Billionaire's Match

Chapter 718

Hearing George's words, Khloe felt her blood run cold. What he had just said... did it mean some terrible news had come? Her lips trembled, and her throat tightened painfully. No sound escaped, but a single tear slid down her cheek. Ralph lowered his head, avoiding her gaze. Arista immediately took her hand, guiding her to sit on the sofa, worried that she might collapse if left standing.

A suffocating heaviness instantly filled the room. Arista frowned and glanced at George; her eyes were red.

Though he meant to caution and console Khloe, the words had landed too abruptly, too bluntly. After a long moment, Khloe turned to Ralph, her voice barely steady.

"Ralph... has it... been confirmed... Nick's..."

"No." Ralph paused, then

all we have." He extended a hand, trembling slightly, and pushed forward a sealed plastic bag. Inside were

room fell on them. The rings were twisted and charred. Once bright platinum, their

the bands had even melted and resolidified in a grotesque, warped shape. Yet, amid the blackened, deformed metal, the two diamonds stubbornly remained in place. One was marred by a web of fine fractures across its surface, its fire extinguished, dull and scarred. The other, while relatively intact, was covered with a

George closed his eyes,

were... recovered from debris," Ralph said,

were some distance from the blast center, lodged in a crevice in the rock. The police have conducted preliminary cleaning and preservation because... these may be the only personal items directly linking

the appearance of these rings effectively

calmly, " This is