All Chapters of He Divorced Me… But I Was Never His To Lose(regret & desire): Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

The Cost Of Destroying GregoryAlexander did not answer immediately after Damian asked how much of Hart Global would burn alongside Gregory, and the silence that followed stretched heavily through the operating room while the security drive rested untouched on the tray beside the hospital bed.That hesitation alone told me enough.Too much.Because men like Alexander Hart did not pause unless the truth carried consequences large enough to reshape entire industries.Lucien understood it too.“The fallout would spread beyond the company.”Alexander gave a slow nod.“The Zurich files contain offshore restructuring records tied to politicians, investment groups, acquisition fraud, and private accounts Gregory used for years.” His attention remained fixed on Damian. “If everything becomes public at once, Hart Global stock collapses within hours.”One of the nurses quietly stopped moving altogether after hearing that.Even the surgeon standing beside the monitor looked stunned now.“You are

“I Am Ending This Tonight”The answer settled across the operating room with enough certainty to make every person inside go still for a moment, including the surgeon standing beside Damian’s monitor, who now looked like he was debating whether keeping this patient alive had technically become a medical mistake.Lucien stared at Damian carefully.“You can barely stand.”Damian rested the Zurich drive against the blanket covering his lap while the monitor beside him continued its steady rhythm beneath the surgical lights.“I do not need to stand long.”“That is not reassuring.”“It was not intended to be.”The exhaustion dragging through his voice had deepened slightly over the last several minutes, subtle enough that most people might not notice it, but after spending the entire night watching him force himself beyond every physical limit possible, I could hear the strain underneath each controlled sentence now.Even breathing seemed heavier.The surgeon heard it too.“You are not le

The Vote Started Without HimThe tension inside the operating room sharpened immediately after Lucien spoke, because until that moment there had still been the illusion of time left between Damian and Gregory. Forty minutes. Thirty. Enough space to prepare the strategy carefully.Now even that was gone.“Gregory just called for the vote to begin early.”Lucien lowered the phone slowly as the screen's glow faintly reflected across his expression.“He moved it up by twenty minutes.”Alexander’s eyes hardened at once.“He is afraid.”Damian remained very still against the elevated hospital bed while the portable cardiac monitor continued its steady rhythm beside him, though I noticed the subtle tightening near his jaw immediately.Not panic.Calculation accelerating.“He knows something shifted,” Damian said quietly.Lucien nodded.“Probably because several board members stopped responding to him after the first Zurich leak started circulating internally.”One of the nurses looked confus

Damian Walked Back Into Hart GlobalThe convoy moved through Manhattan beneath a sky still heavy from the storm while Hart Global headquarters rose across the city like a blade of black glass cutting into the night, every executive floor illuminated as financial reporters, shareholders, and board members flooded the building for what Gregory believed would become the final public removal of Damian Hart.Inside the armored SUV, silence settled heavily between all of us while the city lights moved across Damian’s face in shifting reflections.He sat beside me in the rear seat wearing the same black suit Lucien had brought from the penthouse reserves, though now that we were no longer inside the operating room, the physical strain he was carrying had become far more obvious. The controlled stillness around him remained intact, but every few minutes his breathing slowed carefully like he was managing waves of pain before they fully surfaced.The portable cardiac monitor hidden discreetly

The Doors OpenedThe executive floor had always been designed to intimidate people.I understood that the first time Damian brought me here months ago, back when I still believed Hart Global was simply another powerful corporation filled with cold executives and impossible wealth. The ceilings stretched too high. The marble reflected too much light. Even the silence carried weight, like the building itself expected people to lower their voices once they stepped onto this floor.Tonight felt different.Tonight, the entire tower felt alive.Assistants stood frozen near the hallway walls with tablets still clutched tightly in their hands while security guards exchanged uncertain looks the second Damian stepped out of the elevator beside me. Somewhere farther down the executive corridor, reporters were still speaking loudly outside the shareholder chamber, unaware that the man Gregory had spent the last hour publicly dismantling was already walking toward them.Nobody moved at first.Nobo