Chapter 1300:


    Yet, Ruby stayed. By the afternoon, she’d settled his medical bills, cleared the hospital charges, and arranged for him to be taken home.


    Isabe didn’t visit Alec in the hospital, but she secretly checked on him every day, taking photos and sending them to Brenna.


    When Brenna saw thetest set of photos, a smirk tugged at her lips. Alec had gone to that bar intending to deal with Mack, and now here he was, broken and humiliated. Every ounce of her effort felt worth it.


    Just then, another message from Isabe lit up her phone, this one showing Ruby wheeling Alec into his own house.


    “Well done,” Brenna replied.


    Then, she transferred twenty thousand to Isabe.


    Soft knocks sounded at the door before Lorna stepped in, carrying a tter of neatly arranged fruits. She set it down on Brenna’s desk and said, “Ms. Harper, those photos of Gracie are all over thepany chat now. The ones from her hospital mess were leaked from somewhere else, nothing that could be traced back to us.”


    The news brightened Brenna’s mood even more. “Has Gracie shown up for work today?”


    “No,” Lorna replied with a shake of her head. “ni says Gracie is taking a full week off and won’t be back until next Monday. But I’ve heard Waldo’s project ran into trouble, so she mighte in sooner to fix it.”


    “Alright. Tell me the second shees to thepany,” Brenna instructed. Lorna left the office, and Brenna’s phone buzzed almost immediately. Darwin’s name appeared on the screen.


    “Got time tonight? Let’s get dinner,” Darwin said once Brenna picked up. He’d long since stopped pursuing her and treated her more like a trusted friend now. Brenna valued Darwin’s presence. He was thoughtful, knew when to push and when to pull.


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    Back, and, best of all, hiswork gave him ess to information she could never get on her own.


    “Alright, you choose the ce,” she agreed.


    The moment the call with Darwin ended, Brenna’s phone lit up once more, and to her surprise, Alec’s name appeared on the screen.


    She didn’t want to answer the call. Old memories rushed back—nights spent hunched over sketches, the sharp sting of Alec’s punishments, the hunger when he’d deliberately kept food from her. Those moments were etched too deeply to fade.


    Now, she believed that every ounce of misery Alec was enduring was karma.


    Ruby had taken Alec back to the house, setting him up in the guest bedroom that once belonged to Mack, while Ruby made herselffortable in the master bedroom.<fna723> ??? ????? ???????s ??? ?????s??? ?? Find★Novel</fna723>


    When Ruby came back from the supermarket and finished putting away the groceries, she decided to check in on him.


    Only his good hand was in use, clutching his phone like it was hisst lifeline, his eyes locked on the glowing screen.


    Ruby crossed the room in quick strides, snatched the phone from his grip, and noticed he had been trying to call Brenna. A dryugh escaped her, sharp and mocking. Instead of hanging up the call, she just tossed the phone back into his hand. “So this is your grand n? You’re hoping that Brenna will help you?” she mocked.


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