Divorced CEO's Forgotten Wife Strikes Back (Riley and Bryce) novel Chapter 372

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Chapter 372 I Would Protect Her

“Yes, her gown got spilled with wine, so she went to the lounge,” Lara said, her eyes red. “I’ve been calling her phone, but she won’t answer! I don’t know if she got out. I can’t find her… can’t find her…”

By the end, she was becoming incoherent.

“Shawn, let me go. I need to find Riley. I need to…”

Shawn chopped the side of Lara’s neck. Her voice suddenly cut off, her body going limp as she fainted, collapsing into Shawn’s

arms.

Shawn looked at the tear stains on Lara’s face.

He knew very well that if something really happened to Riley, his current action would make Lara hate him.

But he couldn’t possibly let Lara risk rushing into a dangerous place like that.

Right now, he could only hope Riley was safe and sound.

After all, given Riley’s abilities, escaping a fire shouldn’t be too difficult.

But as time passed, Shawn’s heart sank lower and lower.

Riley hadn’t come out.

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A lot of time had passed. Riley should have been out long ago.

Could something really have happened to her?

And now, the fire trucks hadn’t arrived yet. Only the staff were using the banquet hall’s firefighting equipment to try to put out the fire.

Zane was also feeling uneasy.

“I’m going in to check!” Zane said, taking a hose from a nearby firefighting staff member, drenching himself with water, then grabbing two fire extinguishers, preparing to rush in.

“Stop!” Benedict’s voice cracked like a whip. “Don’t forget–you said you were injured in that fire. That you have PTSD from it! How the hell are you gonna run in there?!”

“Yeah, I’ve got some trauma. But it won’t stop me from finding her!” Zane’s voice was eerily calm.

After discovering his fire–related PTSD, he’d seen therapists, done exposure training–worked through it.

“You are still my nominal son. I don’t want anything to happen to you. Besides, people are already fighting the fire. The firefighters will be here soon.”

“Soon?” Zane said coldly. “But I can’t wait for ‘soon!”

He had to seize every moment to find Riley.

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Just as Zane was about to rush in. Benedict ordered his subordinates, “Stop him!”

Several bodyguards blocked Zane’s path.

“Move aside!” Zane shouted.

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The bodyguards didn’t budge. Benedict said, “I don’t want anything to happen to you. Otherwise, your grandmother might fall seriously ill again. She can’t handle any shocks right now.”

“So, to you, as long as I’m fine, it doesn’t matter if my sister lives or dies, is that it?” Zane glared angrily at Benedict.

Benedict remained silent, merely gently turning the pocket watch in his hand.

In this world, the only ones he cared about were his mother and his sister. No one else.

For years, every day for him had been about atonement.

“But Riley is my sister. I have to go in, no matter what!” Zane said resolutely.

“You wouldn’t dare!” Benedict said.

Zane directly struck, pushing back the bodyguards surrounding him, proving his words with action.

“You have a sister, too. If it were your sister trapped in a fire

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today, would you also be this indifferent?” Zane asked fiercely.

Just as the bodyguards were about to stop Zane again, Benedict suddenly waved his hand.

The bodyguards halted. Zane rushed into the banquet hall without looking back.

Benedict stared at Zane’s retreating figure, pursed his lips, and looked down at the pocket watch in his hand.

If that were my sister, no matter the cost, I would protect her!

Countless times, he had regretted letting go, regretted not holding his sister’s hand tightly enough.

If he had listened to his mother properly and held onto his sister tightly, she wouldn’t have gotten lost!

All these years, he had never found his sister.

Will this regret really follow me to the grave?

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By the time Riley noticed smoke entering the lounge, the lounge door had already been locked from the outside.

door open. It took her some effort to kick the lounge door around was thick smoke, hindering visibility.

But all

Riley tore off the lower part of her gown, so the long gown

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became a midi–length skirt.

Then, she grabbed a bottle of mineral water placed in the lounge, opened it, poured water onto the torn piece of fabric, soaked it, and held it over her nose and mouth.

I have to get out of here quickly!

Otherwise, with more and more thick smoke, even if she didn’t burn, she could suffocate from throat swelling due to inhaling too much smoke.

But just then, a muffled voice suddenly sounded, “Riley, do you really think you can get out?”

Riley spun around.

Cynthia was standing there with a smoke mask on—and a gun in her hand.

The dark barrel was pointed right at her.

Riley frowned.

Sure, she and Cynthia had their issues, but not kill–you–in–cold–blood level issues.

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