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Chapter 139 "Not Tonight, Either"
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The Billionaire Fell For The Widower Chapter 139 "Not Tonight, Either"
Vivienne stared at the email notification, thumb hovering over it, every muscle in her body suddenly rigid."Vivienne." Lucas's hand found her shoulder, gentle but firm. "You don't have to open that tonight.""I know." She swallowed hard, forcing her thumb away from the screen. "I keep telling myself that, and then it keeps finding me anyway.""Then let it find you tomorrow." Lucas took the phone gently from her hand, locking the screen, and set it carefully on the small table beside them. "Tonight, you already decided what comes first. I'm not going to let one email talk you out of a decision you made for good reasons."Vivienne exhaled slowly, some of the tension in her shoulders easing at his steady insistence. "You're very good at protecting me from myself.""I've had practice." He tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, his thumb lingering against her cheek. "Come here. Let me remind you what tonight was actually supposed to be about.""And what was that?""Us," he said simply, p
The Billionaire Fell For The Widower Chapter 138 "What Comes First"
Vivienne stood frozen on the sidewalk, the supplementary note still trembling in her hands, Lucas's arm the only steady thing keeping her upright."Amara," she whispered again, the name settling strange and enormous in her chest. "My mother had another daughter. And someone's known about this for years, filed it quietly into a legal document, and waited until exactly this moment to make sure I saw it.""Vivienne." Lucas turned her gently to face him, his voice calm despite the shock still visible in his own eyes. "I need you to breathe. This is enormous, I know. But look at what's actually in your hands right now."She looked down at the two documents together — the notarized 1987 amendment that would end Patience's legal claim completely, and the supplementary note about a sister she'd never known existed."The trial," she said slowly, working to steady her own thoughts. "Patience's hearing is in four days. This amendment ends her entire strategy, but only if I actually get it filed
The Billionaire Fell For The Widower Chapter 137 "Racing the Clock"
Vivienne felt the floor tilt beneath her. "Tomorrow morning. That's less than twenty-four hours.""I understand this is urgent for you," the managing partner said carefully, "but I'm bound by client confidentiality regarding who submitted the request. I can only tell you that it came through proper legal channels, with documentation suggesting authority to act on behalf of the Kingston Family Trust.""I am the Kingston Family Trust," Vivienne said, frustration sharpening her voice despite her effort to stay composed. "I'm the current CEO, the sitting trustee since the fraud provision triggered. Whoever submitted that request has no legitimate authority to act on the trust's behalf."The managing partner's expression shifted slightly, something more attentive entering his careful neutrality. "That's a significant claim, Ms. Kingston. If you can provide documentation confirming your position, it would change how quickly we're able to act on your behalf as well.""I have it," Vivienne sa
The Billionaire Fell For The Widower Chapter 136 "What Grace Remembered"
They arrived at Grace's bungalow within twenty minutes, Vivienne barely waiting for the car to stop fully before climbing out, urgency thrumming through every step toward the front door.Grace opened it before they knocked, her face pale, hands twisting together in front of her."Come in, quickly," she said, glancing past them toward the quiet street as though checking for anyone who might be watching.They settled at the same kitchen table where so many hard truths had already been shared, and Grace poured tea with unsteady hands before finally sitting down across from them."I heard you mention Mr. Brooks on the phone," she said. "And it shook something loose. Something I hadn't thought about in years.""What is it?" Vivienne asked, leaning forward."I typed documents for that man myself, decades ago, whenever your father needed something handled outside the company's usual legal channels." Grace's hands trembled around her own cup. "Mr. Brooks retired in the early two thousands. Hi
The Billionaire Fell For The Widower Chapter 135 "Forty-Eight Hours"
Vivienne read the message three times, the cold certainty in it settling deep into her chest despite the warm morning light streaming through the car window.I know what Charles told you. I know about the 1987 amendment. If you want to actually find it before Patience's lawyers destroy the only copy that still exists, you have exactly forty-eight hours. After that, it disappears completely — the same way so much else in this family already has."Lucas." She turned the phone toward him, watching his jaw tighten as he read it."Someone's still listening," he said grimly. "Watching Charles's room, or close enough to know exactly what he told you within the hour.""Or someone inside the facility is still reporting back to Patience's team," Vivienne said, exhaustion and fresh dread tangling together. "Either way, we don't have time to search slowly. James needs to find that firm today, not sometime this week."She called James back immediately, relaying the threat, urgency sharpening every
The Billionaire Fell For The Widower Chapter 134 "Where It Turned Up"
Vivienne sat up fully, Lucas already alert beside her at the tension in her voice. "Where?" she asked the detective, bracing herself."Charles's care facility," the detective said. "Overnight, one of the night nurses found a sealed envelope tucked beneath the mattress in his room, during a routine linen change. It's addressed to you, Ms. Kingston, in handwriting the facility staff confirm is Charles's own.""He wrote me something," Vivienne said slowly, disbelief and cautious hope tangling together. "Recently?""The nurse says he's been having a string of unusually lucid days this week. Whatever's in that envelope, it looks like something he wanted preserved before the fog returned." The detective's voice carried careful weight. "Given the timing, given everything Derek told you last night about the adoption charter argument — I think you should come see this yourself. This morning, if you're able."They dropped Zuri at Monica's and drove to the facility in tense, hopeful silence, Viv
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