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Married To My Ex's Ruthless Father Chapter Forty
Damien’s PovThe preliminary hearings started on a gray Tuesday morning. I sat at the long wooden table in the courtroom with my lawyers on one side. Isabella was next to me, quiet and tense. Across the room, Ethan sat with his own team. The place was packed with reporters and a few curious spectators. Cameras were not allowed inside, but I knew they would be waiting outside like vultures. My stomach felt tight as the judge called the session to order. This was supposed to be about sorting out rights for the baby, but it quickly became much more.During the preliminary hearings, new evidence surfaced. One of my lawyers handed over documents that had just been uncovered. They showed emails and meeting notes from weeks before my proposal to Isabella. The papers suggested that the marriage contract may have been influenced by Blackwood board pressure rather than personal intent. Board members had pushed hard for me to settle down and secure the family line. Some notes even mentioned “f
Married To My Ex's Ruthless Father Chapter Thirty-Nine
Damien’s Pov I made the decision after another sleepless night. The betrayal by Marcus and the anonymous papers had shaken everything. I could not let the company or outsiders keep threatening my family. To stabilize the situation, I initiated legal action the next morning. My lawyers drew up documents to secure full spousal and inheritance protection rights for Isabella and the unborn child. It was not about taking anything from anyone. It was about making sure Isabella stayed protected as my wife and that our family had a clear place in the Blackwood line, no matter what DNA tests later showed.I explained it to Isabella over coffee in the quiet kitchen. “This is to shield you and the baby,” I said. “The board is pushing hard. Investors are nervous. This paperwork will lock in your rights and the child’s future here.” She listened with tired eyes and nodded slowly, but I saw the hesitation. Her hand rested on her belly the whole time. She did not say much. The doubt from the pack
Married To My Ex's Ruthless Father Chapter Thirty-Eight
Damien’s PovI investigated my own company with a heavy heart. The papers from that anonymous package kept me up at night. After Isabella showed them to me, I couldn’t ignore the signs anymore. The next morning, I locked myself in my home office and started digging through old contracts, emails, and access logs. What I found made my stomach turn. Someone very close to me had been manipulating internal documents for months. Changes to the marriage agreement, timed leaks, even small adjustments to board meeting notes that pushed certain decisions my way. It wasn’t random. It was careful, deliberate work from inside Blackwood Corporation.My hands shook as I stared at the screen. The login records pointed to someone in my inner circle. People I had trusted for years. Trust inside the company began to collapse fast. I called a few key managers for quiet meetings over video. Their faces showed shock when I shared bits of what I found. “We need to check everything,” I told them. Whispers
Married To My Ex's Ruthless Father Chapter Thirty-Seven
Isabella’s PovThe anonymous package changed everything I thought I knew about my marriage to Damien. I stood there in the kitchen, staring at the papers spread across the table. My hands wouldn’t stop shaking. There were copies of the marriage contract with dates that didn’t make sense. The contract had been prepared weeks before I ever agreed to marry Damien. Even worse, some signatures looked off — like they might have been forged or influenced by someone. Old emails mentioned “securing the alliance” and “timing the proposal perfectly.” It felt like my whole life had been scripted by invisible hands.Tears blurred my vision as I read line after line. How could this be real? I remembered the whirlwind days leading up to the wedding. I had been scared, pregnant, and confused. Damien had seemed like a safe choice, a steady man who cared. But now it looked like someone had pushed us together long before I said yes. My chest tightened. The baby kicked hard, as if feeling my panic too.
Married To My Ex's Ruthless Father Chapter Thirty-Six
Isabella’s POV The company entered full crisis mode. Phones rang nonstop in Damien’s home office. His assistants sent urgent messages at all hours. I could hear the stress in his voice during calls, even when he tried to keep the door closed. Investors were demanding answers about the future of the Blackwood empire. They wanted to know who would inherit everything one day. Would it be a child Damien and I had together, or would Ethan’s baby complicate the whole line of succession? The unborn baby had suddenly become the center of a battle nobody expected. It wasn’t just about me or our marriage anymore. It was about power, money, and control.I felt sick watching it all unfold. Sitting in the living room with my hand on my growing belly, I saw the news clips. Analysts on TV talked about stock prices dropping and board meetings turning tense. Some investors even suggested putting pressure on Damien to “resolve his personal issues” quickly. The pressure was crushing him, but he kept
Married To My Ex's Ruthless Father Chapter Thirty-Five
Isabella’s PovThe leaked photos dominated every news outlet. They were everywhere I looked. My phone wouldn’t stop buzzing with alerts. TV screens in the living room showed the old pictures of me and Ethan on repeat. Those private moments from before my wedding now felt cheap and exposed. Headlines screamed things like “Secret Past Revealed!” and “Isabella’s True Heart?” I wanted to crawl under the covers and never come out.The public started questioning everything. Comment sections filled with cruel words. “Does Isabella even love Damien or did she just marry him to hide her pregnancy?” “She probably used him for the Blackwood name and money.” Some people felt sorry for Damien. Others said I was playing games with both men. It hurt so much because deep down I knew parts of it came from my own confusion. I loved Damien, but the baby inside me tied me to Ethan forever. The gossip made everything feel dirty.Damien tried to ignore it at first. He would kiss my forehead in the mornin
Married To My Ex's Ruthless Father Chapter Nine
Isabella’s POVVictor’s words still hung in the air after he left. I stood in the living room with Damien, my arms around him. His hug felt strong and safe. For the first time since the gala, my heart did not race from fear. It raced from something else.“You did not have to kiss my forehead,” I sa
Married To My Ex's Ruthless Father Chapter Eight
Damien’s POVVanessa turned to him slowly. “You signed everything, Ethan. Don’t act surprised now.”The whole room went dead quiet. Ethan’s face turned red. He looked like he might explode. “You used me? Those transfers were your idea?”I watched it all without moving. This was better than I planne
Married To My Ex's Ruthless Father Chapter Seven
Isabella’s POVI barely slept after Ethan’s warning.Every time I closed my eyes, I kept hearing his voice telling Damien the empire would fall by morning. The tension inside the penthouse felt heavy even after midnight. Damien stayed awake in his office for hours making calls while I sat alone in
Married To My Ex's Ruthless Father Chapter Six
Damien’s POVThe gala ended in chaos.The second Ethan stormed out of the ballroom with Vanessa behind him, reporters rushed toward us with endless questions. Cameras flashed in Isabella’s face so fast that she looked overwhelmed. I immediately wrapped my arm around her shoulders and guided her tow
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