《ACCIDENTALLY PREGNANT WITH THE BLACKWOOD HEIR》全部章節：第 71 章 - 第 80 章

SELENA POVMy heart shook violently inside my chest, each beat louder and more unsteady than the last.The entire courtroom had gone completely silent after the judge began speaking, the weight of my fate suspended in the air above me like a storm cloud swollen to its absolute limit. I could feel every eye in that room without looking at any of them. Every breath. Every stillness.My fingers moved unconsciously to my stomach.I swallowed hard, squeezing my eyes shut for just a second. Please…Then the judge's voice came again. Loud. Final. Cutting through every other sound in the world."For the case of Miss Selena Gidotti accused of the murder of Stephanie Stone…"My breath stopped entirely."Miss Selena Gidotti is hereby discharged and acquitted."A broken sound escaped my lips before I could stop it, something between a sob and a gasp that I had no name for. The tears came instantly after, hot and completely uncontrollable, blurring the entire courtroom into a wash of light and c

SELENA POV"But… wait, I thought you contacted Rosy Maurer…"My brows pulled together as I stared at him, genuinely trying to piece it together."Yeah, I did." Alexander loosened his tie slightly and dropped onto the couch beside me with the easy, unhurried movement of someone who had already resolved everything in his head and was simply catching the rest of the world up. "Unfortunately, she slimmed down too much to fit the gown.""Oh…"I nodded slowly, processing that.So that was why.The silence stretched for a beat and then the full weight of it landed on me all at once. My eyes went wide."Wait…" I pointed at myself. "So I'm supposed to model it?"Alexander's lips twitched."And reveal my face?" I added quickly, rubbing my palms together against the sudden nervous energy moving through my hands. "Publicly publicly?""Hey." His voice dropped.. quieter, steadier.He leaned forward, elbows resting on his knees, dark eyes finding mine and holding them with that particular cal

SELENA POVSomething about the way she said it made my brows pull together.What on earth was she actually talking about?"Ooh, Selena," Miranda continued, unfolding the moment with the theatrical relish of someone who had been rehearsing it, "I noticed I've been seeing Greg around you constantly…. dropping you off, showing up at the court hearing, always nearby. So I started putting things together." She tapped one finger against her lips with exaggerated thoughtfulness before the grin broke through fully. "That was it. You slept with Mr. Blackwood's PA to climb your way up."The laugh escaped me before I could decide whether to let it.Not a polite one. A genuine, helpless chuckle that came from somewhere deep and unguarded, because the sheer audacity of the conclusion she had arrived at, the leap of logic required to get there, was almost impressive in its own way."Oh, Miranda," I said, letting just enough pity into my voice to make it sting, "what's your business if I c

SELENA POV The car slowed and came to a gentle stop. I blinked, leaning toward the tinted window with mild confusion pulling at my brows. The neighborhood looked familiar in a way I couldn't immediately place.. the kind of familiar that lives somewhere deeper than conscious memory, in the body rather than the mind. I pushed the door open and stepped out slowly. And then recognition arrived all at once. The house. The exact house. The same entrance, the same quiet elegance, the same feeling of stepping into a space that had been designed to communicate that whatever happened inside it was serious and worth paying attention to. The place where Alexander had first handed me a contract and changed the entire direction of my life without either of us fully understanding that was what was happening. A small, involuntary smile touched my lips. God. Who could have predicted any of it? Standing here that first time I had been so angry I could barely see straight .. some cold, arrogant

SELENA POV"You have to talk, whether you like it or not."Kelvin's voice followed me like something that hadn't gotten the message yet.I turned and settled my gaze on him with the patience of someone who had genuinely better places to be. "And to what do I owe you? You're here for Calista, right? She's inside.""Cut the shit, Selena!"His voice rose sharply enough that the people nearby shifted and glanced over. He stepped closer, and the expression on his face had moved past controlled into something rawer and considerably less composed. "You're doing all this to get my attention, right? Fine. You got it." He held my gaze. "I'll take you back. You just have to beg."I stared at him.For a full second I genuinely processed whether I had heard him correctly, whether those words had actually assembled themselves in that order and come out of his mouth in public, in broad daylight, directed at me.Then I laughed.Not because it was funny. Because it was so completely, breathta