All Chapters of The Substitute Bride Of The Blackwood : Chapter 161 - Chapter 170

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Chapter 161: The Final Wall

POV: VictoriaThe afternoon news playing on the television in my office did not just report a business problem. It dropped a massive bomb on my entire life.I stood completely frozen in the middle of the room. I held my computer tablet so tightly that my hands hurt. I watched the bright red words flash across the bottom of the screen on every single money channel: "FEDERAL POLICE GROW THEIR INVESTIGATION. BLACKWOOD BUSINESS GOES AFTER SEBASTIAN BLACKWOOD FOR SECRET POISON PLOT."The news people on the TV were talking very fast. They threw around big words like hidden bank accounts, fake chemical poisons, and trying to murder someone. But the only words that cut right through all that noise like a sharp knife were about Sebastian. They linked his name directly to a secret plan to murder his own half-brother, Damien.My breath caught in my throat. The room felt like it was spinning around me.For many months, I had made myself believe that I was just helping Sebastian win a big, importa

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Chapter 162: Questioned

POV: VictoriaThe cold, heavy metal of the handcuffs pushed hard into my wrists. That sharp pain was the only thing keeping me awake right now.The long ride in the back of the police car had felt like a fast, crazy dream. Now, I was sitting inside a small room. The room had no windows at all. It had plain grey walls and an old metal table with many scratches on it. The bright light above my head made a loud buzzing sound. It made my eyes hurt. I had spent my whole life living in beautiful houses. I ate in expensive restaurants and worked in very clean offices. I had never, ever been inside a room that felt this small, this cold, and this scary.I looked straight down at my two hands resting on the cold metal table. I was shaking all over.For the last few hours, my brain had been spinning around and around in circles. I was trying very hard to find a good way to explain what I had done. But the real truth was just too ugly to look at. I did not help Sebastian because I was an evil mo

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Chapter 163: The Arrest

POV: DamienThe heavy mahogany desk in my study was finally clear. The printed bank statements, the sealed evidence bags, and Dr. Keller’s terrifying medical dossier had all been handed over to the federal authorities hours ago. The room, which had been the site of my slow poisoning and Ethan’s ultimate downfall, now just felt like a regular room again.I sat in my leather chair, leaning back, the tension slowly bleeding out of my shoulders for the first time in two years. Charlotte stood quietly beside me, her hand resting gently on my shoulder.Together, we were watching the large television screen mounted against the far wall.Lucas had called ten minutes earlier to give us the heads-up. The federal task force had tracked Sebastian’s movements the moment he fled his downtown apartment. They had anticipated his exact route and intercepted him just before he could board a chartered flight to a country with no extradition treaty.Now, the live footage was playing across every major ne

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Chapter 164: Charges

POV: CharlotteThe legal papers arrived in a thick, plain leather folder. Lucas Sterling brought them to the mansion himself. He set them gently on the kitchen island before stepping out to the back patio to give Damien and me some quiet time alone.The morning sun was shining brightly through the large glass windows, warming up the smooth stone counters. It felt like a perfectly normal, beautiful day. It was very hard to believe that the thick papers resting right in front of me held the absolute ruin of two men’s lives.I reached out my hand and opened the folder. The thick pages were covered in heavy, formal legal words. They were stamped with the official ink seal of the federal police lawyers.I read the very first page slowly. It was the formal list of criminal charges against Sebastian Blackwood.For many months, he had been like a ghost. He was a dark shadow moving quietly behind the scenes, playing tricks on the business leaders and whispering lies through secret phones. Now,

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Chapter 165: Victoria’s Fate

POV: VictoriaThe rain was falling hard against the single small window of the cheap rented apartment. I sat on the edge of a thin, hard bed and stared at the peeling paint on the wall.It had been three days since the federal police finally let me go.I spent hours sitting in that cold, windowless room with Agent Miller. He had searched through all my phone records, my computer emails, and my bank accounts. After looking at every single message I had ever sent to Sebastian, the police finally reached a clear conclusion. I did not know anything at all about the deadly poison.I had only given Sebastian small, harmless details. I told him about daily schedules, driving routes, and family gossip. Being a jealous, bitter sister was a terrible thing to be, but it was not a federal crime. I was completely cleared of all criminal charges. I was allowed to walk out the front doors of the police building as a free woman. I would not have to go to prison.But being free from jail did not mean

