All Chapters of TOO LATE TO REGRET, EX-HUSBAND: Chapter 201 - Chapter 210

The satellite phone felt ice-cold in Arthur’s hand.The heavy thrum of the helicopter rotors vibrated through the floorboards under our boots. I sat right beside Arthur, holding Leo on my lap while Emma lay fast asleep across the bench seat, wrapped in a dark jacket.I watched Arthur's jaw turn into hard steel as he held the receiver to his ear. The blood on his cheek was drying into a dark rust color."Say that again," Arthur commanded, his voice dropping into a dangerous, low rumble.A high-pitched burst of static hummed from the small speaker before a panicked voice spoke from the other end."Mr. Sinclair, it happened twenty minutes ago at the high-security holding facility in D.C.," a federal supervisor stammered out, his breath coming in fast, ragged gasps. "A bogus court transport detail pulled up with forged federal marshals' paperwork. They neutralized the guards outside Adrian Kingsley's cell without firing a single shot.""And the evidence locker?" Arthur demanded, his eyes

The cold European night air slapped my face the second I stepped out onto the top of the jet stairs.I stood completely still, staring down at the man standing beside the dark SUV in the dim yellow light of the private hangar.My father gasped loudly right behind me. He almost dropped his shotgun, his hand catching the railing as his eyes wide open in sheer disbelief."Dr. Samuel Miller..." my father whispered, his voice trembling so hard it barely carried over the idle roar of the plane engines. "No... it can't be. I watched the lab burn to the ground. I identified your body!"The old man stepped closer to the bottom of the airstrip stairs. He pulled down the collar of his trench coat, revealing a deep, jagged burn scar that ran all the way from his jawline down into his shirt collar."You identified a bone fragment and a charred medical ID tag, Richard," Dr. Miller said. His voice was raspy and low, like dry leaves rubbing together in the wind. "Rachel dragged me out through the rea

Dimitri’s grip on Adrian’s throat was tighter than an iron clamp.Adrian choked, his face turning a deep, sickly purple as his legs dangled helplessly over the three-story drop of the balcony ledge. Below them, the stone courtyard was bathed in the flashing red and blue lights of Swiss police cruisers."Dimitri... please!" Adrian sputtered out, his hands clawing uselessly at his uncle’s thick wrists. "We can share... we can take the money and leave!""Share with a sniveling coward like you?" Dimitri sneered, his voice raspy and cold against the whistling night wind. "You burned the book. You brought the cops to our front door. You destroyed thirty years of work in five minutes."Inside the grand room, panic erupted. The corrupt board members screamed, knocking over mahogany chairs as they scrambled toward the back exits. But Dr. Miller’s guards stood firm, blocking the doors and forcing every last one of them back into the room."Dimitri, stop!" Julian called out, stepping toward the

The darkness inside the vault was absolute.It pressed against my eyes like a heavy weight. The moment the ten-ton steel door slammed shut, all sound from the outside world vanished instantly. No screaming, no alarms, no Arthur's voice. Just a thick, terrifying silence that filled my ears."Arthur!" I shrieked, scrambling onto my hands and knees on the freezing concrete floor. "Arthur! Can you hear me?!"I pounded my fists against the cold steel of the vault door until my knuckles throbbed with sharp pain. Nothing. The steel was a foot thick. Not even a vibration passed through it.Beep... beep... beep...A faint, sickly red glow flickered to life behind me.I whipped around, my heart hammering like a trapped bird against my ribs. The glass medical pod holding my twin sister was glowing softly in the dark. But the blue operational lights were gone. A bright red warning symbol flashed repeatedly across the small display monitor at the head of the pod.BATTERY POWER: 8%"No, no, no!" I

The world around me spun in a dark, terrifying circle.My knees gave out completely. If Arthur hadn't caught me around the waist with his massive, warm arms, I would have collapsed right there on the wet sand."Six more?" I choked out, my voice barely a whisper against the roaring sound of the ocean waves. "Marcus... what are you talking about? My mother wouldn't do that. She wouldn't create clones!"Marcus held up the tablet, his face completely pale under the fading orange light of the sunset."Your mother didn't do it, Vivian," Marcus explained, his voice low and heavy with disgust. "Victoria Vance stole your mother's genetic research twenty-five years ago. While your mother was trying to cure heart defects, Victoria Vance was using her lab notes to build a private supply of identical organ donors for the richest people in Western Europe."A cold, nauseating sickness washed through my stomach.I looked back at the porch where Victoria was standing behind the glass door, her large d