All Chapters of TOO LATE TO REGRET, EX-HUSBAND: Chapter 131 - Chapter 140

The ground beneath my feet felt like it melted away.The tablet screen glowed brightly in Harrison's hands under the flashing lights of the hospital helipad. Dark red ink framed the top of the official document. The official stamp of the London Royal Registry sat right in the middle, dark and unyielding.I stared at the two names side by side.Primary Heir A: Adrian Kingsley.Primary Heir B: Vivian Carter.My eyes burned as I read those words over and over again. My brain refused to make sense of them."No..." I breathed, stepping back as my knees buckled. "No, no, no! That's impossible!"Arthur caught my arm in a flash, wrapping his massive hand around my waist before I could fall to the concrete. His eyes were glued to the tablet screen, his usual cold composure completely cracking into absolute shock."Harrison," Arthur growled, his voice deep and lethal. "Explain what we are looking at right now. Is this another one of Eleanor's fake documents?""I ran the digital verification cod

My mind completely stalled."Murder?" The word tasted like copper in my mouth. "Sophia Kingsley? Are you insane?! Sophia died of cardiac arrest twenty years ago!"The lead agent didn't break eye contact. His dark eyes were cold as slate. "The federal coroner exhumed Sophia Kingsley's body three days ago, Dr. Sinclair. Traces of concentrated digitalis toxin were found in her tissue samples. The death warrant signature and prescribing physician logs belong to you.""That's physically impossible!" I yelled, stepping out from behind Arthur. "I was twelve years old twenty years ago! I didn't even have a medical license!""Lower your weapon, Agent!" Arthur roared, stepping directly between the armed marshals and me. His massive body blocked the gun barrels completely. "My wife was a child when Sophia died! You are holding a fraudulent warrant!""Mr. Sinclair, stand down immediately or you will be charged with federal obstruction!" the agent warned, taking a heavy step forward. "The paper in

My blood turned to pure ice in my veins."You wouldn't dare," I whispered into the black plastic phone receiver. My fingers clamped down so hard on the plastic that my knuckles turned paper white. "Arthur has full armed security with him! You can't touch my children!"Adrian leaned his face even closer to the thick glass partition, his cold blue eyes locking onto mine. A slow, sickening smirk spread across his handsome face."Check the time, Vivian," Adrian drawled smoothly, pointing his gold signet ring toward the large round clock hanging on the wall behind me. "It is seven-forty-five in the morning. Arthur left the estate twenty minutes ago. He is driving your sweet little twins to the federal courthouse right now so they can give statements to his lawyers."He tapped his long finger against the glass window, right over the contract."Do you know who is driving that lead security car, Vivian?" Adrian sneered in a dark, taunting voice. "Chief Vance. The same Chief Vance whose brothe

My medical license.My pediatric ICU.The two things I had poured my entire life into, built with my own hands and sweat, were being ripped away from me in a single breath."Vivian!" Arthur’s voice boomed through the hallway, bringing me back to reality as my world spun out of control. He grabbed my shoulders, his large hands firm and grounding. "Breathe, baby. Breathe. Look at me.""Arthur... my patients," I gasped, my chest tightening so hard I could barely pull air into my lungs. "There are four children in that unit right now recovering from open-heart surgery! If those bureaucrats touch the ward, if they disrupt their care—""They won't touch a single hair on those kids," Arthur vowed, his dark eyes flashing with pure, dangerous fire. He pulled out his phone, clicking on Harrison's number before we even stepped out the front door. "Harrison! Change of plans. Get every corporate attorney on our payroll to St. Matthew Medical Center immediately. The state medical board is trying to

The cold iron handcuffs dug into my skin as the police car sped through the city streets.Rain lashed against the black window. Every mile we traveled took me further away from St. Matthew’s Hospital and further away from my sweet children.Leo and Emma.My mind was screaming. Victoria Vance Carter wasn't just coming for my father’s money or Arthur’s fortune. She wanted to rip my seven-year-old twins away from us and put them in the cold hands of state foster care."Please," I begged the two officers in the front seat, my voice trembling with raw panic. "You have to listen to me! My husband and I were framed! My children are at our home alone with a nanny! Victoria Vance Carter is trying to kidnap them using fake court papers!"The officer in the passenger seat didn't even turn his head. He just looked at me through the rearview mirror with eyes as dull as lead."Save it for the judge, lady," he grunted. "You're booked for practicing medicine on a suspended license and resisting arres