All Chapters of The CEO's Ex-wife Return As A Billionaire Heiress : Chapter 141 - Chapter 150

EmilyI was buried in paperwork at my desk, reviewing the quarterly reports from the financial department, when my phone rang. The number on the screen was unfamiliar, not one saved in my contacts. I frowned, staring at it for a moment. This was my private line. I never gave this number to clients or casual acquaintances. Only family and close friends had access to it.So who could it be?Something in my gut twisted with unease.I picked up on the fourth ring. "Hello?""Mummy?"My blood turned to ice. It was Lucas's voice, but it was filled with panic, shaky, high-pitched, terrified in a way I had never heard before."Lucas? Baby, what's wrong?" I was already standing, my heart beginning to race."Mummy, we... We had an accident." His words came out in a rush, breaking on a sob. "A car hit us and we flipped and there was glass everywhere and...""Lucas!" I cut him off, my voice sharp with panic. "Are you guys okay? Are you hurt? Where are you?""We are okay." He was crying now, rea

EmilyThe evening shadows were lengthening across the hospital room when I finally stood up from the chair beside Alex's bed. My back ached from sitting in the same position for hours, and my eyes burned from crying."Come on, kids," I said softly, reaching for Lucas, Phil and Lily. "We need to go home. You need to eat something proper and get some rest.""No!" Phil's voice was immediate and sharp. He was sitting on the other side of Alex's bed, holding his father's hand with both of his small hands. "I'm not leaving him!""Phil, sweetheart...""NO!" He shouted louder this time, his face crumpling. "What if he wakes up and I'm not here? What if he needs me and I'm gone?"Lily moved closer to her brother, wrapping her arm around his shoulders. "I don't want to go either, Mummy. Please. Can't we just stay?"I knelt in front of them, my heart breaking at the desperation in their faces. "I know you want to stay. I know you're scared. But you've been through a traumatic accident today. Yo

EmilyI had been at the hospital for three days straight.Three days of watching Alex lie motionless in that bed. Three days of listening to the steady beep of monitors and the rhythmic hiss of the ventilator. Three days of hoping, praying and begging him to wake up.I barely left his room except to check on Mrs. Thompson down the hall, or when the nurses insisted I step out while they changed his bedding or ran tests.The children came every day after school. They would sit with their father, talk to him, and hold his hand. Phil would tell him about his day. Lily would read to him from her favorite books. Lucas would just sit quietly, watching his father's face as if willing him to open his eyes through sheer determination.And every evening, Nathaniel would take them home while I stayed behind.I couldn't leave. Something kept me rooted to that chair beside Alex's bed, as if I left, even for a moment, he might slip away.On the morning of the fourth day, I was gently washing Alex's

NathanielI drove away from the hospital with my hands gripping the steering wheel so tight my knuckles turned white. Anger burned in my chest like fire.How could she?How could Emily still love that man after everything he put her through?I have been there. I have seen her pain when Alex left. I have watched her cry herself to sleep night after night. I have held her hand through the pregnancy when she was scared and alone. I was there when Lucas and Lily were born. It has always been me, Me.And not Alex.I was the one who stood by her. I was the one who never left. I was the one who loved her through everything.But she couldn't see it.She had never seen it.To her, I would always just be "Uncle Nathaniel." The friend. The helper. The person who was always there but never the one she wanted.And now, after six years of waiting, of hoping that maybe one day she would look at me differently, Alex Thompson walked back into her life, and she fell right back into his arms.Like I m

Alex The next day, I felt stronger. The doctors were surprised by how quickly I was recovering. They said it was almost miraculous.I knew it was all thanks to Emily. I had something to fight for, someone to return to.Emily had gone home for a bit to shower and change. She returned a few hours later, looking more rested but still worried. “The children are coming to see you this afternoon,” she said as she settled back into her chair beside my bed. “They’ve been so worried. Lucas hasn’t cried, but I can see he’s scared. Phil cries every night. And Lily just sits quietly, too afraid to talk.” “I can’t wait to see them,” I replied. “I need them to know I’m okay.”Emily grew serious. “Alex, there’s something else you need to know.” My heart sank. “What? What’s wrong?” “It’s your mother.” Fear shot through me. “What happened to her?” “When she heard about your accident, she collapsed. They brought her here to the same hospital. She’s been in the ICU.” “No.” I tried to sit up, but