All Chapters of DIVORCED, I QUICKLY MARRIED A BILLIONAIRE: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

Maya stood still in the middle of the cell and looked straight at Damson. He was breathing hard. His hands were shaking. The cocky smile he always wore was gone.“You really should not have come back here,” she said again. Her voice was quiet but steady.Damson wiped sweat from his forehead. “They found Bella in the parking lot. Knife in her chest. The camera shows you. My mother is losing her mind. She says if you do not tell the police the full truth right now, Leo will not make it through the night.”Maya took one slow step closer. The handcuffs felt heavy but she did not care.“You killed Bella,” she said. It was not a question.Damson’s eyes widened. “No. I did not. It was not me.”Maya smiled. It was small and cold.“You came here to threaten me while your mother does the dirty work. Same as always.”Damson stepped back until his back hit the cell wall. “Just confess everything. Tell them you killed Bella. Tell them you poisoned her. Tell them you are crazy. Do that and I will c

The interrogation room was cold.Maya sat across from Detective Harris. Her hands were cuffed to the metal table. A lawyer sat beside her, but the lawyer had already told her the situation was impossible.Bella was dead.The evidence all pointed to Maya.Harris had been asking the same questions for two hours straight."Why were you at the restaurant that night?" he asked again."I already told you," Maya said. "I was there to see Bella. To talk to her.""To talk to her," Harris repeated slowly. "Or to poison her?""I did not poison her.""Your fingerprints are on the glass.""I handed her a drink. Of course my fingerprints are on the glass."Harris leaned back in his chair. He looked tired. But his eyes were still sharp. Waiting."We found traces of cyanide in her system," he said. "The autopsy came back two hours ago. She was poisoned. And you were the last person to see her alive."Maya's lawyer put a hand on her arm. A warning. Do not speak without thinking.But Maya was about to

Maya’s legs almost gave out. She grabbed the table to stay standing.“He flatlined again?” she whispered.The captain nodded. “They are still working on him. But it does not look good.”She did not wait for permission. She turned and ran out of the room. The officers did not stop her. Marcus was already at the front door waiting. He saw her face and opened the car door before she reached it.“Drive!” Maya shouted as she jumped in.The car sped toward the hospital. Maya sat with her hands clenched so tight her nails dug into her palms. She kept seeing Leo’s small body on the bed. The pillow. The flat line. The message that said he was gone.Marcus drove with one hand on the wheel. His other hand reached over and held hers.“He is still fighting,” he said. “The doctor just texted. They got a heartbeat back but it is weak.”Maya did not answer. She only stared at the road. Every red light felt like it lasted forever.When they finally reached the hospital she ran through the emergency do

Maya did not move. She stood between Damson and Leo’s bed like a shield. The gun in Damson’s hand shook but stayed pointed straight at the small body behind her.Marcus froze mid-step. One more move and Damson would pull the trigger. The hallway outside was still dark. The footsteps were getting louder. Someone was running toward the room.Damson’s eyes were wild. “I told you to confess. I told you to stop playing games. Now look what you made me do.”Maya’s voice came out low and steady. “You are going to shoot a child? Your own blood?”“He is not my blood,” Damson snapped. “He is just another mistake. Like you were.”Maya felt the words cut deep but she did not flinch. She took one small step forward. Her bare feet made no sound on the cold floor.“Shoot me instead,” she said. “Right now. In front of everyone. Kill me like you tried to before. But leave Leo alone.”Damson laughed. It sounded broken. “You think I came here to kill you? No. I came here to watch you break. I want you t

Maya screamed inside the police car.The sound tore out of her throat raw and broken. She banged her cuffed hands against the glass so hard the whole car shook.Damson sat in the car right beside them, holding up his phone. The live video showed a hand pressing a pillow hard over Leo’s face. The boy’s small body jerked under it, fighting for air.“Confess everything at the station or he dies in the next two minutes,” the message on the screen read.Maya’s voice cracked as she shouted again.“Stop the car! He is killing my son right now!”The officers in the front seat turned around fast. The female officer’s eyes went wide.“What are you talking about?” she asked.Maya shoved the phone toward them, her hands shaking so badly she almost dropped it.“Look! Look at the video! Damson has someone in Leo’s room. He has a pillow over his face!”The officer took the phone. Her face changed the second she saw the live feed. She spoke quickly into her radio.“We need immediate check on the boy