From Discarded Wife to Queen (Tyrone) novel Chapter 376

Chapter 376 The Button

Aella stared at Mason, lost for words.

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After he left, she immediately called Victor. The sound of clattering poker chips and laughter came through the line.

Victor told her not to worry. His car had full insurance, and the crash wasn’t his fault.

He said Zach had a weak heart, that he was sick. It was bad luck. “His time was up,” Victor said. “It’s nobody’s fault.”

After the call, Aella kept telling herself everything was fine. But she couldn’t calm down.

Even past midnight, she was still pacing around her room with her phone in hand.

At the same time, tension filled Edwin’s study.

Edwin and Ralph stood by the desk, both wearing grim faces.

Ralph pointed at Tyrone, his voice sharp with anger. “You’re the heir of this family! You carry the future of Winter Group on your shoulders. You risk everything for a woman and pull a stunt like this! What were you thinking?”

Tyrone’s face was expressionless. “If you really believe I killed him,” he said coldly, “then take me to the police.”

Edwin trembled with fury, but he couldn’t get a single word out.

Meanwhile, chaos erupted at the Townsend Residence.

Jenny snapped, “Zach was family! Tyrone broke his arm once, and we let that go because we didn’t want trouble with his family. But now? Zach just got back home. Victor almost ran him over. He ends up dead after Tyrone and Victor show up together? They’re clearly spitting in our faces!”

Before Jenny could finish, Beatrice barked, “That’s enough! You have no right to speak here.”

Zach’s mother sobbed, her voice breaking. “Tyrone went to my son’s room in the middle of the night! Don’t tell me that was innocent. I’ll make him pay with his life!”

The whole family was present in the living room; no one dared to speak.

Beatrice finally said, “I’ve seen the footage. If your son hadn’t tried to violate Mr. Winter’s ex- wife, if he hadn’t run out into the street like a fool, this wouldn’t have happened.”

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Zach’s oldest brother shot back, “Grandma, how can you take their side? Maybe the crash was an accident, but what about Tyrone sneaking into Zach’s hospital room at night?”

Beatrice replied, “Mr. Vic just called. He and Mr. Winter went to discuss compensation, nothing

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No one in the Townsend family believed a word of that.

Then Zach’s father, Matthew, who had been silent all along, slowly stood up.

He looked around the room, his voice flat and cold. “That fool brought this on himself. He couldn’t blame anyone for this. Sign the papers tomorrow and have him cremated. Don’t bother inviting anyone.”

Zach’s mother collapsed on the floor, crying in agony. “My son is gone–just like that! I can’t accept it!”

They knew better. Forget Victor and Mason; just Tyrone alone wasn’t someone their family could cross.

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cremate the body without pressing charges.

Aella finally breathed out in relief.

Before she left, Victor handed her a button from a man’s shirt. His sharp eyes watched her reaction. “I found this on Zach’s hospital bed,” he said casually.

Ten minutes later, Aella’s car rolled out of Webster Manor.

She pulled over by the side of the road and opened her hand. The button sat in her palm.

Her heart sank. She recognized it instantly. It was from Tyrone’s shirt, the one she had bought for him herself.

Aella stared at that button for a long time, her thoughts spinning.

When her mind finally cleared, she picked up her phone and called Virginia.

They agreed on an appointment at 2 p.m.; she’d meet Tyrone in her office.

That afternoon, Aella waited for them in her clinic.

Miriam, worried about her daughter, stopped by the hospital to check on her.

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