The Ex and Her Riches

The VIP level of Grand Valley Hospital experienced an unprecedented silence at midnight.

In the dimly lit ward, the lights flickered and abruptly went out, enveloping the area in darkness.

A momentary chaos ensued on the floor, but soon after, the power was restored.

In response, a group of nurses hurriedly rushed to the VIP level and entered various wards.

The police officer standing watch outside Benedict’s ward was just about to end his shift. The unusual commotion raised his interest, and he asked an approaching nurse, “What’s going on? Why do you need to enter the ward at this time?”

The young nurse explained anxiously, “Didn’t you notice the power outage earlier? Please let me in. I need to re-calibrate all the equipment in the ward. It’s urgent! It could put the patient’s life at risk.”

The police officer acquiesced to her request considering the urgency of the situation.

There were no visitors in the ward. The nurse closed the door and identified her target, ignoring the beeping of the malfunctioning monitoring equipment.

She dashed to the crib and grabbed the baby, still swaddled in his blankets. At the window, she hesitated briefly instead of escaping.

Her assessing gaze roved across the ward. Why is everything different from my earlier rehearsal? No one is keeping watch. This is happening far too smoothly.

Just then, alarm bells rang throughout the hospital, followed by an announcement, “There’s a thief in the hospital! Someone is taking advantage of the chaos after the power outage to commit a robbery. All staff, please be on alert!”

All the lights came on, leaving the nurse no time to think.

She hurriedly jumped out of the window and darted into a nearby alley with her young hostage.

Someone was already waiting for her in the alley. Thus, she dashed into a waiting car and made a quick escape.

Sometime later, the men waiting at the secluded villa heard some noise from the front door and stood up expectantly.

Quintrell, who still wore his sunglasses despite the late hour, smiled and asked, “Do you have the baby?”

The nurse, who was actually his subordinate in disguise, nodded and handed the baby over.

“Not bad. Mr. Kron, you didn’t believe me when I told you, you were wasting half your money on your subordinates. You still need my people to finish the last step.”

As he spoke, Quintrell carefully cradled the baby and smiled tenderly. “Darling baby, do you know how worried your dad must be right now? I would pay a million to see his expression right now.”

As soon as he spoke, his smile froze in place the moment he lifted the blankets.

matter of seconds. He raised his leg and kicked his subordinate, demanding, “What is this? Were you carrying out your mission like some brainless

subordinate fell to the ground. She had been expecting some praise for her work and instead seemed horrified. “I-I didn’t make

at what you’ve brought

ground and out rolled a fake baby

her earlier returned.

this earlier. They

“Excuses!”

her head lowered. She pleaded repeatedly for mercy, but he waved some

fell on deaf ears

hand. He finally spoke up for the first time that night. “I said it before.

expression, his tone betrayed his expectations that

tongue before muttering, “Complaining about the caliber of my men when your men also

why should we be scared? We

“Our lovely Mrs. Jenson must still be waiting in the basement. Let me

and said coldly, “Quintrell, let me remind you that Mr. Kron was the one who kidnapped Mrs. Jenson. She has nothing

subordinate was rapidly becoming an eyesore to Quintrell. He argued, “Mr. Kron, we’ve already poked the hornet’s nest. If we don’t make use of Mrs. Jenson now, you’ll lose your opportunity for

shook his head and warned, “I’m sorry, but I’ve lost complete faith in you after this failure. If you still desire a partnership, you’ll need to invite Mr.

knew that his humiliating failure would be difficult to forgive without Hamish’s personal

in agreement after a prolonged staredown with

“Fine.”

dialed Hamish’s number, and the line connected quickly.

of losers! Get Cedrick on

Cedrick’s number and put the call on

deep voice rang out.

you been tossing and turning

pleaded, “Let her go. We can talk about

Missing your wife, aren’t you,

Gwendolyn was safe, Cedrick was

to pieces once

had to keep up his act until they had truly reeled Hamish into

husband, he asked,

are worth hundreds of billions, but I’m only asking for thirty billion. Oh, and

the terms of this deal. See you at ten in

downright eerie as he added, “Otherwise, Gwendolyn will be losing

phone call

were the only audible

and Swain exchanged a glance before rubbing their fists together. “Boss, that snake is finally