บททั้งหมดของ A Woman Worth Billions, Dated the Wrong Brother: บทที่ 311 - บทที่ 320

Amber POVThe courtroom remained frozen.Alexander Vincent stood with the same calm expression, as though he had merely asked for a glass of water instead of a DNA comparison involving my children.The judge adjusted his glasses."Mr. Vincent, please explain the relevance of your request."Alexander inclined his head politely."Certainly, Your Honor."He looked toward Mr. Soly."The laboratories have already established that Mr. Soly shares distant genetic markers with the children."He folded his hands behind his back."My family has had business and social relationships with the Soly family for generations.""It is entirely possible that I share similar distant markers."He smiled faintly."A comparison with my DNA could simply help explain the unexpected result."His explanation sounded perfectly reasonable.Too reasonable.That was what frightened me.I stood before anyone else could answer."My children are not a public research project."Every camera immediately turned toward me

Amber POVThe hidden door refused to open.By sunset, every one of us had tried.Marcus entered the combinations exactly as they appeared on the map.Professor Vance compared every symbol against the inscriptions inside the mine.Jason and I retraced every step we had taken the first time the passage opened.Nothing.The kitchen team reported the same result every few minutes."No movement.""The mechanism didn't react.""The symbols reset."Meanwhile, the team inside the mine waited beside the stone door.Nothing moved.Nothing clicked.Nothing happened.I stared at the ancient mechanism one more time."No..."Jason looked at me."What?""I've been assuming there were only two conditions."He frowned."The code...""And the mechanism inside the mine."I nodded slowly."But that's not enough."I ran my fingers across the worn carvings."The first time the door opened...""...something else happened."Professor Vance immediately became interested."A third condition."I smiled."Exactl

Amber POVThe castle had never felt so quiet.Tomorrow.In less than twenty-four hours, we would return to court.Every hallway felt heavier.Every smile from the children reminded me what was at stake.I refused to let them see how frightened I truly was.Jason was reviewing documents in his office when his secure phone rang.Only a handful of people had access to that number.He answered immediately."Jason."His expression grew serious.It was Mr. Stait.Jason activated the speaker so I could hear."We intercepted another shipment."My stomach tightened."What kind of shipment?" I asked.Mr. Stait didn't answer immediately.His voice was grim."Women."Silence filled the room."They were hidden inside refrigerated transport containers.""Some were barely conscious.""Emory is treating them now."I closed my eyes."Did anyone talk?""One of them.""An older woman."Mr. Stait continued."She told us she had been transferred from household to household for more than ten years."Neithe

Amber POVI should have blocked the number the moment I saw it.Unknown.International.Encrypted.Instead, against my better judgment, I answered."Hello?"For a few seconds, there was only silence.Then a man's voice."Amber."Every muscle in my body tensed.Alexander Vincent.I immediately stood up from my desk and walked out onto the balcony, making sure Alice and Alex couldn't hear me."What do you want?"His voice remained infuriatingly calm."I thought you deserved to know that I have evidence."I gripped the phone tighter."Evidence of what?""That Alice and Alex are my brother's children."My heart nearly stopped."The Vincent family wants them back."I forced myself to breathe."They are not your brother's children."Alexander ignored me."As their uncle, I have a stronger claim than Jason.""Jason is their cousin.""I am their blood."I laughed bitterly."Blood?""You don't know those children.""You don't know Alice's favorite bedtime story.""You don't know that Alex pret

Amber POVThe day of the trial arrived under a gray sky.By seven in the morning, dozens of reporters had already gathered outside the tribunal. News vans occupied half the street, cameras pointed toward the entrance as if they were waiting for a royal scandal instead of a custody hearing involving two children.Jason helped me out of the car, one hand on my back and the other protecting my growing stomach from the crowd."Are you okay?" he asked quietly.I nodded, although the truth was that I hadn't slept at all.Three hours before the hearing, every gossip column in the country had exploded with the same headline.LEAKED AUDIO: ALEXANDER VINCENT OFFERED TO DROP THE CASE IF AMBER AGREED TO HAVE HIS CHILDREN.The recording contained only Alexander's side of our conversation."No more hearings. No more lawyers. I only need heirs.""If you agree to be with me, I'll let all of this go.""You could stop everything."Without my responses, the conversation somehow looked even worse for him