Ex Husband Wants Me Back: He Regretted It After I Left のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 31 - チャプター 40

Chapter 32I couldn’t take my eyes off the photograph.My hands trembled as I held it.My parents.Dr. Adrian Cross.And Dominic.But this wasn’t the Dominic I knew.He looked younger, but there was no mistaking him.It was him.My eyes moved to the words written at the bottom.PROJECT REBIRTH — FINAL SUBJECT.I slowly looked up.Dominic wasn’t looking at me anymore.He was staring at the photograph.“You knew,” I whispered.He didn’t answer.“Dominic.”Still nothing.My chest tightened.“You knew my parents.”His jaw clenched.“Yes.”The word came out quietly.I felt like the ground had disappeared beneath my feet.“How?”He finally looked at me.“I was there.”“Where?”“In the facility.”My breath caught.“You said you were Number Nine.”“I was.”“You told me Patrick took children.”“He did.”“You told me Cross experimented on you.”“He did.”“Then why are you in this photograph?”Dominic looked at the picture.“Because Cross didn’t just experiment on me.”He paused.“He created me.

Chapter 34The old Wellspring estate looked exactly the way I remembered it.Broken.Silent.Dead.The gates were covered in rust, and weeds had swallowed most of the driveway.I stood outside the abandoned mansion, staring at the place where my childhood had ended.This was where my parents had lived.Where they had loved me.Where they had died.Or at least, where I had always believed they died.Dominic stood beside me.Marcus was a few steps behind us, keeping watch.“You don’t have to do this tonight,” Dominic said.I looked at him.“Yes, I do.”“Ashley…”“My entire life has been built around a lie.”I looked at the house again.“I need to know the truth.”Dominic nodded.We walked inside.The front door creaked open.Dust covered everything.The furniture was still there.The old piano.The broken chandelier.The portrait of my parents hanging above the fireplace.I stopped.My mother’s smile.My father’s hand resting on her shoulder.A perfect picture of a perfect family.I wal

Chapter 36The countdown continued.04:4204:4104:40I stared at the screen.My father’s warning.The hidden ledger.Project Rebirth.William Walker.Everything felt like one giant nightmare.And somehow, Dominic was standing in the middle of it.“Where would he go?” Marcus asked Alvin.Alvin shook his head.“I don’t know.”“You worked for him.”“I never met him.”Marcus frowned.“Then how do you know he’s alive?”“Because he contacted me.”My head snapped toward him.“When?”“After Ashley’s accident.”My heart stopped.“What did he say?”Alvin looked at me.“He told me that if I wanted you to survive, I had to do exactly what he said.”“And you obeyed?”“I had no choice.”“There is always a choice.”“I thought that too,” Alvin said quietly. “Until they showed me what they had done to the others.”I went silent.“What others?”Alvin looked at Dominic.“The children.”Dominic’s jaw tightened.“Tell me.”“After Project Rebirth was shut down, some of the children escaped. Others were ta

Chapter 38I couldn’t move.My sister stood at the end of the hallway.Alive.Uninjured.And holding a gun.I stared at her shoulder.There wasn’t a single drop of blood.“You…”My voice barely came out.“You were shot.”She smiled.“I know.”I looked at Dominic.Then Marcus.Then back at her.“What is going on?”She slowly lowered the gun.“I needed you to believe I was hurt.”My heart sank.“So everything was an act?”“Yes.”I stepped backward.“Why?”“Because if they thought I was still with you, they’d follow me.”“And you wanted them to follow you?”“No.”She shook her head.“I wanted them to follow you.”The words hit me like a slap.I felt Dominic move closer to me.“Don’t listen to her.”My sister looked at him.“Still protecting her?”Dominic raised his gun.“Put yours down.”She laughed softly.“You haven’t changed, Number Nine.”Dominic froze.My eyes moved between them.“How do you know that name?”She ignored me.“Ethan told you, didn’t he?”Dominic’s expression hardened.

Chapter 40The old Wellspring estate stood before us again.The same broken gates.The same dark windows.The same house that had haunted my dreams for years.But this time, I wasn’t afraid.Dominic parked the car.Marcus stayed behind with my sister and Ethan.“You don’t have to go inside alone,” Dominic said.I looked at him.“I know.”He held out his hand.I took it.“Then we’re going together.”We walked toward the house.Every step felt like I was walking back through my childhood.Back to the night I lost everything.The front door was already open.That scared me more than a locked door would have.Dominic raised his gun.We stepped inside.“William!” I shouted.My voice echoed through the empty house.Nothing.Then—“Upstairs.”I froze.The voice came from the hallway.William.Dominic tightened his grip on my hand.We walked upstairs.At the end of the hallway was my father’s old study.The door was open.I pushed it.And there he was.William Walker stood beside the window.