His Ex-Wife Is A Billionaire (Evadne and Thaddeus) novel Chapter 1291

Hearing Thaddeus's voice, Hans felt an inexplicable sense of relief wash over him. He fought to keep his emotions in check, taking a deep drag of his cigarette. Before he could speak, Thaddeus beat him to the punch.

"Hans, is that you?"

The smoke caught in Hans's throat, making him cough. He couldn't hide the shock in his eyes. "How did you know?"

"I didn't." Thaddeus's voice was low but lacked its usual icy distance. He spoke with the calm tone of addressing an old friend. "It was more like intuition. When the line stayed quiet, I just had a feeling it was you."

It felt as though an invisible hand squeezed Hans's heart. He pinched out the burning cigarette cherry with his bare fingers, the slight sting grounding the chaotic emotions churning in his chest. "Elsie Archer, Elvis's love... she's with me."

Thaddeus's indifferent facade finally cracked. "How is she?"

"Not good." Hans's voice was tight. Despite the freezing wind whipping around him, he felt suffocated. "Chad and Alexia have been using her as a live test subject for various drug trials. She's been forcibly injected with over a dozen different experimental drugs. Some damage her organs, others her brain."

"Sick bastards!" Thaddeus stood alone in the parking lot of the Ashbourne family hospital. His hoarse, furious roar echoed through the empty space.

"Fortunately, the doses haven't been lethal, or she'd be dead by now. Even so, her condition is critical. If we wait much longer, she won't make it." Hans glanced around the desolate landscape, his voice strained and heavy. "I'm calling so you can inform Elvis and Aaron. Have them launch a rescue operation tomorrow night to completely destroy Chad and Alexia's lab in the mountains. You won't find it on any map. I'll send you the exact coordinates. If the police raid the facility, they won't have time to react, and you'll seize plenty of evidence against them."

Thaddeus's gaze turned intense. "Why tomorrow night and not now?"

"Because I need to ensure Elsie is smuggled out of the facility safely and unnoticed first." Hans clenched his fists, his jaw tight. "If the police raid the place now, given Alexia's vicious nature, she might not take anything with her, but she will absolutely kill Elsie herself! If Elsie doesn't make it out alive, this entire rescue operation will be for nothing."

He did feel a twinge of sympathy for the other victims. But he wasn't a philanthropist, a savior, or a god. In his limited capacity, he could only save Elsie. The rest would have to rely on the police and their own fate.

Hans closed his bloodshot eyes. "Besides, if you tell Elvis right now, his explosive temper will send him charging in alone tonight. The lab is heavily guarded by Chad's men and armed with heavy weapons. Even if he were superhuman, he'd be walking into his grave. So, everything waits until I get Elsie out safely!"

"Understood." Thaddeus fell silent for a moment, his voice deep. "This is the most you've spoken since I met you. Have you finally seen Chad's true colors and decided to step into the light with us? Or... have you finally remembered who you used to be?"

Who he used to be? That vibrant, brilliant young pilot with a smile as warm as the sun, Hubery Ashbourne? Could he ever get that back?

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