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Chapter 166: Treatment Begins

POV: CharlotteThe bright morning light filled our large bedroom. It was a brand new day. For the first time since I moved into this giant house eleven months ago, the light actually felt warm and welcoming.I stood near the edge of the large bed. I was watching Dr. Adrian Keller carefully set up a tall metal medical pole. He hung a clear plastic bag of liquid from the very top hook. A long, thin plastic tube ran all the way down from the bag and connected directly into a small needle resting in Damien’s arm.This was called chelation therapy. Dr. Keller had explained the big medical words to us earlier in a very simple way. The clear liquid slowly dripping into Damien’s arm was a special medicine. It was designed to go deep into his blood, grab tightly onto the fake heavy metal poison that Ethan had given him, and safely carry it right out of his body.For two whole years, Damien had been fighting a terrible ghost. He had been fighting a dark, mystery sickness that nobody could name

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Chapter 167: Learning to Live

POV: DamienIt had been many weeks since the treatments started. Every week, the clear medicine dripped into my arm. At first, the changes were far too small to notice. I still felt very tired. I still had bad days where my muscles ached. But slowly, the heavy fog inside my head began to lift.Then, one morning, the changes were suddenly impossible to ignore.I stood in front of the large mirror in our master bathroom. I was looking closely at my own face. The constant, crushing headaches were finally gone. My skin had a healthy, warm color again. The dark, heavy shadows under my eyes had completely faded away. For the very first time in two years, I finally recognized the man looking back at me. I looked like Damien Blackwood again.Charlotte walked into the bathroom. She stopped near the doorway. She did not say a single word. She just looked at my face, and a soft, beautiful smile spread across her lips. She could see the exact same thing I saw. The sick man was finally gone.Later

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Chapter 168: Eleanor’s Peace

POV: Charlotte“We asked you to come over today because we have something special to share with you,” Damien said, his voice warm and steady as he sat beside me on the sofa.Eleanor lowered her teacup, a bright spark of curiosity in her eyes. For the first time since I had met her, she did not look like a woman carrying the heavy weight of an empire on her shoulders. The strict, unbending posture she had always used to protect herself was gone. She looked softer, younger, and completely at peace.“Oh?” Eleanor asked, glancing happily at my growing stomach. “Is everything alright with the baby?”“The baby is perfectly healthy,” I answered, resting my hand on my bump. “But this is actually about the two of us.”Damien reached over, weaving his fingers gently through mine. His steps across the room earlier had been perfectly steady, his back straight, and the healthy color in his face was undeniable. Watching him recover, and seeing how naturally I had settled into both the family and th

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Chapter 169: Victoria’s Decision

POV: Victoria“I cannot stay in New York,” I said.I folded a simple black sweater and placed it carefully inside the small suitcase on my bed.My mother stood near the doorway of the cheap, rented apartment. She did not argue with me. She did not tell me that the public news would blow over in a few weeks, or that the reporters would eventually find a different, more exciting story to chase. She just stood there holding her purse, watching me with quiet, sad eyes.I looked down at the open suitcase on the thin mattress. It was very small. I was not packing the beautiful, expensive silk dresses I used to wear to fancy business dinners. I was not packing my shiny high heels, my expensive watches, or the heavy jewelry that proved how much money I made. I was only packing plain, normal clothes. My old life as a powerful business woman was completely gone. I did not want to carry the heavy pieces of it with me anymore.“Every single street in this city reminds me of a terrible choice,” I

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Chapter 170: Family

POV: CharlotteNathan, Margaret, and Victoria stood awkwardly together in the center of the mansion’s main living room.I did not offer them a seat. I stood a few feet away, my arms crossed lightly over my growing stomach, waiting for one of them to speak. Victoria had a small travel coat draped over her arm. I knew she was leaving New York today.Nathan broke the heavy silence first. The proud, untouchable posture he had carried my entire life was completely gone. He looked like an old, defeated man.“We came because we owe you an apology,” Nathan said, his voice thick with uncomfortable shame. “For your entire life, we treated you like a placeholder. We hid the truth about your adoption because we were only worried about the Whitmore public image. We raised you to believe that your only value was in serving this family. When I told you that you were useful, I thought I was giving you a compliment. I should have been telling you that you were loved. I’m sorry for making you sacrifici

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