Semua Bab The Billionaire’s Forgotten Wife: Bab 201 - Bab 204

The quiet hum of the car engine had long faded from Juliette’s memory, but the weight of that transition from sterile hospital walls to the hushed luxury of the Thorne estate still clung to her skin. It had been four days since she opened her eyes in that hospital room, with Damon at her side and truths unraveling like threadbare silk.The doctors had insisted on keeping her for observation, but Damon had pushed: calmly, persuasively, and with the full force of his name. When the discharge finally came, it was under strict orders for rest and no emotional strain. Juliette wasn’t sure the latter was possible. Now, wrapped in a soft robe and seated by the window of the room Damon had personally prepared for her, she looked out at the garden blooming and undisturbed, as if the world hadn’t just tried to swallow her whole. The sunlight warmed her face, but nothing could thaw the questions buried deep in her chest. The phone call still echoed in her ears. "Your mother lied to you." "There

Thorne International still stood, towering and defiant against the skyline – less a monument to dominance now, more a testament to survival. Its mirrored façade, once fractured by betrayal and siege, had been restored. Reinforced but the true reconstruction wasn’t of steel or stone.It was of Damon Thorne.He stepped into the lobby for the first time since the blood-soaked unraveling of his empire. Not cloaked in tailored armor or shadowed by an entourage. No sunglasses. No security.Just him.And Juliette Blackwell beside him.Visible. Unapologetic. Intentional.Juliette lifted her face toward the newly reconstructed skylight. The light caught the faint bruise along her temple, a quiet echo of what they'd almost lost.“Feels different,” she murmured.“It is,” Damon said, his voice lower than usual.“You ready?”“No,” he answered with a tired smile. “But I’ve survived worse without being ready.”The elevator opened with a soft chime. A few employees froze at the sight of them —him. Sh