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CHAPTER 50

Penulis: Happiness
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Amanda’s POV

The walls of the courtroom always seemed colder than anywhere else. Maybe it wasn’t the marble or the polish, but the way everyone here spoke in clipped words, weighed in evidence, and measured pain in terms of "admissible" or "inadmissible."

I sat behind the long mahogany desk, my lawyer beside me, papers spread like items displayed for sale, but that was the least of my worries, not when the Stewards sat across from me, looking untouchable.

Veronica Steward was elegance wrapped in luxury materials, with Jewelries glistering like it was about to blind the viewers eyes, her posture regal, her expression unreadable.

Selene sat beside her, her hand folded neatly in her lap, chin tilted high, to anyone else, she was the picture of a loyal wife and mother, to me, she was a predator pretending to pray.

And then there was Ryan, his presence pressed into me even though he didn’t look at me directly, he didn’t have to, the air shifted when he walked in, when
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  • FAMOUS DOCTOR RETURNS WITH THE EX’S BABY   CHAPTER 56

    Amanda’s POVThe sound of the gavel still echoed in my ears long after the judge had risen and left the courtroom. Cold and final, It was supposed to mean order, justice, fairness. But to me, it sounded like a verdict before the trial had even begun.I walked out of that courtroom with the same weight I had carried for months. Adam’s kidnapping trial, Veronica’s looming lawsuit, Custody battles over Levi, now, as though the universe had conspired against me, I was painted as a murderer. The whispers followed me everywhere, through the corridors, down the tiled steps, into the parking lot where reporters pushed microphones into my face."Miss Amanda, do you have a statement about Veronica Steward’s death?""Did you and Mrs. Steward argue the night before her body was found?""Do you deny that you had motive, given her plans to take your son to his biological father?"I kept my eyes forward, my jaw tightly shut, refusing to give them what they wanted, a reaction. But

  • FAMOUS DOCTOR RETURNS WITH THE EX’S BABY   CHAPTER 55

    Amanda’s POVThe trip had been everything I didn’t know I needed.Levi’s hand tucked into mine, his smile brighter than the sun on his face, Adam’s quiet joke, those simple things stitched me back together in ways courtrooms and endless strategies never could.When we rolled our suitcases back into the house, I actually caught myself humming, the tension in my shoulders had eased, the lines around Adam’s eyes had softened. For the first time in forever, we looked like a family returning from holiday instead of refugees fleeing a war.I was still laughing at something Levi said when the knock came, I froze, suitcase handle slipping from my hand.There was a sudden shift in the air and i was sure Adam felt it with the way his eyes immediately moved to me.When I opened the door, I found three officers standing in their dark uniforms, faces looking like they were carved from stone."Amanda James?" the tallest one asked."Yes," I whispered, my throat already closing."

  • FAMOUS DOCTOR RETURNS WITH THE EX’S BABY   CHAPTER 54

    Selene’s POVThe glass of wine trembled in my hand, though I tried to steady it with a laugh, a hollow one. It wasn’t funny, nothing was, but it felt better to laugh than to scream. The nanny sat across from me, her hands folded neatly on her lap, her eyes too sharp for a servant. She had this way of tilting her head like she was waiting for me to finally break.And maybe I had."Madam, you’re not yourself," she said softly, almost too softly. "You’ve been carrying this burden alone.""Burden?" I scoffed, sipping again. The alcohol burned but not enough to numb me. "What do you know about burdens? Do you know what it feels like to have everything, but know it can be taken in an instant? Ryan doesn’t see it, Blair doesn’t understand it, and Veronica–" My jaw tightened. She's slowly becoming a pain in the ass."Her lips curved, the faintest smile. "Levi."The name was enough to choke me. "Yes, Levi. My mother-in-law doesn’t give a damn about Blair, Her eyes light up o

  • FAMOUS DOCTOR RETURNS WITH THE EX’S BABY   CHAPTER 53

    Amanda’s POVThe sound of the gavel slamming pulled me out of my thoughts, it felt like the judge had just passed a death sentence.Another Adjournment, another delay and another way for Veronica Steward to tighten the rope she had put around my neck.I stood outside the courthouse steps, the wind slapping sharply against my face, my heels rooted to the ground though every instinct screamed at me to run, the journalists were already there, cameras flashing, voices calling my name, throwing questions like my body had been opened for the world to see."Dr. Amanda, any comments on today’s ruling?""Is it true Veronica Steward is bringing forward new evidence?""Were you involved with Adam during the kidnapping?"I gritted my teeth, forcing my chin up, "No comments."It was all I could manage before walking into the waiting car, my pulse thundering in my ears, inside the car, the silence was suffocating.Adam’s voice from earlier echoed in my mind. "Don’t let them dra

  • FAMOUS DOCTOR RETURNS WITH THE EX’S BABY   CHAPTER 52

    Ryan’s POVThe house had never felt so suffocating.Blair’s sobs still echoed in my head long after I’d laid her down to sleep. Her tiny fingers had clutched my shirt like she was terrified I’d disappear. And all I could think was how much she sounded like me, begging, holding on, afraid of being left behind."Daddy, please don't leave me with her, i want to go with you." Her words and her little voice kept replaying in my head.What had happened for her to be so scared of Selene? Was i also neglecting my daughter?I thought about the trip i had been scheduled to leave tomorrow for, was it the right thing to do at this time?"God please help me, i am running insane." I muttered rubbing my hands down my face.I sat in my study, the lamp casting a tired glow over the stack of files on my desk. A half-packed suitcase leaned against the wall, mocking me. Tomorrow I’d leave for a business trip, but my mind was nowhere near the numbers waiting for me overseas.It was

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