All Chapters of THE BRIDE HE NEVER WANTED: Chapter 171 - Chapter 180

When we got home. The moment I stepped through the front door, I saw Emma standing in the living room. Clara was beside her, and Nathan was sitting on the sofa. All three looked worried. Emma rushed toward me. “Serena!” “I’m fine.” She looked at the children in my arms before looking back at me “Where were you?” I opened my mouth, but she cut me off. “Do you have any idea what you put us through?” I stared at her. Emma had never spoken to me like that before. “Emma…” “No. Let me speak.” Her eyes filled with tears. “You disappeared without telling anyone. You went after a dangerous man alone. Your children were kidnapped, and we had no idea whether you were alive.” “I’m sorry.” “You should be.” Nathan sat forward. “Emma…” She turned toward him. The room became quiet. “I understand,” Nathan said. I lowered my eyes. “I should have told you. All of you. I just couldn’t think about anything except my children.” Emma’s expression softened. “I know but please don't do that eve

By nine in the morning, Adrian had already showered and changed.He stood in front of his bedroom mirror, looking more tired than he wanted to admit. He had barely slept. Every time he closed his eyes, he remembered the warehouse, the children, Serena’s face when she finally held them again.His phone rested on the table. He picked it up. Serena’s name was on the screen. He almost called to inform her of the investors pulling out today. Then he stopped. She had been through enough. Her children had only just returned home after being kidnapped. She needed peace, not another phone call from him asking questions.Adrian put the phone down.“Let her rest,” he whispered.He picked up his jacket and left.The Laurent Group headquarters was already busy when he arrived. Employees moved quickly through the halls, but the usual energy was missing. People knew about the problems surrounding the company. They knew the investors were meeting that morning. And they knew this meeting could decide

My heart began pounding. After everything that happened, the guard was finally awake. And wants to tell me the reason he took that bullet for me. I was still holding the phone when I looked at Adrian. “The guard is awake,” I said. Adrian’s expression changed. “The guard?” I nodded. “The doctor said he regained consciousness. He’s asking for me.” For a moment, neither of us spoke. After everything that had happened at the warehouse, I never expected to hear that voice again. I had watched him take a bullet meant for me. Before that, he had looked at me with so much anger that I had believed every word he said. Now he was asking for me. “I need to go,” I said. Adrian picked up his jacket. “I’m coming with you.” I looked at him. “You don’t have to.” “I know.” His voice was firm. “I’m still coming.” We left the boardroom without another word. The drive to the hospital felt longer than usual. I sat quietly, staring through the window. My mind kept going back to the warehouse. Y

Serena walked away from the hospital room without looking back.Adrian was letf in the hallway again. He watched her disappear around the corner, then looked through the glass window in the guard’s door. The man was lying quietly, his eyes closed.Adrian’s mind was somewhere else. The moment he had seen that face, he had remembered. The Laurent mansion. The night Serena escaped. The gate. The guard standing there. The anger that had taken control of him.Adrian closed his eyes. He remembered dragging the man outside and ordering the other guards to beat him. He remembered the man begging for another chance. He remembered not caring. At the time, all Adrian could think about was Serena. Now, years later, the memory made his stomach turn.He pushed the door open. The guard opened his eyes. When he saw Adrian, his expression changed. Neither man spoke. Adrian walked closer to the bed.“I remember you now.”The guard stared at him.“I knew you would.”Adrian pulled a chair closer but did

I kept my eyes on the man at the back of the room for another second.Something about his expression bothered me, but I wasn’t going to turn my meeting into an interrogation. Not today. I leaned toward Emma and whispered,“Get me his details later.”She followed my eyes and nodded.“Okay.”I turned back to the staffs. “That’s all for now. Get back to work.”The room slowly came alive again. People began talking as they left, but I stayed where I was until most of them had gone. Emma came beside me. “You handled that well.”“Why do you think I won't?”“You looked tired.”“I am tired.”She smiled gently. “Then go and be a mother for a while.”I laughed softly. “That sounds better than being a CEO.”We walked back to my office. The moment I opened the door, Lila ran toward me.“Mommy!”I bent down and caught her in my arms. Elias came running behind her.“Mommy, look!”He held up a toy car. “You like it?” He nodded proudly. “It’s very fast.”Lila pulled my hand. “Come and see what we m