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Chapter 182: New Beginnings
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PREGNANT and REJECTED by the BILLIONAIRE Chapter 182: New Beginnings
POV: MargaretI stood at the front of the lecture hall, watching thirty-eight young faces stare back at me with varying degrees of attention. Some were genuinely engaged, others were clearly counting down the minutes until they could escape medical ethics and get back to the exciting stuff, surgery techniques, diagnostic procedures, anything that didn't involve prolonged discussions about moral philosophy."Let's talk about intention versus outcome," I said, clicking to the next slide. A case study appeared, carefully anonymized. A doctor who'd used experimental treatment without full authorization. The patient survived. The doctor faced consequences.Three months had passed since Lyra's wedding, three months since I'd watched my daughter marry a good man and felt, for the first time in years, like maybe I'd done something right. The reinstatement to limited medical practice had come through two weeks later. Supervised rounds at the hospital twice a week, and this teaching position at
PREGNANT and REJECTED by the BILLIONAIRE Chapter 181: The Wedding Day
RhysI stood in front of the mirror, fumbling with my tie for the third time. My hands wouldn't stop shaking."Here, let me." Chris appeared beside me, gently pushing my hands away. He worked the silk with practiced efficiency, the way he'd probably done a thousand times in his former life of corporate espionage. "Breathe, man.""What if I'm not enough?" The words tumbled out before I could stop them. "What if I can't make her happy?"Chris finished the tie and met my eyes in the mirror. "You're not supposed to make her happy. You're supposed to share life with her. Happiness is what you build together."I nodded, but my stomach still twisted with nerves. The door opened and Emma walked in, stunning in her bridesmaid dress, a soft blue that matched the ocean outside. She'd chosen it herself, she'd told Lyra. No more hiding in shadows."You look terrified," she observed, crossing the room."I am terrified."She smiled, reaching up to adjust my collar even though it didn't need adjustin
PREGNANT and REJECTED by the BILLIONAIRE Chapter 180: Six Months Later
POV: LyraThe morning sun filtered through my apartment window, catching dust motes in its golden light. Six months. It felt like a lifetime and no time at all.I sat at my desk, laptop open to the news website I checked every morning out of habit. Our names were buried on page seven now—a brief mention that Viktor Kovalenko's trial was entering its fourth month. The prosecution was confident: life in prison, multiple counts, no possibility of parole. The front page had moved on. A political scandal in Washington. A tech merger in Silicon Valley. The world had forgotten us, and God, what a relief that was."Coffee's ready," Rhys called from the kitchen.I smiled. These small domestic moments still caught me off guard. Rhys making coffee in my apartment, our apartment now, technically, though we were moving next month to somewhere that felt like both of ours. A fresh start."Coming," I called back, saving my document.The file name stared at me: ‘When Family Secrets Destroy: A Story of
PREGNANT and REJECTED by the BILLIONAIRE Chapter 179: The Funeral
POV: RhysI stand at the back of the cathedral, watching hundreds of people file in for my grandfather's funeral. Business leaders in expensive suits. Politicians I recognize from the news. Hospital administrators. Research scientists. People whose lives David touched, for better or worse.The cathedral is massive, with stained glass windows casting colored light across the pews. It's the kind of funeral David would have wanted, grand, public, impossible to ignore.But I don't know how to eulogize him. Lyra finds me hiding in the vestibule. "Hey," she says softly. "You okay?""No." I run my hand through my hair. "How do I talk about him? What do I say?""The truth," she says simply."Which truth? That he was a philanthropist who built hospitals? Or that he destroyed families to build his fortune?" My voice rises. "Who was he really, Lyra?"She takes my hand. "Both. He was both."A church official approaches. "Mr. Sterling, it's time."Lyra squeezes my hand. "Tell his whole story. He'd
PREGNANT and REJECTED by the BILLIONAIRE Chapter 178: David's Farewell
POV: DavidI wake up knowing something has changed. My chest feels heavy, like someone is pressing down on it with both hands. Each breath is work. The morning light filters through my bedroom curtains, and I think: this might be one of my last mornings. Dr. Patterson confirmed it yesterday. Weeks, maybe days. My heart is giving up. Too much stress. Too much strain. Too many years of building an empire on a foundation of guilt. I reach for my phone and call Rhys."Grandpa? It's six in the morning.""I know." My voice sounds weak, even to me. "Gather everyone. I need the family together. Today.""Are you..""Today, Rhys. Please."He hears something in my voice. "I'll have everyone there by noon."I hang up and look around my bedroom. This house, this estate, I built it all with blood money. But in these final days, it's become something else. A home. A place where my family heals. Maybe that's redemption. Not erasing the past, but transforming what it built.++++++++By noon, the estat
PREGNANT and REJECTED by the BILLIONAIRE Chapter 177: Emma's New Life
POV: EmmaI wake up screaming. Again. The nightmare is always the same. Viktor's voice in my ear. His hand on my shoulder. The cold certainty that if I make one wrong move, Rhys will die.I'm tangled in sweat-soaked sheets, my heart racing. The clock says 3:47 AM. That makes it the fourth night in a row I've woken up before dawn.I sit on the edge of my bed, head in my hands, trying to remember that I'm safe. Viktor is in prison. The threat is over. I'm free. But my body doesn't believe it.There's a soft knock on my door. "Emma?" Rhys's voice. "I heard you. Can I come in?""Yeah."He enters, concern written across his face. He's been doing this for weeks now, coming to check on me whenever I have nightmares."Same dream?" he asks, sitting beside me."Same dream."We sit in silence for a moment. Outside my window, the estate grounds are dark and quiet."Emma, I've been thinking," Rhys says carefully. "There's a trauma treatment center in Arizona. They specialize in people who've survi
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