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Chapter 11: The sealed birth record
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2026-07-08 02:54:31
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Helena’s face went through several emotions at once, shock, fury, and something colder underneath both.“Where did you get access to my personal accounts?”“That’s not the point, Mother.” Gregory’s voice shook with barely contained anger, why were you paying Dr. Whitman three years before I married Amelia?”“You’ve been going through my private records?”“Answer the question.”Helena’s jaw tightened, her composure cracking at the edges for the first time since I’d known her. “It was a donation. To the clinic’s research fund, nothing more.”“A donation.” Gregory’s voice went flat with disbelief. “To a fertility clinic, Three years before your future daughter-in-law ever needed one.”“I don’t have to explain every financial decision I’ve made over the past decade.”“You do when it looks like you were setting something up before Amelia even entered this family.” He stepped closer, phone still raised. “What did you do, Mother?”“I protected this family,” Helena snapped, some of her contro
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The lighthouse stood dark against the evening sky, waves crashing against rocks below in a rhythm that made my chest tighten with memory. I parked and walked the path toward the old stone tower, the wind pulling at my hair, and found Gregory already waiting near the base, jacket collar turned up.“You came,” he said.“You said it was important.”“It is.” He studied me for a long moment, something unreadable behind his eyes. “I keep trying to figure out what it is about you that feels this familiar, and every answer I come up with sounds insane.”“Try me.”“Sometimes you move the way she used to move.” His voice dropped, rough. “My wife. Amelia. She used to press her hand flat against her stomach when she was nervous, exactly like you do.”My hand had been resting there without my noticing. I dropped it fast.“That’s probably just a coincidence.”“Probably.” He didn’t sound convinced. “I brought you here to tell you something. About the night she died.”Headlights swept across the coas
REBORN AS THE BILLIONAIRE’s Surrogate Chapter 11: The sealed birth record
We ran.The grandfather moved faster than his cane should have allowed, and I kept pace beside him, my heart hammering from the garden conversation and now this, the staff member led us through the side entrance into the main hall, where a small crowd had already gathered outside Helena’s study.“What happened?” the grandfather demanded.“She collapsed, sir. One of the maids found her on the floor.”I pushed through the doorway before I could think better of it Helena lay on the chaise near her desk, pale, one hand pressed to her chest, Gregory already kneeling beside her, his face tight with something I hadn’t seen on him before, fear.“Mother, can you hear me?”“I’m fine,” Helena rasped, though her voice shook. “Stop hovering.”“You collapsed.”“I got dizzy.” She tried to sit up, and Gregory’s hand pressed gently against her shoulder, holding her still.“Someone call the doctor,” he snapped, not looking away from her.“Already on the way,” a staff member answered from the doorway.
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Celeste’s pov The garden behind the east wing sat quiet in the fading light, and I found him there exactly where the text said he’d be, an old man on a stone bench, a cane resting against his knee.“You came,” he said without looking up.“Your message was hard to ignore.”“Sit.” He patted the space beside him.I hesitated, then sat, the cool stone seeping through my dress. For a long moment, neither of us spoke, the garden settling into the kind of silence that only old houses seemed to hold onto.“You’ve caused quite a stir in this house,” he said finally, still watching the sky instead of me. “Two days, and already my grandson can’t stop finding reasons to be near you.”“I don’t know what you mean.”“You know exactly what I mean.” He turned, and his eyes, sharp despite his age, studied my face with an intensity that made my skin crawl. “I’ve lived in this family for seventy years, Celeste. I know what it looks like when a Vale man starts falling for the wrong woman. I watched it ha
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