Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Billionaire's Ex-wife Is a Brilliant Lawyer: Kabanata 201 - Kabanata 210

Bella’s POV"What about it?" I asked her.“Can we talk somewhere else?”I looked toward Mum.She was speaking quietly with Mr. Ashford while Sophie sat near the foot of the bed, listening more than participating. Mrs. Ashford had one hand around Mum’s fingers.“I’ll be outside,” I said.Mum glanced at me. “Do not disappear.”“I’m going into the corridor.”“That is how disappearing usually starts.”Sophie smiled. “I’ll keep track of her.”“You are all very controlling.”Mum looked pleased with herself.Evelyn and I stepped outside.She walked several feet from the door before stopping near the window at the end of the corridor.“What about the divorce?”She folded her arms, then seemed to reconsider and dropped them.“I want it finished.”“It is already moving.”“No. I mean finished quickly.”I studied her. “How? What changed?”She gave me a tired look.“Do you really need me to answer that?”“Yes.”“Bella.”“I represent Alex. If you are changing your position this drastically, your la

Bella’s POVThe final hearing was scheduled for late morning.By then, Evelyn’s revised position had been filed, Alex had signed off on the terms his side could accept, and Chloe had spent most of the previous evening making sure there was nothing left vague enough to become another fight later.I sat beside Alex, but I let Chloe handle most of the procedural work.There was too much history in the room already without me making myself the centre of it.Evelyn arrived with Bennett and took her place across from us. She looked composed enough for anyone who did not know what the last few days had done to her.I knew better now.I noticed that she kept rubbing the side of her thumb with one finger whenever Bennett spoke to her.The judge reviewed the revised filing before looking at Evelyn. “Mrs. Kings, your counsel has notified the court that you are withdrawing your contested claims regarding the additional property division, the disputed investment accounts, and the trust arrangement

Bella’s POVI kept Lily’s hand inside mine while the words reached all four of them in different ways.Caleb lowered his eyes and pressed his lips together. Noah moved closer to Daniel without seeming to notice he had done it.Evie climbed into my arms and rested her cheek against my shoulder, while Lily stared at me with the fixed concentration she used whenever she was trying to understand something nobody could make easier for her.“Can we still see her?” Caleb asked after a moment, his voice quieter than it had been when he first saw me.“That is why I asked Clara to bring you.” I brushed my hand over his hair. “Grandma has been waiting for you.”“But she has never met us before.” Noah frowned as though he had found a problem nobody else had considered. “What if she doesn’t know who we are?”“She knows exactly who you are.” I adjusted Evie against my hip. “She has seen your photographs, she has spoken to you on the phone, and I have told her more stories about all four of you than

Bella’s POV By the fifth day, Mum had stopped trying to pretend she was stronger than she was. She still opened her eyes when someone spoke to her, and she still answered when she could, but every sentence cost more than the last. The nurse had lowered the lights and adjusted the medication twice. Nobody needed to explain what that meant. The children stayed close. Caleb had taken the chair nearest the foot of the bed. Noah sat on the floor beside him with his back against the wall, while Lily and Evie shared another chair near Clara. Daniel stood behind them, keeping an eye on all four without making it obvious. Alex remained near the door; he had come back after I told him he could. The children had spoken to him again, although nobody had crossed whatever invisible line separated curiosity from trust. Caleb had asked another question about his house. Evie had asked whether the swimming pool had a slide. Noah had asked nothing. Lily had watched him in the same careful way she w

Bella’s POV The following morning, I dressed four children for a funeral before I allowed myself to think about what the day meant. Caleb insisted on buttoning his own shirt even after getting the second button wrong twice. Noah stood in front of the mirror and complained that his collar was uncomfortable until Daniel fixed it for him. Lily asked whether Grandma would have liked the dress Clara had chosen, while Evie wanted to know why everyone had to wear dark colours when Grandma liked yellow. “She would probably have complained about all of us looking miserable,” I told Evie as I fixed the ribbon at the back of her dress. “Then why are we wearing this?” Evie asked. “Because funerals have rules people keep following even when the person who died would have ignored half of them.” Caleb looked at me from across the room. “Grandma would have ignored the rules?” “She ignored most rules she considered unnecessary.” “That sounds like you,” Noah said. “Please save the insults unti