All Chapters of The Billionaire’s Forgotten Bride: Chapter 51 - Chapter 52

Maxwell’s POVThe papers lay scattered across the floor like fallen leaves. I crouched to gather them, my hands moving faster than my mind, as though if I stacked them neatly again, the world itself would fall back into order. But no matter how I smoothed the creases, the words felt thinner each time I read them. Ink and promises against something that didn’t belong in any courtroom.The lamp was dead, Amelia stood pale by the window, and the only sound in the room was the scratch of my breath. My chest rose and fell too quickly. I hated that she had seen it, my hands shaking, my voice breaking.I told myself it didn’t matter. That as long as I kept moving, as long as I kept trying, I could still find a way to protect her. Protect Lila. Protect all of us.But Victoria was right about one thing: paper burned easily.I stacked the custody documents in a pile, staring down at the thick black typeface. Plaintiff. Defendant. Child of the union. Words I thought could bind her to us. I press