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The Billionaire's Secret Marriage To His Enemy CHAPTER 68: THE SECOND PAGE
Maya stared at the two names on the hospital register.Julian Voss.Maya Reed.For several seconds, she couldn't bring herself to look away. The old paper trembled slightly between her fingers, its edges yellowed with age. Someone had tried to erase part of the second entry, scratching through the ink until the paper was nearly torn.But the registration number remained.So did her name."These are the two children?" she asked.Daniel stood beside the table, his expression unusually guarded."Yes.""Julian was four." She touched the first entry. "I was three.""That's what the records indicate."Maya looked up at him. "You knew?""I knew there had been two children at that hospital. I didn't know what had happened to you after the records were altered.""That's not an answer.""I understand that.""No, Uncle Daniel. You don't." Her voice tightened. "For years, I believed my childhood began with the family who raised me. Now I'm looking at a document suggesting someone moved me from on
The Billionaire's Secret Marriage To His Enemy CHAPTER 67: THE CHILD THEY LEFT BEHIND
“Ask your wife why her mother gave me permission to take you.”Adrian's words followed Maya long after the call ended.She stood beside Julian's desk, staring at the phone in her hand. The courthouse photograph from the previous night was still open on the screen. A nurse stood in a hospital corridor, holding a small child whose face was turned away from the camera.Julian approached her, his expression guarded.“What exactly did he mean?”“I was hoping you could tell me.”“I've never heard my father mention anything about permission to take me from a hospital.”“Your father has kept plenty of things from you.”Julian's jaw tightened. “And apparently, so has your mother.”Maya looked at him. Neither of them knew which part of their childhood had been stolen from them, and every new document seemed to create another question.She placed the phone on the desk.“We need the original record. Not another photograph, not a photocopy. The actual document.”Julian picked up the access card th
The Billionaire's Secret Marriage To His Enemy CHAPTER 66: THE CHILD HE BROUGHT HOME
MAYA The message arrived while Maya was still studying the photograph from the courthouse. Her phone vibrated against the table. She glanced down, expecting another update about Daniel. Instead, an unknown number appeared on the screen. UNKNOWN: ASK YOUR FATHER WHICH CHILD HE BROUGHT HOME THAT NIGHT. THE REGISTER WON'T TELL YOU EVERYTHING. Maya read it twice. Her father. For a moment, she wondered whether the sender meant Adrian or the man whose name had been part of her life long before she married Julian. Whoever had sent the message knew enough about their investigation to understand exactly which words would unsettle her. She turned the phone toward Julian. He was standing near the window, one hand resting against the frame. His attention had been fixed on the street below, but the moment he read the message, his expression changed. "What does that mean?" Maya asked. Julian didn't answer immediately. He read the message again, then returned the phone to her. "There's
The Billionaire's Secret Marriage To His Enemy Chapter 65: The Child Who Came Home
The clock above the corridor doors showed 11:57 P.M. Three minutes. Maya stood outside Room 317 with Julian beside her. Elena's silver key rested between her fingers, its worn edges pressing into her palm. Behind the locked door was a woman she had already found once, lost again, and spent years trying to understand. Her mother. Evelyn had returned eighteen years after disappearing from Maya's life. Their reunion in the Voss estate had answered some questions, but it had opened others. Now, with Adrian standing nearby and Daniel's life hanging in the balance, Maya was beginning to understand that her mother's return had never been the end of the mystery. It had been the beginning of something much worse. Julian glanced at the clock. "We don't have time to argue with him." Adrian stood several feet away, his expression difficult to read. His gaze moved from the key in Maya's hand to the locked door. "Once you open it, there may be things you cannot undo," he said. Maya turned
The Billionaire's Secret Marriage To His Enemy Chapter 64: The Voice Behind the Door
The emergency lights went out. Maya heard Julian move before she felt his hand close around hers. Somewhere down the corridor, a door slammed. Footsteps followed, quick and heavy, coming from both ends of the hallway. “Stay close to me,” Julian whispered. Maya tightened her grip on his hand. The darkness made it difficult to see anything beyond the faint red glow of the emergency exit sign. She could still hear the person approaching from the far end, their shoes striking the tiled floor at an uneven pace. Then a voice came from behind the records-storage door. “Maya.” She froze. It was a woman's voice, weak but unmistakably familiar. Julian leaned closer. “Did you hear that?” Maya nodded. Her throat had tightened. “Someone is inside.” Before he could respond, the emergency lights flickered back on. The corridor returned in patches of dull yellow, revealing the old nurses' station, the abandoned examination rooms, and the metal door at the end of the passage. Elena stood bes
The Billionaire's Secret Marriage To His Enemy Chapter 63: The Hospital That Changed Their Names
11:34 P.M.The hospital identification card rested in Maya’s palm.The photograph showed a little boy with dark hair and solemn eyes. Beneath it were a few faded details, most of them blurred by age, but the number remained clear.317.Maya looked from the card to Julian.“Do you recognize him?”Julian studied the photograph. His expression tightened, but he shook his head.“No.”“Then why would someone leave this for us?”“Because they want us to ask the question.”“Which question?”He glanced at the message on her phone.ASK YOUR UNCLE ABOUT THE REGISTER. ASK ELENA WHY ONE CHILD LEFT THE HOSPITAL WITH THE WRONG FAMILY.Maya's fingers curled around the card.“Daniel knows something about this. So does Elena. And Adrian knows more than he's telling us.”“That's why we're going to St. Agnes.”Julian started the engine.Maya turned toward him. “Your father warned us not to go there.”“My father has spent years deciding which parts of my life I'm allowed to know.” Julian pulled away from
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