All Chapters of You Had This Divorce Coming: Chapter 271 - Chapter 280

Gideon's heart lurched into his throat. The tips of his fingers turned icy.He drew a long breath, forced down every trace of emotion threatening to show in his eyes, and gestured for Elaine to keep an eye on Lily. Then he hurried to the far end of the corridor and answered the call."Gideon. I just had a nightmare. Lily was running a high fever, and her whole body was convulsing. Tell me the truth, right now. How is she?" Lucille's voice was clipped and strained, her anxiety impossible to hide.Gideon's brow furrowed. He kept his voice calm and even. "She's fine. You have nothing to worry about. She's perfectly well.""I don't believe you." Lucille answered without hesitation. "I'm coming now. Give her back to me. I've never had a nightmare that vivid or that real. I won't be at ease until I see her with my own eyes."Gideon fought to keep the rising panic out of his voice and pressed harder, "Lucille, I'm her father. Would I hurt my own daughter?"She's surrounded by people who

Lucille looked at Otto, and the gratitude in her eyes was unmistakably genuine. "Otto, thank you. But I don't want you getting caught in the middle of my private situation with the Prescotts. You and Gideon have a history, and I—""That was then. This is now," he cut her off, his tone leaving no room for argument. "Gideon and I are finished. Lucy, I mean what I'm saying. Tell me what you need. My family's resources are yours to use. I have more than one way to make him give the child back."Lucille met his gaze and saw the unguarded concern in his eyes, the urgency he made no effort to hide. She couldn't help but feel touched by it.She knew Otto well enough to know that if he said he could do something, he could. That was exactly why she couldn't casually accept his offer.The weight of what Otto was offering was too great for her to accept lightly. She wasn't afraid of owing a debt to her brother. He was family, and this was different. Otto's generosity carried a gravity she wasn

They were on the verge of coming to blows.Walter stepped between them at once. "Gideon, you're seeing enemies everywhere. First it was me, and now it's Otto. We care about Lucille as a friend. It isn't what you're imagining."Gideon let out a short, humorless laugh. "Right. You're all Lucille's friends now, and I'm the outsider. I see how it is."Lucille interjected sharply, "Gideon, that's enough. This is between you and me. There's no need to drag anyone else into it. One last question. Are you giving her back or not? If not, don't blame me for what happens next."Gideon met her eyes. Fury blazed in them, but beneath it lay the exhaustion she was trying so hard to hide. The rims of her eyes were red, and her lips had lost all color.A protective instinct stirred within him, but he forced it down. If he gave in now, whatever future they still had would truly disappear.A man who chose to hold the line had to hold it without wavering.He steadied himself and returned her gaze.

Lincoln's hands shook as he grabbed the mouse and pulled up the live market data.On the screen, the Prescott Group's stock chart was in free fall. What had once been a smooth curve had become something savage and nearly vertical, plunging straight toward the floor. A wall of green sell orders overwhelmed every buy order the instant one appeared.The number in red was blinding: -9.8%.Lincoln lifted his head, his chest heaving as he pointed at the screen with a visibly trembling finger. "Gideon! Get over here and look at this!"Look at what you've done! The banks, the suppliers, the board, they're all watching us. You always prided yourself on having everything under control. How did you let it come to this?"I don't care what you have to do. Get down on your knees and beg if you have to. Just bring the stock price back. Otherwise... Otherwise the empire I built will be destroyed by my own son."The moment he finished shouting, he collapsed into his chair like something that had

Lucille ended the call and tossed her phone onto the passenger seat.Without hesitation, she floored the accelerator, and the white Maserati shot toward the old Prescott estate like an arrow released from a bow.…Gideon was already on his way back. Throughout the drive, his mind churned through every angle of what had happened and what needed to come next.No matter how he looked at it, everything still came down to Lucille.He had already hired the strongest trading team in the domestic market to drive the stock price back up. It had cost him an enormous amount, and the company's cash flow would be extremely tight for months to come.The immediate priority was stability. There could be no more chaos.If Lucille would simply stand down, accept reality, and fall back into line, that would be the best possible outcome.He could use Lily's party as a public demonstration that the Prescott Group remained strong and the family remained united. That would help stabilize the stock pr