The Billionaire's Regret: His Secret Wife Turned Medical Genius novel Chapter 77

Robert's eyes burned red as he let out a desperate roar and lunged for Emily.

But before he could reach the window, the suite door crashed inward with a thunderous bang.

Instantly, hotel security swarmed in behind riot shields—summoned by complaints from guests downstairs about fighting and a woman screaming.

However, when they saw the scene before them, even they froze for a beat.

They saw a woman in torn clothes standing at the open window while a man was rushing straight at her.

"Don't move!" the lead guard shouted as he drove forward.

Soon, two men had slammed Robert to the floor and pinned him there. Meanwhile, another guard sprinted to the window and yanked Emily off the sill.

Emily's body went limp. She crumpled in a heap as her consciousness slipped away, the room dissolving into chaos around her.

As Robert was being pinned down, his eyes stayed fixed on the unconscious woman on the carpet.

The playful glint that had always lit his eyes was gone, replaced now by a hollow despair.

...

Near midnight, the conference room felt like it had been sealed in stone.

Gabriel sat at the head of the table with an unlit cigarette between his fingers, his expression stern and icy.

Just then, his phone buzzed against the polished table.

It was an unknown number.

He frowned and declined the call. But it rang again and again, relentless as a ticking clock.

He finally answered.

"Mr. Holton? This is the Westport Precinct. Your wife, Emily Sterling, is..."

Before the officer could finish, Gabriel shot to his feet, eyes flaring wide.

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