Chapter 1263

Tina’s words tumbled out faster now. “Alex explained 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 explanation, Tina couldn’t help but feel uneasy. The whole thing felt too perfectly timed.

Blaine’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, Blaine 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 Blaine 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 this coma of yours…”

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

If Alex truly had a hand in this… was it possible he had orchestrated Blaine’s coma, too?

Blaine 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 Blaine’s lips. “The Castro family’s hospital—famed for its flawless reputation—can’t even catch something as basic as a patient’s drug allergy?” Blaine’s voice was cold, laced 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 ironclad control and lavish 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 flash of clarity 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 Blaine’s room the last 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 Blaine into such a prolonged, life-threatening coma.

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