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CHAPTER 114: FRACTURE POINTS
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2026-03-18 00:18:06
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Sophia's POVThe beach house was exactly what David had described.Private. Quiet. Three hours from the city and what felt like three decades away from everything else.We arrived on a Friday afternoon. David driving. Sarah in the back with the twins in their car seats. Isabella pressed against the window watching the landscape change from highway gray to coastal green, narrating everything she saw with the focused enthusiasm of a nature documentary presenter."Mama. Mama. MAMA. Cows.""I see them.""Why are they outside?""Because they live outside.""Bella lives inside.""You do.""Bella doesn't want to live outside.""That's good. We live inside."She processed this. "Mama. Mama. WATER."The ocean appeared between the tree line. Silver-blue and enormous.Isabella went completely silent.First time in three hours.---The house was cedar-sided, weathered to a soft gray. Wide porch facing the water. The kind of place that had been loved for decades by people who understood what still
Billionaire Contract Marriage: Her Quest CHAPTER 116: THE WEIGHT OF ORDINARY
Sophia's POVWeek eleven.Sarah called it the invisible milestone."Nobody celebrates week eleven," she said, adjusting Claudia's feeding schedule on her clipboard. "But it's when most parents stop just reacting and start actually living again."I wasn't sure I believed her.But something had shifted.---It was a Tuesday when I noticed it.Not a dramatic moment. No revelation. No crisis that resolved itself beautifully.Just Tuesday.David made coffee before I woke up. Left my cup on the counter the way I liked it — black, slightly cooled, next to my phone. Isabella ate breakfast without a single negotiation about whether cereal was acceptable or whether pancakes were a basic human right. The twins fed on schedule, burped cooperatively, and went back to sleep like reasonable people.Sarah arrived. Took over without needing instruction.I sat at the kitchen counter with my coffee and realized I'd been sitting for four minutes without anything requiring my immediate attention.Four min
Billionaire Contract Marriage: Her Quest CHAPTER 114: FRACTURE POINTS
Sophia's POVWeek ten.Sarah said it would get easier at twelve weeks.She didn't mention the part where everything else falls apart first.---It started with a board meeting I couldn't miss.Hartley Global had been circling one of our subsidiary accounts for three months. Marcus Chen — no relation to Detective Chen — was their lead acquisitions director, and he'd chosen today, specifically today, to push for a sit-down with Ashford-Kane leadership.Emma called at seven a.m."He won't reschedule. I've tried twice. He's flying back to Singapore tonight.""I'll be there by nine."I hung up. Looked at the twins in their swings. Alex staring at the ceiling fan with the focused intensity of a philosophy professor. Claudia making small fist movements at nothing in particular.Sarah wasn't due until eight-thirty.David had a deposition at eight."I can cancel," he said immediately, reading my face."You can't cancel a deposition.""I can delay it.""David. Go. I'll manage until Sarah arrive
Billionaire Contract Marriage: Her Quest CHAPTER 114: SYNCHRONIZED
Sophia's POVDay seven of synchronized scheduling, and something miraculous happened.Both twins slept for four hours straight.Not separately. Together. Simultaneously. Four hours.I woke up in a panic at 3 a.m., having gone to sleep at 11 p.m.Four hours. Uninterrupted."David," I shook him. "Something's wrong.""What?""The twins haven't woken up."He checked his phone. "It's been four hours.""Exactly. What if they're—""They're fine. Sarah said this would happen. Once they synced, they'd start sleeping longer stretches.""But four hours—""It's normal. Go check if you need to. But they're fine."I went to the nursery. Both babies sleeping peacefully.Claudia was on her back, arms spread wide. Alex curled on his side.Both breathing steadily. Both fine.Both actually sleeping.I stood there watching them. Afraid to disturb this miracle.Four hours of sleep. Actual sleep.We'd survived the week. And it had worked.---By week eight, the twins were fully synchronized.Feeding every
Billionaire Contract Marriage: Her Quest CHAPTER 113: SIX WEEKS LATER
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The rain had finally stopped by Sunday morning. Sunlight slanted through the penthouse windows—pale, hesitant, like it wasn’t sure it was welcome. I woke early, as always, but for once David was still asleep beside me. Arm slung across my waist. Breathing slow and deep.I watched him for a minute—d
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