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Chapter 8: Captivity
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2026-07-07 15:08:21
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The Wife They Rejected Was a Billionaire Heiress Chapter 43: Julian Stole It
Watching Julian just standing there, Ethan bit out two words. "Apologize."Julian's eyes went wide.He hadn't expected his own father to actually make him apologize to Naomi, of all people."I'm not wrong! I'm not apologizing!" He stomped his foot and bolted for Ethan's car.Chloe hurried after him.Naomi watched the whole thing unfold with total detachment, nothing stirring in her chest at all.That blankness rattled Ethan more than anything Julian had said.Has she really given up on both of us completely?"Julian, he""No need to explain," Naomi cut him off before he could finish.She'd been mildly surprised Ethan had actually sided with her for once, scolding his own son on her behalf.Shame it's a little too late for that to matter. Julian's already too far gone.Ethan swallowed the rest of what he'd been about to say and pivoted instead, working up to the divorce.It hadn't even been a full month. There was still time to walk it back.Before he could get anything out, a small fi
The Wife They Rejected Was a Billionaire Heiress Chapter 42: Vivian Comes Home
Naomi's brow furrowed at that.Leo's voice came back through the speaker. "So was my guess right after all? Is Miles Foster actually your client?"Naomi pressed her lips together and didn't answer right away.Something about that theory still didn't sit right.The Rose Manor brief, as strange as some of the specifics were, had real internal logic threaded through it. That wasn't how someone like Miles thought not the version of him she'd met, anyway.Unless the playboy act is just a costume he's been wearing this whole time."Doesn't really matter who it is," Naomi said finally, her tone sharpening. "I'm not that curious about identity. What I care about is if they set up that video call deliberately, there's a real chance they already recorded something the second I picked up. Can you handle that?"Since Leo had already pulled the IP, locking down the device on the other end wasn't going to be a stretch."Leave it with me," Leo said, and hung up first.Naomi's attention drifted back
The Wife They Rejected Was a Billionaire Heiress Chapter 41: Is Naomi the Designer?
Naomi set the contract on the front desk and turned to leave.Watching her go, the receptionist pulled out her phone, snapped a photo, and hesitated over whether to forward it to Chloe.Back at the school, Chloe was still holding her breath, watching Dr. Holloway examine the Newton's cradle.After a long silence, he sat back, something newly thoughtful in his expression as he looked at Julian.A kid under ten built this?The metal spheres hung suspended with near-surgical precision, spaced along the line with impossible consistency. The materials had clearly been chosen to minimize friction and air resistance, and even the surface finish on the spheres looked professionally treated.This isn't a school project. This is engineering."Did you build this on your own?" Dr. Holloway asked, something like genuine respect creeping into his voice.Julian opened his mouth to answer. Chloe cut him off before he could, worried he'd fumble the story. "Every bit of it, all on his own. We were floo
The Wife They Rejected Was a Billionaire Heiress Chapter 40: Suspicion
Lily blinked, waiting for guidance.Naomi crouched down to her level. "This one's your call to make, baby. Learning to trust your own judgment is part of growing up. Just go with what feels right to you."Across town, at the Sinclair estate.Marcus walked into the living room and found two figures already seated."I'm back."Derek shot up off the couch immediately. "Well? What'd she say?"His eyes locked on Marcus, sharp and expectant. "Is she actually coming to my birthday thing?""She's coming. Vivian's flying back tomorrow afternoon too perfect timing for the party. If Naomi shows up, we'll finally all be under one roof. I can introduce them then."Something in Marcus's expression dimmed slightly as the words left his mouth.He'd been so caught up chasing time with Naomi lately that Vivian had genuinely slipped his mind."If Naomi finds out we adopted someone else while she was still missing..." Marcus said quietly. "Won't that hurt her?"If it landed wrong, the fragile trust he'd
The Wife They Rejected Was a Billionaire Heiress Chapter 39: Watch Out, or She'll End Up in Someone Else's Hands
Ethan's expression darkened slightly.By any reasonable measure, someone with Marcus Sinclair's status and standards shouldn't be capable of looking down on Naomi.And yet his behavior toward her tonight had been nothing short of pointed.No wonder she's been so desperate to finalize this divorce."The Sinclairs are old money, serious pedigree," Ethan said flatly. "There's no version of this where they'd actually accept Naomi into that family. At best, Marcus is just amusing himself with her."Even saying it, something hollow settled in his chest.She won't stay attached to Marcus for long. He's the Sinclair heir there's no chance he marries a twice-married woman with two kids in tow.She'll never actually walk away from Julian. I'm sure of it."Sooner or later, she'll come crawling back, asking me to take her in."Meanwhile, in the car, Leo relayed everything Miles had asked her."Naomi, is there any chance Miles Foster is your mystery client?" Leo floated the theory. "He's got exact
The Wife They Rejected Was a Billionaire Heiress Chapter 38: Sorry to Intrude
"Naomi. Do you actually understand your situation right now? What makes you think Sebastian Cole is going to be your dance partner?"Ethan couldn't resist the jab, aiming to shake some sense into her. "A man like him has seen every kind of woman there is. You think you're somehow the exception? Wake up. I'm the only one who's ever going to actually accept you.""Even Marcus Sinclair, if he actually knew what you came from, would look down on you the second the novelty wore off. Where do you think you'd be without me?"Listening to that, Naomi mentally filed Ethan away, permanently, as a textbook narcissist."You had nothing to do with where I am today. I built every bit of it myself."She'd worked her way up from the bottom at Blackwood Enterprises specifically to avoid any whisper of favoritism while Ethan had spent years quietly handing every real opportunity to Chloe instead.And now he wants to lecture me about position?Naomi decided she was done wasting emotion on him entirely.
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