April Fools “Surprise” Husband Divorcing Me For His “Pure” Girl novel Chapter 52

Chapter 11

Chapter 11

The second he made any move, not just him-anyone connected to the investigation would be in danger too.

Every lead would get buried the second he made a move.

Even I could’ve gotten caught in the crossfire.

So he had to wait. Had to play along.

Spent twenty years pretending to be the obedient heir while secretly gathering evidence.

1 stared at him and felt everything twist up inside.

However much I’d hated him before, it all turned complicated now.

I opened my mouth but nothing came out. My throat was completely locked up.

Liam didn’t look at me. Just told his assistant quietly.

“Take Miss Hayes home.”

The car started moving again, heading back toward the city.

Back at my apartment, I didn’t sleep all night.

Next morning, breaking news exploded across every channel.

Richard Sinclair-chairman of Sinclair Group-had been formally arrested for multiple murders and severe environmental crimes.

The person who’d turned in all the key evidence? His own son. Liam Sinclair.

At the press conference, Liam stood there in a black suit looking completely wrecked.

He faced a wall of flashing cameras and calmly laid out every single fact.

Twenty years of evidence he’d been collecting in secret. He put it all out there.

Personally sent his own father to trial.

After the conference ended, I got a text from Liam.

Just an address. Our old apartment.

I drove over.

Pushed open the door and everything looked exactly like the day I’d left.

Ten years and someone had kept this place spotless. Not a speck of dust anywhere.

Even the air smelled like that lavender diffuser I used to love.

Liam sat on the couch staring out the window.

Heard me come in and turned around, gave this broken smile.

“You came.”

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Chapter 11

On the coffee table sat a thick stack of documents.

Transfer papers for all my shares in Sinclair Group. Everything I own.”

It’s all in your name now.”

Password’s your birthday.”

didn’t touch the papers. Just looked at him.

walked closer and stopped right in front of him.

Why? Why are you giving me all this?”

le stood up and came toward me slowly.

aised his hand like he wanted to touch my face.

hen stopped halfway and let it drop.

lis eyes were drowning in sadness and something that looked like love.

laire, my father owed you a debt. I’m paying it.”

What I owe you… I’ll pay back in the next life.”

ly heart lurched hard. Dread flooded through me.

What the hell are you talking about?”

e didn’t answer. Didn’t tell me what I already knew deep down.

e was planning to trade his life so the Sinclairs would leave me alone.

e looked at me and the last bit of light in his eyes went out.

t’s over now. All of it.”

laire, forget about me.”

ive a good life.”

aen he spun around and ran straight for the balcony.

realized what was happening and screamed his name.

JAM!”

lunged forward but only caught a piece of his sleeve.

e didn’t hesitate even a second. Just threw himself off the twenty-eighth floor.

Vind roared past my ears.

collapsed at the edge of the balcony and watched him fall, getting smaller and smaller until he was just a tiny dot.

hen nothing.

he documents in my hand scattered in the wind, pages flying everywhere across the sky.

ike some grand, tragic funeral no one asked for.

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