บททั้งหมดของ The Billionaire Who Couldn't Forget Her. : บทที่ 21 - บทที่ 30

The steel door slammed shut with a deafening clang. Amara stumbled forward, catching herself against the damp wall of the narrow passage beyond. Her breathing came in ragged gasps. Behind the door, chaos erupted.Gunfire.Shouting.Richard's voice.Then...Silence.Not complete silence.The kind that follows when something terrible has already happened.Her fingers instinctively tightened around the envelope Richard had forced into her hands. Written across the front, in elegant handwriting, were six words. Only Ethan Cole Must Read This.Her heart pounded. She wanted to go back. She wanted answers.But Richard's final command echoed in her mind."Your daughter needs you."Lily.The thought of her daughter gave Amara the strength to move.She turned and ran into the darkness.Outside the warehouse, David scanned the burning structure through the scope of his rifle."Ethan!""No visual yet!"Smoke poured from broken windows as flames climbed the walls. The warehouse had become a furnac

The morning sun spilled across the private garden behind St. Catherine's Hospital.For the first time in days, the rain had stopped.Lily sat on a wooden bench feeding pieces of bread to a family of pigeons while one of the nurses watched over her from a respectful distance.Inside the hospital chapel, Ethan stood alone. He wasn't praying.He was trying to find the courage to ask a question that had haunted him all night. A quiet voice broke the silence."You've been standing here for almost twenty minutes."He turned.Amara.She looked exhausted, but there was a softness in her eyes he hadn't seen since university."You wanted to talk.""I did."Neither of them spoke for several seconds.The silence wasn't awkward.It was heavy with seven years of words that had never been said.Finally, Ethan looked at her."I've remembered something."Amara frowned."What?""The night before graduation."She smiled faintly despite herself."You insisted we buy roasted corn instead of going to that

"Daddy."The single word echoed inside Ethan's heart long after Lily let go of him. He looked at her with tears in his eyes."I've dreamed of hearing that for years..." His voice cracked."..without even knowing it."Lily frowned."Why are grown-ups always crying?"Ethan laughed through his tears."Because sometimes..."He gently kissed her forehead."...our hearts become too full."She smiled."I like making your heart full”"You already have."She slipped her tiny hand into his."Can we still feed the pigeons?"He nodded."Of course."As they walked toward the hospital garden, neither of them noticed the man in the baseball cap watching from behind a newspaper stand.He lowered his camera. Pressed the call button on his phone."The girl trusts him now."A cold voice answered."Good!""That makes tonight easier."Inside Amara's hospital room, David spread several photographs across the table."These were recovered from security cameras around the warehouse."Amara leaned closer.Most

The roaring blades of the helicopter drowned out every other sound on the expressway. Traffic had come to a complete standstill.People climbed out of their vehicles, filming the burning ambulance from a distance. News helicopters were already circling overhead.Live broadcasts had begun."This is Channel 8 News reporting live from the Lekki Expressway, where an explosion involving an ambulance has just occurred. Witnesses claim billionaire Ethan Cole was involved in the rescue..."But no one was paying attention to the cameras.Not David.Not Amara, whose car had just screeched to a halt after following the GPS tracker.And certainly not Richard Cole.The man the world had buried three years ago knelt beside his unconscious son. For a brief second, his composure broke.He gently touched Ethan's blood-soaked face."My boy..."His voice was barely a whisper."I'm so sorry."David had never seen Richard Cole in person before. Yet there was no mistaking him. The photographs.The recovere

The photograph hit the polished floor with a soft slap. No one moved to pick it up. No one even breathed. Ethan stared at Richard as though the world had suddenly begun speaking a language he no longer understood."No."His voice was barely audible."No... you're lying."Richard closed his eyes."I wish I were.""You are my father.""I changed your diapers.""I taught you to ride a bicycle.""I sat beside your bed when you had malaria at eight.""I celebrated every birthday.""I watched you graduate.""I watched you become the man I always prayed you'd be."His voice broke."But none of those things change biology."Ethan took a step backward.Then another.He looked as though the floor itself had disappeared beneath him."You let me bury you.""I know.""You let me believe I was alone.""I know.""And now you tell me..."His eyes drifted to the photograph."..that I don't even know who I am?"Richard couldn't answer.Because there was no answer that could erase seven years of pain.H