All Chapters of The Heirmaker's Bride: Chapter 191 - Chapter 200

The word cut through everything.The door opened almost instantly.Footsteps.Lysandra’s head snapped toward them, panic flashing across her face. “Damian wait..”“Remove her.”Two guards stepped forward hands already reaching.“No, don’t touch me!”She struggled immediately, trying to pull away, holding tighter onto the wheelchair. “Damian!” Her voice broke. “You can’t do this to me!”He didn’t move, didn’t look away and didn’t soften. “I just did.”The guards pulled her back forcefully. Her grip slipped, fingers dragging against the metal before she was yanked away completely.“DAMIAN...!”Her voice echoed through the room as she was dragged toward the door, kicking, fighting, breaking apart.“This isn’t over! I WON’T LET THIS END LIKE THIS...!”The doors shut behind her cutting her off.Silence flooded the room again.Damian didn’t move for a long second then his fingers tapped once against the armrest. “Make sure she doesn’t speak.”Anton nodded slightly from the side. “Understo

Anton didn’t respond because that wasn’t a threat.That was a decision.A sealed fate.But right now that wasn’t the biggest problem.“We still have a window,” Anton added quickly.Damian’s gaze snapped back to him. “Explain.”“They don’t know yet.” A pause. “Sera. Nikolai. They haven’t seen it.”Damian stilled. “…You’re sure?”“I checked with the maid. She said their devices haven’t been active since six. They’re offline at the Volkov estate playing in a small play room.”Silence.Then Damian leaned forward slightly. “How long before it reaches them?”“Depends. Minutes… maybe an hour. Less if someone calls them directly. The maid says they spend hours in that room just the three of them and I don’t know if Adrik has seen it yet.”“Get ahead of it,” Damian said immediately. “PR. Containment. Pull every outlet. Threaten whoever needs to be threatened.”His voice was calm but fast.Anton was already moving. “Already on it.”He turned slightly, already dialing but Damian’s voice stopped

Seraphina's mother’s face crumpled. “No.”She shook her head immediately. “No, that’s not true. That’s not my daughter. She wouldn’t.." Her voice cracked. “She wouldn’t do that.”Her husband’s jaw tightened but he didn’t speak because doubt was dangerous even when you didn’t want to believe it.“She’s a doctor…” Her mother whispered. “She saves people…” Her hands trembled slightly as she pressed them together. “She wouldn’t hurt him…”Then something else hit harder. She realized the news said Sera was kicked out of the Blackwell estate.“She’s alone.” Her eyes widened slightly. “They didn’t say where she is… They just..” Her breathing picked up. “They just threw her into the world like that.”She paniced because wherever Sera was she was in danger and they didn’t even know where to find her.“…We should have never...” Her voice broke completely this time tears spilling freely now. “We should have never forced her into that marriage…”Her husband closed his eyes briefly because that pa

Adrik watched her closely and he saw it. This wasn’t panic about being exposed, this wasn’t fear of the world, this was about Damian, about what this meant between them, about what it would bring back and that realization hurt loudly in his chest.Because he understood it immediately. She wasn’t afraid of him coming she was afraid she wouldn’t be able to say no.Adrik looked away briefly just for a second composing himself, because he could tell this was where he would lose her because she had never let go of Damian.“Sera.” His voice cut through gently.She stopped pacing and turned toward him.He stepped closer but not too close. “I’m here. You don’t have to figure everything out, I got you so don't worry..”Her lips parted slightly but no words came out because it didn't feel simple.Behind them Nikolai stood there, still holding the dead phone in his hand looking between them confused and lost.“…Mom?” His voice was small. “Why are they saying that?”Sera’s heart clenched because

Sera swallowed with anger in her. “You think this is easy for me?” she asked, “You think I can just walk out there, smile, and pretend like nothing happened?”“I didn’t say that,” Adrik replied.“Then what are you saying?” she pressed, “Because all I’m hearing is that I should just open those doors and let everything crash down on me at once.”“I’m saying that it already has.”That stopped her. For a moment, she just stared at him, her breathing uneven as the truth of it settled in.They were already here.There was no more running.Sera let out a slow, shaky breath, dragging her hand through her hair again as she turned away from him.“I can’t lie..,”Adrik didn’t respond immediately, but she could feel his attention sharpen.“So you’re going to tell them you are Seraphina,” he said.Sera nodded slowly. “What’s the point of denying it now? The news is already out. They know I’m alive. If I stand there and pretend to be someone else that would hurt them more than anything I’ve already