All Chapters of The bride he never choose: Chapter 131 - Chapter 140

Chapter 131: I Choose You The ride to the hospital felt endless. I sat in the back seat beside Edward. My hands were stained with Damian's blood. I couldn't stop staring at them. No matter how hard I rubbed them together... The blood wouldn't disappear. Edward gently placed his hand over mine. "Angela." I looked at him. "He's going to be okay." I wanted to believe him. I really did. But all I could see was Damian pushing me away... Taking the falling glass instead. If he had been one second slower... I would've been the one lying in that ambulance. --- The emergency room doors burst open as the paramedics rushed Damian inside. A doctor immediately took over. "We need to operate."

Chapter 133: Into the Lion's Den The drive to the abandoned estate was silent. Five black SUVs cut through the darkness. Police vehicles followed close behind. No one spoke. The only sound was the steady rain hitting the windows. I sat beside Damian. His left shoulder was still bandaged. He should have been in a hospital bed. Instead... He was here. "You're in pain." I whispered. He smiled faintly. "I've been through worse." I raised an eyebrow. "Liar." He chuckled. "Maybe a little." I reached over and carefully adjusted his sling. "You don't always have to be the strong one." He looked at me. "Neither do you." --- Thirty minutes

Chapter 135: Rachel's Secret I couldn't move. I couldn't think. The detective's words echoed through my mind. "The fingerprint belongs to Rachel Morgan." Rebecca slowly stood from the sofa. "No..." She whispered. "That's impossible." "My sister died." The detective shook his head. "We checked the fingerprint against old hospital employment records." "The match is ninety-nine percent certain." Rebecca covered her mouth. "If Rachel is alive..." "Why didn't she come home?" --- The next morning... Damian gathered everyone in the Hale mansion's study. The private investigator spread photographs and documents across the table. "We've been looking into Rachel Morgan's past." He pointed to an old newspaper clipping. "Rachel wasn't just a nurse." "She was the first person to notice the babies had been switched." Martha nodded. "She wanted to report it." "But the hospital directors refused." The investigator continued. "According to several former employees, Rachel t

Chapter 137: The Name Behind the Secret "Rachel!" Rebecca dropped to her knees beside her sister. Rachel's eyes were closed. Blood trickled down the side of her face. The paramedics, who had been waiting outside with the police, rushed into the room. "Move back!" One of them checked Rachel's pulse. A long, tense second passed. Then he looked up. "She's alive." Relief flooded the room. "But she's losing blood." "We have to get her to the hospital." --- Outside the cabin... Police officers searched the forest. Dogs followed fresh tracks through the mud. The sniper was gone. The black SUV had vanished. The detective slammed his fist against the hood of his car. "We were too late." Damian walked out of the cabin, his injured shoulder throbbing. "No." He said quietly. "We weren't." The detective looked at him. "Rachel is alive." "And now we know someone is terrified of what she remembers." --- The ambulance doors closed. Rebecca climbed inside beside Rachel.

Chapter 139: The Journal Victoria's hands trembled as she closed the journal. "No..." She whispered. "My father..." "What did you do?" She flipped through the pages again, searching for an explanation. Instead, she found page after page of financial records, secret meetings, and names of powerful people connected to St. Mary's Hospital. Near the end of the journal, one paragraph had been circled in red ink. «The child must never know why the switch happened. If the truth is exposed, everything we built will collapse.» Victoria stared at the words. Her father hadn't written a reason. Only a warning. For the first time in years, doubt crept into her heart. Had she been protecting a lie? --- At the hospital, Rachel was finally strong enough to speak for more than a few minutes. The detective placed a recorder on the bedside table. "I need you to tell us everything you remember." Rachel nodded. "The night of the fire, I overheard William Ashford arguing with one of the