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Chapter 178: The Reveal

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last update Data de publicação: 2026-02-08 07:45:09

The beach house in Montauk was supposed to be a fortress.

Liam had quadrupled the security. There were guards at the gate, guards on the dunes, and a perimeter alarm system that could detect a seagull landing on the roof.

But fear didn't need a gate code.

It was 2 AM. The ocean was a restless, churning black void beyond the windows.

Aurora was awake. She was lying in bed next to Liam, listening to the wind batter the shingles. Liam was asleep, his arm heavy over her waist, his breathing deep an
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  • Runaway Heiress: The Billionaire’s Forgotten Bride   CHAPTER 431: THE EMBRYOS

    The lab at the New York Center for Reproductive Medicine was a world of stainless steel, liquid nitrogen, and quiet miracles.Aurora lay on the familiar gurney, wearing the blue paper gown. She knew the drill. She knew the way the ceiling tiles were patterned. She knew the exact temperature of the room.But this time, the fear was different. It wasn't the jagged, panicked fear of the last attempt, where every needle felt like a gamble against her own body. This fear was softer. Quieter. It was the fear of handing over the blueprint to someone else."Ready?" Dr. Rosenberg asked."Ready," Aurora said.She looked at Liam. He was sitting by her head, holding her hand. He wasn't wearing the bunny suit this time—just his street clothes, a blazer over a t-shirt. He looked calm. Solid."We've done this before," he reminded her."We have," she agreed. "But this time... the ending is different."The anesthesia took her under. It was a quick, velvety darkness.When she woke up, the recovery bay

  • Runaway Heiress: The Billionaire’s Forgotten Bride   CHAPTER 430: FINDING EMMA

    The binder was heavy. Cream-colored leather, embossed with the agency’s logo—a stylized lotus flower that looked suspiciously like a corporate merger of nature and commerce.Aurora sat in the high-backed chair, the binder open on her lap. The room was aggressively soothing. Beige walls. White noise machine. A tea service that smelled of chamomile and contracts."Take your time," the agency director, a woman named Mrs. Sterling (no relation, simply the universe repeating its favorite joke), said softly. "It’s a matching process. Like... finding a home."Aurora turned the page.Candidate 412.Age: 24. BMI: 21.Hobbies: Yoga, watercolor painting, organic gardening.She looked perfect on paper. They all did. They were vetted, screened, psychologically profiled, and presented like luxury real estate listings. Good bones. Great light. Move-in ready.Liam sat next to her. He wasn't looking at the binders. He was looking at Aurora. He was checking her structural integrity, watching for the cr

  • Runaway Heiress: The Billionaire’s Forgotten Bride   CHAPTER 429: THE CONVERSATION

    The iPad screen went black, extinguishing Sophia’s radiant, pixelated face.Aurora set the tablet on the limestone railing of the terrace. The silence that followed the video call wasn't empty; it was heavy with the echo of Sophia’s laughter and the image of her hand resting on a six-month bump.Sophia was glowing. She was complaining about heartburn and swollen ankles, but she was glowing with the specific, terrifying bioluminescence of a woman growing a life she had thought she would never have.Aurora looked out at the city. The wind was warm tonight, carrying the scent of late summer rain and hot asphalt.She wrapped her cardigan tighter around herself. Underneath the wool, her stomach was flat. Scarred, yes. Marked by the silver line of the C-section that had brought Hope into the world and nearly taken Aurora out of it. But flat.Empty."She looks good," Liam said.He was sitting on the outdoor sofa, watching her. He had a glass of wine in his hand, the condensation dripping ont

  • Runaway Heiress: The Billionaire’s Forgotten Bride   CHAPTER 428: THE OVERPROTECTOR

