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Chapter 37 — What She Knows
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2026-04-07 22:45:00
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His Billion-Dollar Regret: The Forgotten Wife Returns Chapter 140: DENIED
POV: Lewis | EdinburghJudge Morrison returned at exactly thirty minutes.The room was upright before she reached her chair.She sat. Opened the file. Did not look at either table immediately."The Police Scotland application for a stay of proceedings," she said. "I have considered it."Lewis's hands were flat on the table."I am not granting the stay."Buchanan shifted in his chair."Instead," Judge Morrison continued, "I am ruling on the recordings now. In this courtroom."She turned to the first document in the file."The audio recordings submitted as evidence in this petition were collected through concealed surveillance devices placed inside the respondent's private residence without consent or warrant. Police Scotland's criminal referral, filed this morning, confirms active investigation into this collection as criminal conduct under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act."She looked up. "Evidence obtained through criminal conduct is inadmissible in these proceedings. The r
His Billion-Dollar Regret: The Forgotten Wife Returns Chapter 139: Ten AM
POV: Lewis | Edinburgh"Walsh subpoena is dead," Eleanor said.Lewis had barely reached her in the corridor. She had not waited for a greeting."Therapist-patient privilege. Duty judge ruled at seven-fifty this morning." She handed him a document. "Buchanan and Reid objected. It was overruled. Dr. Walsh will not be in that courtroom today."Lewis looked at Yessica.She exhaled."Rose's registration?" Yessica asked."Clean. No discrepancy. None." Eleanor was precise and quick. "I spoke to the clinic registrar at six-thirty. Every document is correct and properly filed. Sienna fabricated the threat the same way she fabricated Harrison's financial records. She needed Catherine controlled. It held for seven months.""And Catherine's withdrawal?""Confirmed in the court system at nine-forty-seven last night. The petition is gone." A pause. "But Buchanan and Reid filed this morning. They are trying to maintain standing independent of Catherine's decision.""On what basis?""The court's duty
His Billion-Dollar Regret: The Forgotten Wife Returns Chapter 138: After the Hospital
POV: Yessica | EdinburghLewis called Eleanor before they reached the lift.She answered on the second ring. He did not give context. "Catherine says Sienna told her there is an administrative discrepancy in Rose's birth registration from the private clinic. Filed in original documentation. Enough to force judicial review on Friday if someone raises it in court."A pause. Three seconds. "Where did Catherine hear this?""Sienna told her directly. Seven months ago. To keep her cooperative.""All right." Eleanor's voice shifted into the register she used when she was already moving. "I need the clinic name and the date of Rose's birth."Lewis gave her both."I will contact the clinic registrar tonight. If there is anything in their filing system, I will have it before nine tomorrow morning." A pause. "Is Catherine prepared to provide a written statement about what Sienna told her?""She already gave me the envelope. The written threat is in it.""Bring it to my office at eight." A short
His Billion-Dollar Regret: The Forgotten Wife Returns Chapter 137: What Catherine Knew
POV: Lewis | EdinburghThe family waiting room was small — four chairs, a table with a plant that needed water, a window onto the hospital car park.Catherine was in the chair nearest the window. She had her handbag on her lap and her coat folded over the arm of the chair, which meant she had removed it at some point in the six hours she had been waiting.She looked up when Lewis came in. Then at Yessica, who had followed without being asked.Catherine's face arranged itself carefully. Then she let it go, which was not something Lewis had ever seen her do."Sit down," she said.They sat."I am not here about the petition," she said. "I cannot speak to the petition. My solicitor has been very clear." She paused. "I am here because Harrison is in this hospital and I was told at noon that you were coming, and because I have been sitting with something for three weeks that I cannot keep sitting with."Lewis waited."Sienna Hargrave came to me fourteen months ago," Catherine said. "She pre
His Billion-Dollar Regret: The Forgotten Wife Returns Chapter 136: Breaking Ground
POV: Lewis | EdinburghHarrison Sterling was propped against two pillows looking significantly better than Lewis had expected and significantly older than he remembered.The monitors beside the bed were calm. The IV drip was minimal. The cardiologist had used the word minor so many times in the corridor that Eleanor's associate — who had called ahead — had noted it twice in her message.Lewis stood in the doorway.Harrison looked at him, then at Yessica. "Both of you came.""Yes," Lewis said."Sit down. I am not dying and I am not going to accept you hovering."They sat. The room was quiet except for the monitor rhythm, steady and unhurried."Your mother does not know," Harrison said. "She will find out through whatever channel she finds out through. I am not calling her.""What happened?" Lewis asked."I was on the treadmill at six this morning. My cardiologist has been suggesting stress reduction for two years. I have been dismissing that suggestion." Harrison paused. "I am now some
His Billion-Dollar Regret: The Forgotten Wife Returns Chapter 135: The Access Log
POV: Lewis | EdinburghThe name had arrived without drama. No shock. Just the quiet settlement of something he had already half-known.Sienna.Eight months ago. The pre-acquisition due diligence meetings. Standard process — Hargreaves representatives requesting site access to Sterling Industries to verify operations, infrastructure, staffing.Sienna had been part of that delegation. He had shown her the boardroom personally because she was a shareholder of the acquiring company and it had seemed like courtesy.He had handed her the access."Call Marcus," Yessica said. She had been watching his face in the car outside the Hargreaves building.He called."I need the building entry log for Sterling Industries from eight months ago," Lewis said when Marcus answered. "The due diligence visit. Sienna Hargrave was in that building."Marcus went quiet for ten seconds. "I will pull it now. Come in."The Sterling Industries boardroom looked the same as it always did. Long table, eight chairs, t
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