All Chapters of The Billionaire's Secret Bride : Chapter 161 - Chapter 170

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Chapter 160: Too Far

Aria slept crooked in the chair, her head tilted toward Allen’s hospital bed, one hand resting too close to his fingers, like she’d fallen asleep mid-decision and never quite finished choosing whether to touch him or not.The room hummed softly—machines breathing for him, counting time in quiet beeps. The afternoon light slipped through the blinds in thin gold lines, striping the floor, the bed, her cheek.She looked younger when she slept. Less guarded. Like the years hadn’t taught her how to brace yet.Across the room, Lily giggled.“No, Evan! Like this,” she said, stacking the blocks with exaggerated care.Evan knocked them over immediately.They both laughed, too loud for a hospital room, then froze, eyes darting toward Aria.She didn’t stir.Mia sat on the small couch by the window, legs crossed, phone balanced in her palm. She’d been scrolling without really seeing—headlines, faces, noise—until one name punched straight through the fog.Ethan Voss.Her thumb stopped.She leaned

Last Updated : 2026-02-06

Chapter 161: The Truth

The hotel suite felt smaller than it should have. The light pressed against the windows, cutting lines across the polished floor. Liam sat stiffly in a chair, one hand gripping the edge of the table. Mr. Voss held the envelopes like they weighed a hundred pounds, fingers trembling slightly. Mrs. Voss appeared at his side, arms folded, eyes sharp.Ethan stood tall in the center of the room, hands relaxed at his sides, but there was a quiet storm in his eyes that made everyone else uneasy.“These envelopes,” he said finally, voice calm but heavy, “contain our DNA tests.”They all looked at him. Faces frozen. Words stuck in throats.Liam’s jaw tightened. “DNA tests? Explain,” he said evenly, though the quiet tremor in his voice betrayed him.Ethan lifted one hand, gesturing toward the table. “When Aria came and said one of her children needed blood, and that Liam is their father… since Liam refused to donate, I thought to myself—well, I’m Liam’s brother. I should be able to help the litt

Last Updated : 2026-02-07

Chapter 162: One Night

The room was heavy, thick with unsaid words and years of silent assumptions. Liam’s fists were clenched so tightly that his knuckles whitened, his eyes darting between his father, his mother, and Ethan, who now looked like a boy on the edge of breaking entirely.Mrs. Voss stepped forward, trembling slightly. Her voice was low, careful, almost apologetic, but the weight of her confession made it impossible to hide the tremor.“Ethan…” she began, swallowing hard. “I—I need to tell you the truth. All of this… it’s my fault.”Ethan’s eyes, red-rimmed, flicked toward her, suspicion, fear, and hope mingling.“What do you mean?” His voice was brittle, barely more than a whisper.She inhaled sharply. “Your father… isn’t your father.”The words landed like a blow. Silence fell first, thick and suffocating, before a sharp intake of breath from Liam broke it.“What… what did you say?” Liam's voice shook, a mixture of disbelief and rage threading through each syllable.Mrs. Voss swallowed again,

Last Updated : 2026-02-07

Chapter 163: Breakdown

The room was quiet in the way hospitals were always quiet—never truly silent, just holding its breath.Machines hummed softly near Allen’s bed. A steady rhythm. Proof of life. The blinds were half-drawn, afternoon light spilling in thin stripes across the floor.Aria sat on the couch, knees tucked under her, fingers wrapped around a mug that had long gone cold. She hadn’t noticed. She rarely did anymore.Mia sat opposite her, cross-legged, phone abandoned beside her thigh. For once, she wasn’t scrolling. She was watching Aria.“So,” Mia said gently, breaking the silence, “you’re really not going to tell me anything else?”Aria lifted her eyes. Slow and tired. Her lashes blinked once, twice.“I already told you everything I know.”Mia tilted her head. “You know that’s not true.”Aria exhaled through her nose. A small, shaky breath. “I know how it felt,” she said. “I know his arms were strong. I know I wasn’t dropped. I know I felt… safe.”Mia leaned forward. “And his voice?”Aria stiff

Last Updated : 2026-02-09

Chapter 164: Leave

The house felt wrong the moment Liam stepped into it.It was quiet and clean.Like it had been holding its breath, waiting for him to come home and finally break.He shut the door behind him, slower than necessary. The click echoed louder than it should have. His jacket slipped from his fingers and landed on the couch in a soft, accusing heap.Fiancée.Brother.No.Half brother.The word struck him all over again, sharp and disorienting, like waking up mid-fall.He dragged a hand down his face and started pacing. One end of the living room to the other. Back again. The marble floor was cold under his feet. He welcomed it. Anything grounding. Anything real.His mind refused to move in straight lines. It kept circling the same images—Ethan’s face, crumpled and broken. His mother’s silence. His father’s shaking hands.And Evelyn.Evelyn’s voice.Evelyn’s tears.Evelyn’s hands on someone else.His chest tightened. He stopped near the window, pressed his forehead briefly against the glass.

