All Chapters of My Husband Regretted Divorcing Me: Chapter 41 - Chapter 44

For several seconds after Eleanor's revelation, nobody spoke.The old grandfather clock in the corner of the library ticked steadily, each second sounding unnaturally loud.They stole Hartwell from him.The words lingered in the room like smoke.Lena stared at Eleanor.Surely there had to be more to it.Companies worth billions weren't stolen overnight.Entire histories weren't rewritten by accident.And yet every discovery over the last few days pointed toward the same uncomfortable truth.Someone had spent decades burying Elias Mercer.Not just his ownership.His existence.Sebastian lowered himself into a chair opposite his mother."You need to tell us everything."Eleanor looked exhausted.Not physically.Emotionally.Like a woman carrying a burden she had hidden for too many years."I was twenty-three when I met Elias."Her gaze drifted toward the photograph."He wasn't like the others."Lena remained silent.Letting her continue."Richard wanted power.""Nathaniel wanted legacy.

Nobody slept that night.The discovery that Elias Mercer was alive had shattered whatever certainty remained.For twenty-seven years, he had existed only as a rumor.A missing founder.A forgotten name.A ghost buried beneath corporate history.Now he had a face.A heartbeat.And someone wanted him dead.The Crouch estate remained unusually quiet after midnight.Most of the police officers had been reassigned to monitor the property while reporters camped outside the gates.Inside, however, tension hummed through every hallway.Lena sat alone in the kitchen nursing a cup of coffee that had long since gone cold.Her mind kept returning to the hospital photograph.The resemblance was undeniable.Older.Thinner.Weathered by decades.But still the same man from the photograph hidden inside the wall.Elias Mercer.The forgotten founder.The betrayed partner.The missing piece of every mystery surrounding Hartwell.Footsteps approached behind her.She didn't need to turn.She recognized Se