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Chapter 17: Devon
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2026-07-31 19:25:12
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The woman who inherited three husbands Chapter 39: Foursome
By Tuesday morning, the left wing of the estate's ground floor looked more like a sterile private hospital. The Italian furniture she had chosen to give the wing warmth had been moved to another section of the estate. The faint scent of antiseptic lingered in the air. Stainless steel medical carts, rolling IV stands, trays of carefully arranged medication, and digital heart monitors blinking green lights were everywhere There was even a fully equipped neonatal intensive care unit built into one side of the wing. Rows of incubators and an adjoining laboratory had already been fitted with equipment for fertilization and embryo development". Two nurses in grey scrubs moved quietly in and out of the rooms, checking equipment, arranging supplies and speaking to one another in hushed voices. The entire wing had been transformed in less than forty eight hours. Salma sat at the head of the long marble dining table, her mind was consumed by one thing. Having children. She had not sudd
The woman who inherited three husbands Chapter 38: Pieces on the board
One by one, they climbed the concrete staircase back into Arthur Wellington's study. The hidden steel door slid shut behind them with a heavy metallic thud.The room felt different now. Just minutes ago, Salma had stood here believing it was simply her father's private office. Now she knew an entire underground command center lay beneath her feet. Everything she thought she knew about the Wellington empire had changed.Behind her, Barrister Dash quietly closed the concealed entrance, sliding the history book back into its place until the study looked ordinary once again. The men began filing out of the study after Salma dismissed them, leaving her alone with Barrister Dash and far too many thoughts. "Sit, Dash," Salma called, stopping him before he could leave. She gestured toward the black conference table near the windows.Dash placed the leather-bound trust file on the polished table but remained standing."The trust executors aren't ordinary administrators, Salma," he said. "The
The woman who inherited three husbands Chapter 37: Underground
The grandfather clock in the study ticked steadily. Tick. Tick. Tick. Every second seemed painfully slow. The entire estate had fallen into an uneasy silence, but inside Salma, a storm was raging. For months, she had sat behind this mahogany desk, signing contracts, approving transfers and reviewing financial reports. She believed she was protecting nothing more than one of the largest business empires in the world. Now she wasn't so sure anymore. Now, looking at the three men standing before her, she realized she had been reigning over a kingdom of secrets. "I want see the vault." Salma said. "If my father built an underground empire, I want to see it. I want the blueprints. I want every secret." The men exchanged glances. For months, they had kept her in the dark to keep her safe. But the arrival of the Sovereign's dagger had dismantled the safety. To keep her safe now, they had to tell her everything. Adam walked toward one of the built-in bookshelves. He pull
The woman who inherited three husbands Chapter 36: The Truth About Arthur Wellington
The ride back to the estate was different this time. Inside the Suburban, the silence was suffocating. Salma sat in the passenger seat, her eyes fixed on the rain-streaked dashboard. Adam’s large hands were steady on the wheel, his gaze locked forward. In the backseat, Shane’s fingers practically blurred across his tablet. "I am still waiting for an explanation," Salma said, her voice dropping with anger. "You stormed my office. You ordered a total evacuation because of a dagger. I am the head of the Wellington Group. I do not get smuggled out of my own damned company." "We're trying to keep you alive, Salma," Adam said quietly. "What exactly is trying to kill me?" she snapped, turning in the seat to glare at him. "Julian Vance is a cutthroat financial predator, yes. He is currently trying to regulatory-short our automated deep-sea thermal drill grids in Europe to force a board buyout. It’s an aggressive market play. It is not enough to go all CIA security on me" Shane didn't look
The woman who inherited three husbands Chapter 35: Dark blade
It was barely nine in the morning, but the air inside her office already felt heavy. She leaned back in her leather chair, her fingers lightly rubbing the bridge of her nose. Her replacement phone sat perfectly silent on the polished wood. She had spent the last hour staring at it, waiting for her doctor's email with the results of her fertility tests. However, the quiet didn't last as the heavy glass door to her office clicked open. Joyce stepped inside, her face tight with confusion as she examined the box she had in her hands. She held out a solid, unmarked wooden box about the size of a wine crate. "This just came through the penthouse courier drop, Ms. Wellington," Joyce said, her voice dropping to a cautious murmur. "It completely bypassed the ground floor scanning station. A courier delivered it directly to the executive receptionist and left before we could log his ID." Salma straightened up, her features settling into a hard frown. "Bypassed security? That's impos
The woman who inherited three husbands Chapter 34: Making Babies
Three weeks had passed since the trust committee's compliance review. Three weeks since Barrister Dash informed them that the trust had given them three months to restore compliance—or risk losing control of Wellington Group.The medical app on her phone flashed a bright green circle around the date. "Peak Fertility," indicated under the circle.Salma leaned against the marble bathroom counter, staring at the screen silently.For the past three weeks, she had thrown herself into the routine the trust demanded. Twenty-one days had vanished, leaving her with just eleven weeks before the deadline expired. If she didn't conceive before then, the trust would freeze the controlling shares of Wellington Group, cutting off the private funding keeping Aria's sanctuary running.She swallowed her prenatal vitamins before reaching for her phone. Maybe it was time to involve a fertility specialist. Her body wasn't responding the way she'd hoped.Without hesitation, she pressed the prefilled hormon
