Under the Mistletoe with my Ex's Brother のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 111 - チャプター 120

Scarlet's PovI stood outside the penthouse door with my key in my hand and Jace holding Dr. Kim's hand beside me and tried to make myself breathe normally.Damian would be at work. He was always at work by nine AM and it was almost ten now, which meant I had at least a few hours to get Jace's things properly packed and figure out where we were actually going to stay long-term because I couldn't keep living in a hotel.I slid the key into the lock and pushed the door open.Victoria was standing in the middle of my living room with her hand wrapped around Damian's.I stopped so abruptly that Jace bumped into the back of my legs.They both turned toward the door. Victoria's face shifted through several expressions in quick succession before settling on something that looked like remorse. Damian pulled his hand away from hers immediately but the damage was already done.I'd seen it."Scarlet." Damian took a step toward me. "What are you doing here?"I rose a brow abs tired my head to the

Scarlet's POVI was driving to Patricia's office with my hands tight on the wheel and my mind somewhere else entirely.Jace was in the backseat chattering about his dinosaur, something about how T-rexes couldn't actually run very fast because their legs were too short, information he'd learned from some cartoon this morning, and I was giving half-answers without really listening."Mommy, are you listening?""Yes, baby. T-rexes couldn't run fast.""No, I said they could run fast but not for very long because they got tired.""Right. That's what I meant."He went back to making his dinosaur fight an imaginary enemy and I went back to the thoughts spinning in my head on repeat.The custody hearing was Monday. Three days away. Patricia had the documents about Lucas's financial crimes but using them felt like setting off a bomb that would destroy everything including me. Damian thought I was planning something drastic and he was right but I had no idea what that something actually was yet.

Damian’s POVI was in the middle of a board meeting when my phone started vibrating in my pocket.Normally I would ignore it. The board knew not to interrupt these meetings and I’d trained myself years ago to focus on one thing at a time without distraction. But something made me pull it out and glance at the screen.Thomas.Thomas knew better than to call during board meetings unless it was an actual emergency.I stood up. “Excuse me. I need to take this.”"Sir..."Morrison started to object but I was already walking toward the door.I answered in the hallway. “What is it?”“There’s been an accident.” Thomas’s voice was tight in a way I’d never heard before. “Scarlet’s car. Major collision at the intersection of Fifth and Park. You need to get to Mercy General right now.”Everything stopped.“How bad?”Silence on the other end.“Thomas. How bad is it?”“They took her straight to surgery. That’s all I know. Jace is with her but he’s being checked separately.”I was already moving towar

Damian's POVThree days had passed.Seventy-two hours of sitting in a hospital room watching machines breathe for Scarlet while the world outside continued to fall apart in slow motion.The monitors beeped their steady rhythm. The ventilator hissed. The IV dripped medication into her veins with mechanical precision. And I sat in the chair beside her bed holding her hand and talking to her like she could hear me because the nurses said maybe she could."The board is losing their minds," I told her on the second day, laptop balanced on my knees while I reviewed quarterly reports. "Morrison called again this morning. Third time this week. Wants to know when I'm coming back to the office." I glanced at her still face. "I told him I don't know. He didn't like that answer."Her chest rose and fell with the ventilator. No other response."Jace is staying with Dr. Kim," I continued. "He comes every afternoon after school. Sits right here in this chair and does his homework while talking to yo

(Jace’s/ third person's POV)Two hours before court, Jace was sitting in a room with the nice lady who’d been asking him questions all week about who he wanted to live with.She had toys and books and she smiled a lot, but Jace didn’t really want to play. He just wanted his mom to wake up.The door opened and Grandma Hayes walked in.“Oh, hello Mrs. Hayes,” the nice lady said, standing up. “I wasn’t expecting—”“I just need a quick word with my grandson. Family matter.” Grandma smiled but it wasn’t a nice smile. Not really. “Just a moment.”The nice lady looked uncertain but she nodded. “Of course. I’ll be right outside.”She left and closed the door.Grandma Hayes sat down in the chair across from Jace and her smile disappeared completely.“Jace, sweetheart. We need to talk about something very important.”Jace hugged his dinosaur tighter. Something about the way she was looking at him made his stomach feel funny.“You love your mommy, don’t you?”He nodded. In fact, he wanted nothin