed recently," Sarah said.Blackwood laughed."You're imagining things.""No."Gabriel shook his head."She's right."He pointed to the wall behind the portrait."The dust is uneven."Someone had taken it down.Not decades ago.Recently.Morales never took his eyes off Blackwood's men."Nobody moves."The rifles remained raised, but the men hesitated. Their attention had shifted to the portrait as well.Blackwood noticed it.His control over them was slipping.
My Husband Regretted Divorcing Me Chapter 80: Claire's Last Move
Arthur Blackwood's smile was one of quiet satisfaction.Not triumph.Calculation.He looked at Sarah, then at the blueprint tucked beneath her arm."I've spent three decades chasing pieces of Claire Bennett's work," he said. "Imagine my relief when you brought the last piece directly to me."Sarah instinctively tightened her grip on the rolled papers."You'll never get it."Blackwood laughed softly."My dear, I don't need to."He glanced at the six men behind him."I simply need you to hand it over."Detective Morales stepped forward."That isn't happening."The armed men raised their rifles—not fully, just enough to make their intentions clear.The chamber fell silent.Elias looked around the circular room.His grandfather had designed the ventilation chamber to survive earthquakes. Thick stone walls surrounded them. Massive iron gears occupied the center.Then he noticed something.One of the gears was turning.Very slowly.He frowned."That's impossible."Sebastian followed his gaz
My Husband Regretted Divorcing Me Chapter 79: Locked Underground
The echo of the steel door rolled through the tunnels.Then came silence.Complete.Unforgiving.Rebecca switched on her flashlight.Its narrow beam cut through the darkness, illuminating frightened faces and drifting dust.Other flashlights flickered on one by one until the basement glowed with scattered circles of light.Detective Morales was already moving."Officer Diaz.""With me."The two men hurried toward the stairwell.Thirty seconds later, they returned.Morales didn't need to say anything.His expression said enough."It's locked."Harrison frowned."Can you force it?""We'll try."The officers threw their combined weight against the heavy steel door.It didn't budge.Again.Nothing.A third time.Only a dull metallic thud echoed back through the corridor."They chained it from the outside," Morales said."Probably welded the locking bar."Gabriel nodded grimly."They came prepared."Rebecca looked at him."You expected this?""No.""I expected Arthur."He paused."The peop
My Husband Regretted Divorcing Me Chapter 78: The Man in the Dark
No one moved.The basement seemed to hold its breath.Rebecca tightened her grip on Daniel Cross's letter. Beside her, Ava instinctively stepped closer to Sebastian.The darkness concealed everything beyond the reach of their extinguished flashlights.Only the voice remained.Calm.Patient.Almost conversational."You don't have to hide."Detective Morales raised one hand, signaling everyone to stay silent.Then he called into the darkness."Police.""If you're armed, identify yourself."A soft chuckle echoed through the corridor."I've never liked guns."The footsteps resumed.Slow.Deliberate.Closer.A figure finally emerged into the faint light filtering down the stairwell.He was tall and lean, dressed in a charcoal-gray suit despite the underground dust.His silver hair was neatly combed.He carried no weapon.At least none that anyone could see.He stopped several feet away and looked around the room.His eyes settled first on Ava.Then Rebecca.Finally, Sebastian.He smiled."
My Husband Regretted Divorcing Me Chapter 77: Locker 18
By the time they returned to the hotel, the attack at Sabino Canyon was already making the morning news.Television screens in the lobby showed aerial footage of police vehicles surrounding the visitor center.Reporters spoke of an attempted kidnapping.An active investigation.A gunman still at large.But they didn't know the real story.They didn't know why Ava had been targeted.Or why a thirty-year-old family secret had suddenly become deadly again.Morales switched off the television."The less attention this gets, the better."No one disagreed.The conference room felt different now.Not tense.Focused.The attack had stripped away the uncertainty.Someone powerful believed they were getting close.That meant they were.Ava placed the brass key on the table.It looked ordinary.Worn edges.Scratches from years of use.Nothing about it suggested that people had just risked murder to recover it.Sarah examined it with a magnifying glass."There's something engraved here."She tilt
My Husband Regretted Divorcing Me Chapter 76: Echoes in the Canyon
The first shot stunned everyone.The second erased any doubt.By the third, Detective Morales was already moving."Down!" he shouted.Rebecca instinctively pulled Ava behind the low stone wall bordering the parking area. Sebastian grabbed Elias by the arm and guided him behind a parked truck.The peaceful morning dissolved into chaos.Visitors screamed.A cyclist abandoned his bicycle and dove behind a picnic table.Two hikers sprinted toward the visitor center.Morales spoke into his radio."Active shooter. Sabino Canyon Visitor Center. Secure the area. Medical units on standby."His voice remained steady.Years of experience had taken over.Another shot rang out.This one shattered the windshield of an empty patrol car.Glass exploded across the pavement."They're firing to scare us," Harrison said, crouching behind the vehicle.Morales shook his head."No.""They're walking the shots."Harrison frowned."What?""They're adjusting their aim."His expression hardened."The next one w
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My Husband Regretted Divorcing Me Chapter 13: The Truth You Didn’t Want
The hallway was quiet.Too quiet.The kind of silence that pressed in on you, waiting for something to break it.Lena stood by the door, her hand still resting lightly against the handle.And on the other side of that threshold—Sebastian Crouch.No audience.No interruptions.No distractions.Just
My Husband Regretted Divorcing Me Chapter 12: The Cost of Being Seen
By evening, Tucson was no longer quiet.It buzzed.Not with traffic or noise—but with attention.Screens lit up across the city. Offices, phones, cafés, private lounges—everywhere the same clips replayed.Lena.The document.The silence that followed.And then—The explosion.Inside the executive f
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