Last Updated : 2026-02-09

Chapter 165: Public Fallout

The boardroom smelled like money and impatience.Polished wood, sharp cologne, and coffee gone cold.Liam sat at the head of the table, spine straight, hands folded, face carved into something unreadable. If anyone looked closely, they might notice the faint tremor in his fingers. No one did. They were too busy circling him.“Let’s be honest,” Mr. Halvorsen said, leaning back in his chair. “This isn’t about quarterly projections anymore.”A murmur followed. Agreement. Relief at someone finally saying it out loud.Liam lifted his eyes. Calm. Blank. “Then what is it about?”Judith Crane didn’t bother softening her tone. “Your judgment.”The word landed hard.Liam didn’t blink.“You allowed a personal scandal to bleed into company perception,” another board member said. “Our stock dipped the moment the rumors surfaced.”“Rumors,” Liam repeated.“Optics,” Judith corrected. “Investors don’t care what’s true. They care what looks unstable.”He inhaled slowly. Measured and controlled.“My pe

Last Updated : 2026-02-09

Chapter 166: Discharged

The fourth day dragged in like a bruise that refused to fade.Liam had stopped counting hours. Time at the office no longer moved in minutes or meetings—it moved in weight. Heavy. Suffocating. Every step through the glass doors felt like walking into cold water.“Good morning, sir.”He nodded once. He didn’t slow down.People had learned. No small talk. No jokes. No gentle attempts to soften him. Liam had gone quiet in a way that made people step aside instinctively, like they were giving space to a wound that might snap if touched.At ten, a junior associate tried to explain a projection error.“It’s fine,” Liam said before the explanation finished.The associate blinked. “But—”“I said it’s fine.”Silence swallowed the rest of the sentence.By noon, Evelyn had called four times.He didn’t answer.By one, she started texting.Evelyn: Can we please talk?Evelyn: I know you’re hurting but so am I.Evelyn: Liam, don’t shut me out. Please.He read every word. Let them sink. Let them hurt

Last Updated : 2026-02-10

Chapter 167: Finding a Path

Liam’s hands were tight fists on the steering wheel, knuckles white, and the streetlights blurred past in streaks. He hadn’t even parked straight when he pulled into his driveway, tires scraping the curb with a dull thud. He didn’t care. Nothing seemed to matter. Not the car, not the house, not the silence that waited inside.He swung the door open and stomped in, boots clicking on the marble floor. Every corner of the living room felt too quiet, too empty, too heavy. And then he saw him.Ethan. Standing at the foot of the stairs, suitcase in hand, back straight, but eyes red, shadowed, raw. Clothes clung damply to him like he’d been caught in a storm. Liam froze.“Sorry to come in unannounced,” Ethan said, voice careful, low, almost like he was threading a needle. “I just wanted to get my stuff. I… didn’t know you would be back by now.”Liam didn’t say a word. Didn’t move. Didn’t even blink. He just stared, the words lodged somewhere between anger and disbelief.Finally, he said, “Ho

Last Updated : 2026-02-10

Chapter 168: Leave!

Liam’s car idled in front of the apartment longer than it should have. His hands gripped the steering wheel, knuckles white, and yet he didn’t move. He just… breathed. In and out. The hum of the engine, the distant honk of a car, a dog barking somewhere down the street. But nothing stirred him into action.He had rehearsed what he would say, how he would act, how he would step inside. But now, standing there, all rehearsed words had deserted him.Finally, he opened the door and stepped out. His shoes hit the pavement with a muted thud. He walked up to the door, paused, and then paused again. The key in his hand felt heavier than it had any right to be.Then the door opened.Mia. A trash bag was slung over her shoulder. Her eyes were widened.“Liam?” she said, voice sharp with surprise.“I… I just need to get in,” he said, quiet, careful. “Please.”Mia hesitated. For a fraction of a second, he thought she might slam the door in his face. But she didn’t. She let the bag drop outside, du

Last Updated : 2026-02-12

Chapter 169: Earn It

Liam parked a few blocks away, letting the engine idle as he watched the playground from behind a cluster of trees. The afternoon sun was soft, scattering long shadows across the swings and slides. The laughter of children floated through the air, light and careless, and for a moment, he let himself breathe it in.There they were. Lily, Evan, and Allen, running with wild abandon, unbothered by the weight of the world—unaware of him watching, unaware of the storm he carried with him.He smiled, small and hesitant, as Evan tripped over a crack in the concrete and then laughed, brushing himself off before taking off again. His chest ached in that familiar, deep way. It was a mix of longing, guilt, and relief. Relief that they were here, that they were alive and laughing.He hadn’t intended to stay long. Just… a glimpse. A moment. He needed to see them, to feel them near, even if they didn’t know he was there.“Daddy!”The word came like a spark through the haze. Evan’s little feet were a

Last Updated : 2026-02-13

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