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    Tina’s words tumbled out faster now. “Alex exined that he’d helped you take the phone for repairs, so he just stopped by to check on it. Seemed logical enough at the time. But then I got an urgent call from work—something needed my attention right away. You remember how hectic things were back then. I couldn’t waste a second. Alex offered to take the phone to Sadie for me, since I had to attend to something else.”


    By the end of her exnation, Tina couldn’t help but feel uneasy. The whole thing felt too perfectly timed.


    ine’s mood shifted instantly, his expression darkening.


    So it really was Alex behind it all.


    Alex had always seemed so charming, so thoughtful with Sadie, like he was incapable of anything cruel.


    But now, ine could see the truth—a wolf in gentleman’s clothing. “Alex… he’s fooled us all. Who would’ve guessed—”


    “Hold on!”


    Tina shot her hand up without warning, halting ine mid-sentence.


    The blood drained from her face in slow, unsettling waves. “We don’t have anything solid,” she said, her voice thin. “Right now, it’s all hunches and eerie coincidences. Sadie won’t believe it.” She hesitated, a quiver of dread sneaking into her tone. “And if it is Alex… then thisa of yours…”


    A horrifying idea burst to life in Tina’s mind, spreading like frostbite through her veins. Her skin turned mmy, her hands slick with sudden sweat.


    If Alex truly had a hand in this… was it possible he had orchestrated ine’sa, too?


    ine caught the shift in her expression—something in her eyes gave it all away. “You said I went under because of an iodine allergy, didn’t you?”


    Tina nodded stiffly, the words snagged in her throat.


    A cold, knowing smirk crept across ine’s lips. “The Castro family’s hospital—famed for its wless reputation—can’t even catch something as basic as a patient’s drug allergy?” ine’s voice was cold,ced with contempt. “Looks like this hospital isn’t as innocent as it seems.”


    The conviction in his words hit Tina like a weight to the chest.


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    This hospital, under the irond control andvish funding of the Castros, was supposed to represent the pinnacle of medical care. Mistakes like this simply didn’t happen. Not unless… they were intentional.


    A sh of rity sparked in Tina’s mind. “Hurst!” she blurted. “He just left with that doctor—Lenny.”


    A heavy sense of dread swelled inside her.


    She remembered rushing into ine’s room thest time his condition had taken a dangerous turn.


    Lenny had been there—shifty, pale, fumbling through excuses. She hadn’t thought much of it then, but now, everything about him reeked of guilt.


    And an iodine allergy? That alone couldn’t have plunged ine into such a prolonged, life-threateninga.


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