She didn''t say another word. She just stuck out her hand, gged down a cab, and left.


    In the cab''s rearview mirror, she caught a final glimpse of Dn. He was still standing where she''d left him, not even bothering to get into his own car, just staring in the direction she''d gone.


    Her chest tightened with a sour ache. But what could she do? He was tied to Z''s death-there was no getting around that.


    She blinked hard, forcing all the messy emotions back down.


    The cab driver must''ve noticed her mood. He tried to lighten things up. "Hey, if you really don''t want the divorce, I can always turn the car around. Your husband -he''s handsome, drives a fancy car... I bet a lot of women would want a guy like that. Maybe give it another thought?"


    ra managed a weak smile. "He treats me well. We''re just... not meant to be."


    The driver gave a sympathetic click of his tongue. "Fate''s weird like that, huh? But sometimes, if you want something, you just have to go for it. If you''re happy right now, isn''t that enough? If everyone worried too much about the future, nobody would ever be happy."


    ra didn''t answer. She just leaned back and stared nkly at the car''s ceiling.


    Meanwhile, Dn didn''t budge until the cab waspletely out of sight. He stood there, refusing to get in his own car.


    It wasn''t until Aiden spoke up, "Sir, you should get in the car. You really can''t be standing out here with your health."


    Dn just grunted a quiet "Mm" and finally slid into the back seat.


    Aiden nced at him in the mirror, relieved that the divorce hadn''t gone through.


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    Gripping the steering wheel, Aiden hesitated, then said, "They still need you at Westhill Cemetery. Things are getting worse. Please, don''t keep pushing yourself like this."


    Dn stared out the window, lips pressed tight, lost in thought. He didn''t say a word as the car pulled away.


    *


    Back at Ryan''s ce, ra''s mind was a total mess.


    It was almost seven when Ryan came home from work. "ra, did you hear about


    that ident by the bridge today? Some luxury car crashed into a truck. It''s been all over the news. The license te looked really familiar, and honestly, the way that truck hit—no way it was random. I bet there''s some kind of rich-family drama behind it."


    ra''s heart dropped. She snatched the remote and turned on the TV.


    Sure enough, every station was covering it. They even showed security footage: the luxury car burst into mes as it went off the bridge. With all that high into the river, there was almost no way anyone could make it out alive.  s


    ra dropped the remote and ran out the door.


    Ryan didn''t really get what was happening, but when he saw how pale she''d


    gotten, he figured the car must have been Dn''s.


    No way. If that was Dn''s car... would he even survive that?


    ra jumped into her own car and sped straight to the bridge.


    By then, every news outlet was saying the same thing: it was Dn''s car. Both Dn and his driver Aiden, were missing. The car had sunk the way to the riverbed, and even with modern technology, they couldn''t pull it up yet.  s


    Crowds had gathered along the shore. Reporters were everywhere, waiting for any update.


    After all, this was the CEO of Ferguson Corporation. It was huge news.


    The business world was in chaos. Dn-caught in an ident?


    Rumor had it his health was already hanging by a thread before the crash. Now, with this, making it out alive seemed impossible.


    "Dn''s really dead? In a car crash? That truck driver must''ve been paid off. I can''t believe he''d go out like that.”


    "Is it true? They say the car went straight to the bottom. They can''t even pull it up yet-they had to send divers down."


    "The news is everywhere. Lucius and Justin already made a statement at Ferguson Corporation. Dn''s gone."


    "I still can''t believe it. That was Dn."


    Everyone was stunned. The king of


    most


    the Cmatic way, his selite, brought down in the over the


    sshed all velet


    news.


    s


    ra stood numb by the riverside, watching the rescue teams dredge the water,


    her whole world spinning.


    She kept asking the people next to her, "Did they find anything yet?"