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Chapter 53: Jade's Move
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2026-02-10 00:04:37
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The Billionaire’s Discarded Bride Chapter 200: Distress
Bella POV Inside the office was Caleb, the deputy head—Mrs. Walcott, according to her lanyard—and Lena, who stood slightly apart with her tablet running a building schematic. Caleb turned when I came in. His face was composed, and his jaw was set. "He was at afternoon registration at 2:50," Caleb said. "No gate footage yet. Lena is pulling interior cameras." "That's thirty-two minutes," I said. "A full staff sweep is in progress," Mrs. Walcott said. "Every classroom, the sports hall, both toilet blocks." My phone rang. It was an unknown number but a number, with a local prefix so I answered. "Mrs. Black?" A young woman's voice sounded slightly breathless. "This is Miss Perry, the library assistant at Silverton Primary. I'm so sorry, I only just heard the office was looking for him. Tom is here with me. He has been here since half two. He's completely fine." I put my hand on the edge of the nearest desk. "He stayed behind to finish his Spinosaurus project," she continued. "H
The Billionaire’s Discarded Bride Chapter 199: The Call
Bella POVMonths laterThe merger documents were forty-seven pages long. I was on page thirty-one when my phone rang.It was Silverton Primary and the time was 3:22 PM.I answered on the second ring. "Mrs. Black, this is the main office," a woman said. "We need to let you know that Tom didn't board the afternoon bus."I stood up before she finished talking. My chair rolled back, and my hand reached for my jacket on the door hook. Every alarm in my body fired at once, but my voice came out steady. "When was he last seen?" I asked."We are checking our attendance records right now, Mrs. Black," she said but her voice sounded strained. "We will call you back as soon as we have a location. Please try to stay calm.""Check well," I said, but the line went dead.I hung up and instantly dialed Caleb as he answered on the first ring. "Tom didn't come home from school."There was silence on the line then Caleb said, "I'm moving. Where are you?""Leaving the office now," I said, I jabbed the
The Billionaire’s Discarded Bride Chapter 198: Jade's Out bust
Bella pov The room was silent. "The jury will note," Ms. Osei said quietly, "that the defendant has not said she is sorry for what happened to the child." Jade looked at me. I looked back at her, I didn't feel happy that I won. I didn't feel sad. I just felt incredibly tired—the kind of tired you feel when you finally put down a heavy box you have been carrying for years. The courtroom was completely silent when it was time to announce the judgement. The court clerk stood up. "On the count of kidnapping, how do you find the defendant?" "Guilty," the foreperson said. "On the count of child endangerment?" "Guilty." "On the count of conspiracy?" "Guilty." "On the count of directing criminal conduct?" "Guilty." "On the count of attempting to flee when about to be arrested?" "Guilty." Jade did not move, instead she looked eerily calm. The judge looked down at her over his glasses. His voice was flat and cold. "Jade Hart, for these crimes, you have shown no remorse. This c
The Billionaire’s Discarded Bride Chapter 197: Jade's Trial
Bella POVThe courtroom was smaller than I expected.I don't know what I had imagined. Something grander, maybe. But Court Three was just a room with wood walls, bright lights, and the smell of old paper. Benches filled up with lawyers, reporters, and strangers who just liked to watch other people's disasters.I had been in courtrooms before for Richard and Victoria. I had always been calm and left without looking back. I told myself this would be the same.It was not.Jade was already there, she sat at the defense table. Her hair was shorter, she had lost weight, and her face looked completely blank and cold.I had thought about this moment in the car, in the hallway, and right before the courtroom door opened. I told myself it wouldn't bother me.It did.But it wasn't sadness or the old bond of being sisters. It was harder than that. It was a cold, sharp anger. I looked at the person who had put Tom on a concrete floor and saw she had the same blood as me.She looked at me like she
The Billionaire’s Discarded Bride Chapter 196: Family time
Caleb pov "He's very capable," she said. "But yes, he's five. This is a lot to carry.""He's working very hard not to show it," I said. "He catches the feeling and hides it before anyone can see. But i recognize that because i did the exact same thing at his age."Dr. Abara looked at me steadily. "What did it take from you?"I was quiet for a moment. "Years of not knowing what I actually felt," I said. "And a marriage that got ruined because I didn't know how to let someone in.""Is that what you want for Tom?""No," I said. "That's why we're all here every Friday. My father taught me that showing feelings was a weakness, and I believed him for a long time." I looked down at my hands. "Tom is not going to learn that. He is not going to learn that feelings are something to hide."Dr. Abara was quiet for a moment."You should tell him that," she said. "Not necessarily in a session, but when the moment is right."I thought about Tom on the terrace, figuring out that he could see the win
The Billionaire’s Discarded Bride Chapter 195: Healing Together
Caleb POVI cleared my calendar on a Wednesday morning and told James I needed three weeks.James, my assistant of years, had never heard me ask for even one full week off. He was quiet for a long moment before saying, "I'll reschedule everything possible and delegate the rest. Is there anything else I can do?""Tom has therapy on Tuesdays and Thursdays," I said. "Make sure nothing ever lands on those days.""Done," James said.There was a brief pause before James spoke again."Sir," he said, in a careful tone. "I want to say—I think this is the right call."James never offered opinions on my personal life. In years of working together, he had always just done the job. It was why I trusted him completely."Thank you, James," I said."Tom is a remarkable boy," he said. "The whole office has been—we've all been thinking about him."Looking at all the new white space on my calendar, I felt a wave of complete, physical relief."Tell them thank you," I said. "From both of us.""I will," J
The Billionaire’s Discarded Bride Chapter 31: Going To The Park
Bella POVThe morning after the reception, I woke to Tom jumping on my bed, his small body landing on my stomach with the force of a tiny meteorite. "Mommy! Mommy, wake up! Angela says we can go to the zoo today if you say yes!"I groaned and pulled him close, tickling his sides until he dissolved
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Bella POVThe morning after my breakdown, I woke up with swollen eyes and a pounding headache. Maya was already in the kitchen making coffee when I emerged, and she took one look at my face before sliding a mug across the counter."You look like hell," she said bluntly."I feel worse." I wrapped my
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walked away before she could respond, my composure intact but my heart racing. Victoria Lane and Caleb. Of course. A beautiful socialite with connections and no moral compass, exactly his type. Not that I cared. I absolutely did not care."Bella." Ethan appeared at my elbow, his timing impeccable a
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Bella pov I tucked Tom into bed and sat beside him, smoothing his dark hair back from his forehead. "I love you, Tom. More than anything in the whole world.""Love you too, Mommy." His eyes opened slightly, that grey gaze so like his father's that it hurt. "Mommy? Why do I look different from you?
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