All Chapters of The CEO's Ex-wife Return As A Billionaire Heiress : Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

EmilyMy heart broke into pieces as I watched my children kneel in front of me, tears streaming down their little faces.“Mommy, please,” Lily sobbed, clutching at the hem of my dress. “Don’t let him go. If he goes back… he will die. Vanessa will hurt him again!”Lucas’s voice was no better; his tone cracked with desperation. “Please, Mom. Don’t send Phil away. He is not safe with her. We can protect him here, all of us together.”I pressed my hand against my chest, trying to still the wild pounding of my heart. God, why was life so cruel? Why must it place me in this impossible situation?“I’m sorry,” I whispered, forcing the words out even as my throat tightened with pain. “I can’t do anything about this.”The moment I said it, I hated myself. My voice sounded cold, almost heartless, but inside, I was screaming. Every fiber of my being wanted to protect this boy. But how could I? He wasn’t mine.Phil lifted his head then, his eyes red from holding back tears, and the sight almost u

Emily “Did you hear what I just said?” I asked, my voice trembling as the words hung heavy in the silence.“Yes, Mommy… we heard everything,” Lucas replied softly, his eyes fixed on mine.Before I could process his calmness, Lily added quickly, “We already knew, Mommy. We just wanted to hear it from you.”What? They knew already? My mind spun in confusion, my chest tightening painfully.For a moment, I froze. My whole body stiffened as shock raced through me.“How… how did you know about this?” I asked, my voice barely above a whisper, but my heart was pounding so hard I thought they could hear it.Lucas shifted uncomfortably, his little fingers fidgeting in his lap before he finally spoke. “At first, it was because of our resemblance to Phil. It bothered us, Mommy. We couldn’t stop thinking about it. So… we thought maybe… maybe you gave birth to him too.”“What?” I breathed, shaking my head in disbelief.“So out of curiosity,” Lucas continued, his voice quiet but steady, “we went fo

AlexI walked back to my room, my head full of heavy thoughts. I still couldn’t believe Phil would rather stay with Emily than with his own mother. He barely knew Emily, yet he clung to her like he had known her forever.But then again, I couldn’t blame him. Vanessa had never loved him the way a mother should. She had even poisoned him. Sometimes I asked myself, what kind of mother would do that to her own child? What was she trying to gain?I sighed and changed direction, heading to the room where I had locked Vanessa up earlier. She had to leave my house. The longer she stayed, the more danger she was to Phil.I pulled out the key and opened the door. The moment it swung open, my eyes caught the mess. The room was upside down, pillows torn, clothes scattered, and vases broken into pieces. And in the middle of it stood Vanessa. Her eyes burned with anger when she saw me.“So you have finally come back?” she shouted, her voice sharp. “ You locked me here for hours like a criminal!”I

Alex Everything blurred for an instant. I remembered the divorce papers on my desk, the call from an investor that pulled me away and I left Vanessa behind in my office. Suddenly, a hundred small missing pieces clicked together into a shape I hated.“You’re saying Vanessa handed Emily the papers?” I asked, feeling stupid for not seeing it before. “I left the file in my office that day. I was gone for only a moment. She was the last person there. You saw it?”“She told me,” my mother said. “She came to me afterward and she said she found the papers on your desk and had me deliver them to Emily. She said she did it to help you. And she told me she paid someone to make those photos to make Emily look like she was with another man. She had them Photoshopped.”My breath left me with a ragged sound. I felt like someone had carved a hole in my chest. All the anger I’d buried for years, the sharp loneliness, the nights I had blamed myself for losing Emily, everything rose up raw and alive.

AlexAfter telling Phil to get dressed, I left his room and walked to the living room. My head was still spinning from everything he had told me. The identity switch, the poisoning attempt, and living with Emily for a week it was almost too much to process. I sat down on the couch to wait for Phil. After a while, I pulled out my phone and decided to call Abigail, my new secretary, to cancel all my appointments for the day. Phil was more important than any business meeting.But when I looked at my phone, my heart nearly stopped. I had three missed calls and one message. All from Nurse Natasha.My hands started shaking as I opened the message. It was short but terrifying: "Please call me back, sir. It's very important."My heart began racing in my chest. Please, God, let this not be more bad news. I have already dealt with enough terrible revelations for one day.I quickly dialed Natasha's number with trembling fingers. The phone rang once, twice, three times. No answer.I tried again.