Semua Bab Ex Husband Wants Me Back: He Regretted It After I Left : Bab 21 - Bab 30

Chapter 22 “RUN!” Commander Ethan’s roar echoed across the valley. Then… The mountain exploded. BOOOOOOM! The earth beneath us shook violently. A deafening crack split the air as the towering cliff above the road began to collapse. Massive boulders broke free from the mountainside. Trees snapped like fragile twigs. Dust, rock, and mud cascaded downward in a monstrous wave. For a heartbeat… Everyone froze. Then chaos erupted. “Move!” “Fall back!” “Protect the Chairman!” Gunfire was forgotten. The avalanche didn’t care who was hunter or prey. It intended to bury everyone. Dominic reacted before anyone else. He tightened his hold around me and sprinted toward the forest. “Lucas!” His voice cut through the chaos. “Take the eastern trail!” Lucas immediately understood. “Alpha Team with me!” The security detail split into two groups. Half followed Dominic. The others stayed behind, laying down cover fire not against Patrick’s men, but to slow the panicked rush th

Chapter 24Patrick Walker’s words refused to leave my mind.“The forest… is exactly where I wanted them to go.”They echoed over and over inside my head like a warning.I stared at Dominic.“You heard what he said.”“I did.”“He wanted us here.”Dominic didn’t answer immediately.Instead, he slowly removed the magazine from his pistol and counted the remaining bullets.Seven.Only seven.He slid it back into place with practiced ease.“We keep moving.”His voice was calm.Too calm.That alone told me how dangerous our situation really was.“If Patrick planned this…”I swallowed.“…then doesn’t that mean we’re walking into a trap?”Dominic finally looked at me.“It does.”My heart sank.“But standing still is an even bigger trap.”The forest grew darker as evening approached.Towering pine trees blocked what little sunlight remained.The air smelled of wet earth and moss.Every snapping twig made me jump.Every gust of wind sounded like footsteps.Dominic pushed my wheelchair carefully

CHAPTER 25“They’ve entered Raven’s Pass.”Patrick’s voice echoed through the radio on the other end.“Prepare the welcome.”The transmission ended.Deep within the forest, silence returned.I had never seen a place like Raven’s Pass before.The narrow trail wound between two towering cliffs that rose so high they almost swallowed the sky. Thick vines crawled over ancient stone walls, while twisted tree roots forced their way through cracks in the rocks as if nature itself had claimed this forgotten place centuries ago.The deeper Dominic pushed my wheelchair into the pass, the darker it became.Even though it was still early evening, barely any sunlight reached the ground.Cold air brushed against my skin.It felt…Wrong.Like the forest itself was watching us.I wrapped my arms around myself.“Dominic…”He didn’t stop scanning our surroundings.“Hm?”“Have you ever been here before?”He hesitated.“Once.”I looked up at him.“With who?”“My mother.”That answer caught me by surprise

CHAPTER 28YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO FIND THE TRUTH.OR ASHLEY DIES.I stared at the words on the screen, my heart pounding so hard I could hear it in my ears.“What the hell does that mean?” I whispered.Dominic didn’t answer.He was already moving.His eyes scanned the room, searching every corner, every camera, every possible entrance.“Dominic?”“Stay close to me.”His voice was low and controlled, but I could hear the tension beneath it.“Five minutes,” he muttered.“Five minutes for what?”“To find whatever he wants us to find.”I looked back at the screen.The countdown had already appeared.04:37My breath caught.“There’s a timer.”“I see it.”04:29“Then what are we supposed to find?”Dominic turned toward me.“The truth.”I almost laughed from frustration.“That’s helpful.”He ignored my sarcasm and moved toward the table where we had found the metal box.I followed him as quickly as I could.“What was inside the box?”“The memory card.”“Then maybe that’s what we’re suppose

Chapter 30“And whichever one I made…Someone was going to die.”My heart pounded so hard that I could barely hear anything else.The armored vehicle stopped a few feet away from us.Its doors opened.Men stepped out.Black clothes.Black masks.Guns in their hands.Too many of them.Dominic immediately moved in front of me.“Stay behind me.”I grabbed his arm.“Dominic…”“I said stay behind me.”His voice was calm.Too calm.Alvin stepped out of his car and slowly raised both hands.“Don’t shoot.”Dominic pointed his gun directly at him.“You have ten seconds to explain yourself.”Alvin looked at me.Not Dominic.Me.“Ashley, come with me.”I laughed bitterly.“After everything?”His jaw tightened.“I know how this looks.”“How it looks?”I stepped forward.“You were inside that facility.”His expression changed.Just for a second.But I saw it.“You knew about Project Rebirth.”He didn’t answer.My chest tightened.“You knew.”“Ashley”“You knew about my parents.”His eyes dropped.