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Chapter 80: The Confrontation Setup
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The whiteboard above the incubator had changed.Liam stood in the quiet corner of the NICU, staring at the new numbers Dr. Patel had written in blue marker.Weight: 5 lbs 1 oz. O2 Saturation: 99% (Room Air). Feeding: Full PO (Bottle).Room air.It was the most beautiful phrase Liam had ever read. Better than "stock up ten percent." Better than "not guilty."Inside the plastic box—which was now open at the top, a convertible crib instead of a sealed environment—Hope was awake.She was two weeks old. The wires were gone. The sensors on her chest were gone. The only thing tethering her to the hospital was the ID band on her ankle and the careful watchfulness of the nurses.She was wearing a pink onesie with a tiny elephant on the pocket—a gift from Marcus. Her eyes were open, dark and alert, scanning the world with a seriousness that reminded Liam painfully of her mother."She's ready," Dr. Patel said, walking up beside him. He was smiling. A real, full-toothed smile. "Look at her. She's
Runaway Heiress: The Billionaire’s Forgotten Bride CHAPTER 291: LIAM'S VIGIL
Time in the hospital didn't move in hours. It moved in vitals.Oxygen saturation. Heart rate. Bilirubin levels.Liam Cross sat in the hard plastic chair next to the incubator, his eyes fixed on the digital display that proved his daughter was still alive. It was 3:14 AM. Or maybe 4:00 AM. He had lost track of the days. His phone said it was Tuesday, but his body felt like it had been awake for a century.Inside the plastic box, Hope slept.She was seven days old. She weighed four pounds, ten ounces—a gain of two ounces that the nurses had celebrated like a stock market rally. The ventilator tube was gone, replaced by a CPAP mask that covered her nose, making her look like a tiny fighter pilot.Liam reached through the porthole. His hand, large and calloused from the week of gripping rails and steering wheels, hovered over her chest. He touched her sternum with one finger."I'm here," he whispered. His voice was a rasp of gravel. "Papa is here."He repeated the mantra every hour. He ha
Runaway Heiress: The Billionaire’s Forgotten Bride CHAPTER 290: SEPARATION
The recovery room was white. Not the soft Cloud White of the nursery, but the harsh, antiseptic white of a place where things are sanitized.Aurora woke up.Her first sensation wasn't pain. It was emptiness.She reached for her stomach. It was a reflex, honed over eight months of constant contact. Her hand landed on... softness. Flab. A deflated balloon where a planet used to be.The panic hit her instantly. A cold, sharp spike that pierced through the morphine haze."Where is she?" Aurora gasped, trying to sit up.Pain ripped through her abdomen. A searing line of fire across her bikini line. The incision."Whoa, easy," a nurse said, appearing at her side. She pressed a button on the bed, raising the headrest. "You just had major surgery, Mrs. Cross. You need to stay still.""My baby," Aurora choked out. "Where is my baby?""She's in the NICU," the nurse said gently. "Your husband is with her. She's stable."Stable. Not good. Not thriving. Stable.Aurora looked around the room. It wa
Runaway Heiress: The Billionaire’s Forgotten Bride CHAPTER 289: HOPE ARRIVES
The doors to the emergency bay of Mount Sinai exploded open.Liam ran alongside the gurney, his hand gripping the metal rail so hard his knuckles were white. He wasn't wearing a suit. He was wearing a t-shirt stained with amniotic fluid and pizza sauce—the wreckage of a celebration that had died in the elevator."Prolapsed cord!" Dr. Evans shouted, running ahead of them. She had met them at the ambulance bay, alerted by Marcus’s call. "Get the OR prepped! Stat! I want peds on standby!""Liam," Aurora gasped. She was lying flat, her hips elevated on a pillow to keep the pressure off the cord. Her face was a mask of sheer, unadulterated terror. "Is she... is she still moving?""She's fighting," Liam lied. He didn't know. He couldn't feel anything but the vibration of the gurney wheels on the linoleum. "Just hold on, Aurora. We're here."They crashed through a set of double doors. The sign above read OBSTETRICS - SURGICAL SUITE.A nurse in blue scrubs stepped in front of Liam, hand raise
Runaway Heiress: The Billionaire’s Forgotten Bride CHAPTER 288: PREMATURE VICTORY
The image on the television screen was grainy, shot through the telephoto lens of a news helicopter, but to Aurora, it was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen.Isabella Voss, flanked by detectives, being led out of her building in handcuffs.She wasn't hiding her face. She wasn't weeping. She looked cold, regal, and utterly defeated."Turn up the volume," Aurora whispered.Liam, standing by the mantelpiece, pressed the remote."...charged with conspiracy to commit kidnapping, wire fraud, and multiple counts of corporate espionage," the anchor announced. "The District Attorney has labeled this one of the most extensive criminal enterprises in New York's corporate history. Bail has been denied due to flight risk."Bail denied.Aurora let out a breath she felt she had been holding for six months. She leaned back against the sofa cushions. The iron ring on her finger felt lighter. The air in the penthouse felt cleaner."She's gone," Ethan said.He was sitting on the floor, legs cro
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