    SophiaThe brownstone in Brooklyn was supposed to be a home. Marcus had turned it into a biosphere.Sophia lay on the velvet chaise in the living room, a cashmere throw tucked around her legs with military precision. The thermostat was set to seventy-two degrees. The humidifier hummed in the corner, maintaining a humidity level that Marcus had decided was optimal for placental health.On the low table next to her sat a glass of water (room temperature), a bottle of prenatal vitamins, and a plate of sliced pears arranged in a fan.She shifted her weight. Her hip ached from three weeks of modified bedrest."Don't move," a voice rumbled from the doorway.Marcus walked in. He wasn't wearing his boots. He was wearing socks, moving silently across the restored hardwood floors. He carried a fluffier pillow."I am just shifting, Marcus," Sophia said. "I am not running a marathon.""Dr. Evans said minimize strain," Marcus said. He walked over and lifted her legs—gently, as if they were made of

  • Runaway Heiress: The Billionaire’s Forgotten Bride   CHAPTER 427: THE SCARE

    The blood on the white tile of the bathroom floor looked like a mistake in the design.It was too bright. Too red. A violent, organic splash against the cool, veined marble of the master bath in the Hamptons estate.Sophia stared at it. She was holding a towel to her body, her hands trembling so violently the terry cloth vibrated.Twelve weeks, she thought. The danger zone is supposed to be over.She felt a cramp. Not the gentle flutter of the wedding night. A hard, twisting knot low in her pelvis."No," she whispered.She didn't call Marcus. He was in the city, at a site meeting for the foundation housing project. He was two hours away. If she called him, he would drive like a madman. He would kill himself trying to get to her.She called the only person who knew what it felt like to lose a blueprint before the foundation was poured."Aurora," she choked into the phone. "I'm bleeding."The hospital room in Southampton was small and smelled of iodine.Sophia lay on the gurney. She was

  • Runaway Heiress: The Billionaire’s Forgotten Bride   CHAPTER 426: WEDDING NIGHT

    The silence in the honeymoon suite was heavy, but it wasn't the heaviness of concrete or steel. It was the weight of velvet.The room smelled of the ocean—salt and cold water—mixed with the lingering scent of the beeswax candles that had burned down to nubs on the mantelpiece. The sounds of the reception had faded hours ago, the last car door slamming, the last laugh carried away by the wind.Now, there was only the tide.Sophia stood by the French doors. She hadn't turned on the lights. The moonlight spilled across the floor, turning the hardwood into a sheet of silver.She wore the gold dress. It felt different now. In the garden, it had been a statement. Here, in the quiet, it felt like a wrapping she was ready to shed."You're quiet," Marcus said.He was sitting on the edge of the massive bed. He had taken off his tuxedo jacket, his tie, his shoes. He looked unmoored without his boots, but solid. Always solid."I am listening," Sophia said."To what? The ocean?""To the house," sh

  • Runaway Heiress: The Billionaire’s Forgotten Bride   Chapter 108: The Private Investigator Returns

    The world outside the Cross Empire tower was a maelstrom of rumors. Did she forgive him? Are they back together? Who is the boy? But inside Liam’s office, the silence was absolute. Liam sat at his desk, his arm still in the sling, his gaze fixed on the man sitting opposite him. James Blackwood

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  • Runaway Heiress: The Billionaire’s Forgotten Bride   Chapter 102: Accusation

    The truce in the hospital room had been fragile, a piece of spun sugar in a thunderstorm.Now, three days later, it was dissolving.Liam Cross stood in the foyer of the AVA penthouse. He had been discharged that morning, his shoulder still heavily bandaged, his arm in a sling. He had come straight

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  • Runaway Heiress: The Billionaire’s Forgotten Bride   Chapter 97: Afterparty

    The "Reconciliation" had been a public triumph. But in the private, hushed world of the afterparty, the truce was already fraying at the edges.The party was held in the glass-walled Observatory at the top of the Standard Hotel, overlooking the High Line and the river beyond. It was a space designe

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  • Runaway Heiress: The Billionaire’s Forgotten Bride   Chapter 99: The Chase

    The morning in Bora Bora broke not with the gentle, tropical sunrise Aurora had expected, but with a sudden, frantic vibration.Liam's phone.It was on the nightstand, buzzing against the glass top, a persistent, angry insect.Aurora stirred, tangled in the white sheets and Liam’s arms. For a momen

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