The Divorced Heiress’s Revenge

This time, the injection did not bring the searing pain that made life worse than death.

Yvonne's cracked lips quivered. She gazed at the man before her, her tears falling in heavy, silent streams.

Jace looked back at her just as deeply, an unspoken understanding passing between them. At this moment, words were unnecessary.

"Hugh... Thank you..." Her voice was barely more than a whisper, yet it struck Jace like a hammer to the chest.

When she called him Hugh this time, he did not correct her, nor did he resist. He simply accepted it.

Since the night Yvonne had been captured, he had suffocated under the weight of regret. Every day, he lived with the tormenting thought, 'If I hadn't blocked her path... If I'd let her go just a moment sooner... Would she have escaped Clarice's grasp? Would she have been spared this agony?'

"You should know... No one who enters this place ever leaves. Most do not even escape death." His voice was low, thick with something unreadable.

Then, in a rare and quiet defiance, hidden beyond the surveillance cameras, he reached out and wrapped his calloused fingers around her frail, bony hand. "So hold on. Just a little longer. Give me time—I will find a way."

Yvonne's heart clenched. A warmth, foreign yet comforting, spread through her chest. She closed her eyes, a silent acceptance, a fragile trust.

She had reached her breaking point long ago. More than once, she had thought of biting through her tongue to end it all. But Jace's words and his promise anchored her.

Even if he ultimately failed to save her, she would never hate him. Her life was worthless.

if she could pull him back from the abyss and help him reclaim the memories

sharp, familiar click echoed down the corridor. The measured, deliberate rhythm of high heels striking

'Clarice.' Jace's expression darkened.

silent. Then, with swift precision, he gripped the collar of her hospital gown

him. He dropped to one knee beside

open with a deafening

her presence thick with suspicion. Behind

been freed from detention when her informant reported that Jace had dismissed the medical

had ignited in her veins, but there was

silent, but she knew deep down that his patience

she could catch Jace red-handed-if she could prove his disloyalty and remove him—then she alone would be Grant's right hand. She would be

the sight before

hell

mere inches from Yvonne's trembling

for so long, yet

flawlessly, she let out soft, shuddering sobs beneath him,

disgust. "That filthy, used-up whore... You actually stomach touching her? Does she

mockery. "A man has