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Chapter 46 - The war between me and Amelia
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Amelia’s POV Silence.It was the silence that woke me. The house was never this quiet in the morning—not with Lila around. Usually, I’d hear the soft patter of her feet, the creak of her door as she tried to sneak into mine, or her little hums as she dressed her doll.But today, there was nothing.A chill ran through me as I slipped out of bed. My bare feet hit the cold floor, and an unease I couldn’t name twisted inside me. I pulled my robe tighter around me and crossed the hall to Lila’s room.“Lila?” I whispered, pushing the door open.The bed was empty. Sheets thrown aside. The window—half open. Her doll lay on the floor, discarded, its head twisted at an odd angle.My stomach dropped.“Lila!” My voice cracked as I rushed inside, yanking open her wardrobe, peering under the bed, checking every corner though I knew—I knew—she wasn’t there.My heart pounded so hard I could barely breathe.“Maxwell!” I screamed, stumbling back into the hallway. “Maxwell!”He appeared from his office
The Billionaire’s Forgotten Bride Chapter 46 - The war between me and Amelia
Patience was supposed to be my strength. But patience with Amelia was wearing into something sharper, rawer, every day.The house had become a battlefield. Every conversation with her seemed to circle back to one subject—Lila. And though I wanted to believe we were fighting on the same side, the way Amelia looked at me now, like I was the enemy, made my chest burn with equal parts anger and guilt.Tonight was no different.“You’re avoiding it again,” she said, her voice clipped as she stood in the doorway of my office. “You bury yourself in papers and strategy like this is some merger you can outwit. Meanwhile, Victoria’s tearing her down piece by piece. Don’t you see it, Maxwell?”I didn’t look up from the file I was scanning, because if I did, I might say something I couldn’t take back. “I see it. Every damn day.”“Then why don’t you do something?” Her voice broke, fierce and trembling. “She’s eight years old. Eight. Do you know what she asked me this morning? If being quiet makes h
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Maxwell’s POVPatience. Everyone said it was my strength. Colleagues called it discipline, enemies called it arrogance, and Victoria—back when she still pretended to love me—used to call it coldness.But patience was never cold. It was heat buried under iron. Rage chained so tightly that people mistook it for calm.And right now, that chain was breaking.Every time I looked at Lila, I saw another piece of her fading. The spark in her eyes shrinking. The way she hesitated before speaking, as if she had to rehearse the words in her head first, terrified of saying the wrong thing. She was only a child, but Victoria was teaching her how to disappear.It was killing me.And it killed me worse that Amelia thought I was letting it happen.⸻The memory of last night in the kitchen still stung—Amelia’s eyes burning with fury, her voice raw as she accused me of standing by, of doing nothing. She thought I was blind, or worse, indifferent. She didn’t know that every cruel word Victoria spat at L
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Amelia’s POVI hated the way Victoria spoke to her.It wasn’t discipline. It wasn’t parenting. It was cruelty wrapped in red lipstick and false authority. Words like knives, flung carelessly, cutting into a little girl’s heart that hadn’t yet learned how to shield itself.I could still hear it—Lila’s small voice, trembling as she whispered, “Mommy yelled at me. She called me stupid.” The echo haunted me, louder than the gala music, louder than the whispers of reporters, louder than anything else in my head.And it wouldn’t let me rest.That night, after Maxwell returned from his endless board meeting, I couldn’t keep it in.We were in the kitchen. The city lights spilled in through the wide windows, scattering across the marble countertops. He loosened his tie, exhaustion dragging down his broad shoulders, but when his eyes found me leaning against the counter, arms crossed, he stilled.“Maxwell,” I said, my voice too sharp to sound casual.The way he looked at me told me he already k
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Amelia POVThe silence in the car felt heavier than it should have.Maxwell hadn’t let go of my hand since we left the gala, his fingers wrapped tightly around mine like he was afraid I might vanish into the night. I didn’t speak either. I didn’t need to. The questions from that tabloid rat still rang in both our ears, each word meant to slice, to humiliate. But none of it had broken me.Not tonight.Once we were inside the apartment, he turned to face me, jaw tight, guilt flickering in his stormy gray eyes. “I’m sorry,” he murmured. “You didn’t deserve that.”“No, I didn’t,” I agreed quietly, stepping out of my heels and stretching my toes across the cold tiles. “But it’s fine.”Maxwell furrowed his brows. “How can it be fine?”I shrugged off my shawl and placed it on the arm of the couch. “Because people have mouths. They’ll talk. They’ll assume. Twist truths into poison. That’s their sport.” I turned to him, gaze steady. “But you—you’re not the world. You’re mine.”His shoulders re
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Victoria POVThe room felt like it was closing in on me.Walls lined with designer wallpaper and expensive art suddenly felt suffocating. Screens blared images of them—Maxwell and Amelia—on every channel, across every site. Laughing. Kissing. Holding hands like they were some goddamn royal couple.Charity Gala: The Power Couple of the Year.Is Amelia Cole the Next It-Girl in High Society?Maxwell Cole Defends Lover from Scandalous Barren Rumor—Fans Applaud His Devotion.Applaud?I flung the remote across the room. It crashed into the mirror, shattering both glass and my restraint.Applaud her for what? For being a parasite that latched onto my family? For seducing the father of my child and parading around in gowns while pretending to be his equal?I paced the room like a caged animal. My bare feet dug into the plush carpet. I didn’t care. The burn in my chest made it hard to breathe. Every headline was a slap in the face. Every picture, a dagger twisting deeper.He was supposed to re
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