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Chapter 103: Just in Time
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2026-08-15 18:18:31
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The Wife They Rejected Was a Billionaire Heiress Chapter 103: Just in Time
By the time he'd processed what happened, he'd already thrown himself over Naomi."No, this happened because of me." Naomi lowered her eyes, her voice going soft. "I owe you something for this."She half-expected Sebastian to wave it off politely. Instead: "How exactly do you plan to thank me?"Naomi blinked, caught off guard, then recovered. "What did you have in mind, Mr. Cole?"Sebastian's eyes settled on her. Watching her pick through her words this carefully, something in his chest tightened unpleasantly.Is she scared of me? Or is this her being upset that I still haven't recognized her?No she lost that memory in the accident. She has no idea we've already met.Take this slow."Ms. Hart. I'd say we're friends at this point, wouldn't you?" Sebastian answered a question with a non-answer.Naomi wasn't quite sure where he was going with it, but nodded anyway. "I'd say so.""Then drop the 'Mr. Cole.' Just use my name." His tone stayed even, deliberate.Something about the request m
The Wife They Rejected Was a Billionaire Heiress Chapter 102: Baffled
The two of them stepped out of the bid venue.Sebastian trailed a step behind Naomi. The instant she couldn't see his face, something soft and unguarded crept into his expression. "Did you drive here?""No," Naomi said, honest.She slowed, waiting for him to catch up so they could walk side by side.Above them, a length of exposed pipe worked loose from its bracket and dropped, headed straight for Naomi.Sebastian's pupils contracted. His body moved before his brain caught up, pulling her into his chest.Clang.The pipe struck him across the back instead. His white shirt bloomed red almost instantly.Naomi found herself pressed against him, safely shielded, staring up with something conflicted and confused written across her face."Mr. Cole, you"Why would he throw himself into that for me?Wasn't Sebastian Cole supposed to be the cold, detached type, the man who never let anything touch him?Naomi's confusion deepened, but this wasn't the moment for it. "How are you feeling?"A hit l
The Wife They Rejected Was a Billionaire Heiress Chapter 101: Adding Fuel to the Fire
Maybe saving Lily's life had genuinely been nothing to him no expectation of thanks, no interest in payback.Whatever agreement they'd made was probably just a professional courtesy, nothing more.Naomi settled into that explanation easily enough.She kept her guard up around strangers as a rule, more so with men.Still, something about him nagged at her that persistent, mysterious quality pulling at her curiosity despite herself. She filed away a plan to ask the director more about him next time she had a free moment.She returned to Lily's room. Lily blinked at her, confused she'd come back so fast, but read the room and didn't push."Mom, you're back!""Yeah. Came back to sit with you."Meanwhile, at the Blackwood estate.Ethan and Julian both simmered with fury, taking turns slamming things down harder than necessary just to burn off the anger.Grandma Blackwood's patience had run thin. "Well? What did Naomi say?"The second the question left her mouth, Julian broke, flooding into
The Wife They Rejected Was a Billionaire Heiress Chapter 100: Naomi Is the One He's Been Searching For
Miles shoved the parchment into Sebastian's hand, thoroughly put out, arms crossed.But his eyes stayed locked on Sebastian's face, waiting to see how he'd react.Sebastian ran his fingers slowly over the fragment.Barely a third of it remained, the torn edges making it clear this was the lower portion of something larger.What caught his eye first was the corner of a building rendered in even, deliberate ink strokes, the linework impossibly smooth.Every brick, every stone, looked handcrafted with an almost obsessive precision the kind of detail that pulled the eye in and refused to let go.Thump. Thump. Thump.Sebastian's heart pounded harder by the second, something surreal settling over him holding, finally, the exact thing he'd spent years turning over in his mind.His fingers trembled slightly against the paper. He couldn't tear his eyes away."So? Feeling anything, big guy?" Miles caught the storm churning under Sebastian's calm exterior and couldn't resist the jab.Already cal
The Wife They Rejected Was a Billionaire Heiress Chapter 99: The Original Rose Manor Fragment
Ethan tried to keep going, but Naomi cut him off cold, pressing the call button for hospital security.Father, son, and gifts alike got escorted straight out.Marcus and Nathan arrived just in time to catch the tail end of it.Ethan's eyes met theirs on the way out. Something flustered crossed his face. He scooped up Julian and left fast.Back in the room, Naomi gave them the quick rundown of everything that had happened."He actually said that? Out loud?" Nathan's opinion of Ethan crumbled entirely.Marcus's expression had gone equally grim. "Don't worry. We're here to make sure this gets handled properly. That's actually why we came to talk through the divorce filing.""But Julian's clearly been pulled somewhere dark, and you"Marcus's hands curled into fists, something aching behind his eyes.Watching Naomi live through all of this firsthand after everything he already knew about her years with the Blackwoods the guilt he carried threatened to spill over completely.Naomi caught th
The Wife They Rejected Was a Billionaire Heiress Chapter 98: Know Your Place
The nurses' voices faded down the hall, and Ethan felt the color drain straight out of his face.Only one little girl on this whole floor. That's Lily.She'd rather call in a total stranger than reach out to me her biological father?Something crushing settled on his chest, breath catching hard.No. I need answers. Right now.First Marcus Sinclair. Then Sebastian Cole. Now some random man off the street?Is she really moving on this fast?Ethan barreled back into the room without a second thought, eyes locked on Naomi. "Who's the man who donated blood for Lily? Your new boyfriend?"Meanwhile, at Cole Enterprises.Knock knock."Mr. Cole, these are the finalists from the design competition's first round. Take a look when you can."Owen set a thick stack of submissions on Sebastian's desk, respectful.Sebastian gave a short nod and flipped through casually.The competition had drawn entries from all over no restrictions on background or age. Over a hundred thousand submissions in the fir
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