All Chapters of The Billionaire's Regret After I Died: Chapter 41 - Chapter 43

Adrian’s POVTwo days had passed since the surgery, but the unease hadn’t left me.Grandfather was stable now, if that was the word for it. His eyes were open, alert even, but his silence filled every room like an accusation.That morning, after another long visit, I returned to my office. The city looked unnaturally bright through the glass walls, sunlight glinting off towers that felt emptier than usual.I tried to focus on work, but the same thought kept circling back.Nurse Evelyn.She had worked for my grandfather for almost a decade, patient, competent and discreet.I’d never once received a complaint about her, never once found reason to doubt her. So why that day? Why had she stepped out, even for a minute?It wasn’t like her.The longer I thought about it, the less sense it made. She wasn’t careless, and she certainly wasn’t the type to take orders from anyone but Philip.I picked up the phone. “Call Evelyn to my office,” I said.Twenty minutes later, she stood at the door, l

Rachel’s POVThe past few weeks had blurred into something sharp and relentless.I had been running from meeting to meeting under George’s direction, notebooks tucked under my arm, tablet balanced on my lap in the car, mind constantly calculating. Every morning began before sunrise, and every night ended with me reviewing numbers long after the house had gone quiet.It was exhausting.It was exhilarating.I had spent years believing I wasn’t suited for anything beyond the kitchen. That I could only bake. That I was too soft. Too emotional. Yet now, seated at a long conference table beside George, I found myself dissecting balance sheets and competitor projections with a clarity that surprised even me.George never hesitated.That was what I admired most.Where others deliberated endlessly, he decided. Not recklessly, but with precision. He absorbed information quickly, identified leverage points, and moved before anyone else had finished thinking. Watching him operate was like watchi