Alle Kapitel von THE BILLIONAIRE'S UNWANTED WIFE: Kapitel 171 – Kapitel 175

ALEXANDERTime moves strangely in this place. It doesn’t feel fast, but it isn’t truly slow either. Days pass without meaning, one blending into the next. Hearing after hearing unfolds like a forced routine—sit, listen, deny, and return to the same suffocating room.At first, I treated all of this like a game. A flaw in the system that would eventually be corrected. I had money. I had connections. I had ways out. At least, that’s what I believed. But as time dragged on, those things began to crumble, one by one. The evidence kept piling up, too neat, too precise to deny. Recorded voices. Transaction trails. And worst of all, Lorian’s confession, painfully honest. Her name echoes in my head like a sound that refuses to fade. That woman dragged me here. Or maybe we dragged each other. I’m not sure anymore.Today, the courtroom feels different. There are more people than usual. Some faces I don’t recognize, others I’ve seen so often they’ve become dull. But this time, no one is really sp

STEVENI rarely lose focus when I’m driving. At least, that’s what I’ve always believed.But this afternoon, for the first time in a long while, my mind isn’t truly on the road. My hands remain steady on the wheel, my eyes fixed ahead, yet my awareness… it’s still back on that park bench.In the moment Emely hugged me without hesitation. In the second her cheeks flushed and she pulled away so quickly. And in that instant when she stumbled into my arms, so close I could feel the warmth of her breath.I let out a quiet breath. The memory is too vivid. Too real.I glance sideways at the passenger seat. Emely sits there, looking out the window. Her hair falls softly along her cheek, brushed by the afternoon light streaming through the glass. She looks calm, much calmer than she was before. And somehow, that makes my chest feel even heavier.Without realizing it, the corner of my lips lifts slightly. Damn it. I didn’t expect my feelings to grow this far. At first, it was simple. I just wan