All Chapters of A BABY FOR THE BILLIONAIRE : Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

Max parked the car in the underground garage of his high-rise apartment complex. The engine died, and the silence inside the car became heavy instantly. I stared out the windshield at the concrete wall, my hands tightly clenched together in my lap. Every single word Jeffrey had hurled at me back at my grandmother’s house kept repeating inside my mind like a broken record.You’re letting him believe he’s building a future with you. What happens when he finds out?My chest felt tight. My breath came in shallow, irregular gulps. Even though this engagement was fake—an arrangement made to satisfy his family and protect me from the public embarrassment of Jeffrey’s sudden affair—the shame felt painfully real. Max unbuckled his seatbelt. He did not immediately move to open his door. Instead, he turned his head and looked at me silently."We are home, Leslie," Max said gently, his deep voice cutting through the dark quiet. "You don't have to stay in the car."I swallowed hard, forcing my fin

The quiet inside the study room was heavy and suffocating. Arthur’s words echoed off the high ceiling, bouncing back to strike my ears again and again.An illegal medical trial.I gasped, grabbing the edge of the desk for support as dizziness washed over me. "That’s... that’s not true! My doctor told me the treatment was fully approved by the board!"Arthur sneered, leaning back in his leather chair with his hands folded together. "Your doctor lied to you, my dear. Or perhaps you conveniently chose not to read the fine print because you were desperate to stay alive. Either way, you are currently involved in an unauthorized experimental procedure. If the public finds out that the future wife of the CEO of Vance Enterprises is tied to an illegal medical scandal, our stock value will drop by thirty percent by tomorrow morning."Max didn't glance at his father. Instead, he slowly reached down and picked up the white folder from the desk. His hands were steady, but I could see the faint mu

The emergency room turned into total noise. Red warning lights flashed against the white walls, and the heart monitor beeped in fast, sharp shrieks that cut through the air. My vision was spinning out of focus, fading into a murky dark grey, but I could still hear the panic around me."Her heart rate is crashing! Sixty! Fifty-two!" the nurse screamed, her voice cracking with terror. "Doctor, she’s slipping into shock!"Dr. Harrison stood frozen near my bed, his hands shaking so violently that the empty glass vial slipped from his fingers and shattered onto the linoleum floor. His face was completely white, all color drained away. "No... no, that cannot be! That was supposed to be the neutralizing serum! It came straight from the vault!"Max did not waste a single second screaming at the doctor. He lunged across the narrow space, his broad frame moving with terrifying speed. He grabbed Dr. Harrison by the front of his white lab coat, lifting the older man almost completely off his feet

The cold air inside the car felt utterly suffocating as Jeffrey's voice hung in the space between us.*If you don't... Max goes to prison for twenty years.*"Jeffrey, don't do this," I whispered, clutching the phone so tightly my knuckles turned white. "Leave Daisy out of this! Leave Max out of this!""Thirty minutes, Leslie," Jeffrey said coldly. "Come alone. If I see a single police car or if that high-priced lawyer of yours tries to follow you, I'll destroy the hard drive containing the footage, and Max Crane can rot in a maximum-security cell."The line went dead with a sharp click.I lowered the phone slowly, my heart hammering like a trapped bird against my ribs. Beside me, Logan was staring at the road, his jaw set in a hard line. He had heard every word through the car's Bluetooth speaker."You're not going," Logan said firmly, his voice leaving no room for argument. "It's a trap, Leslie. Jeffrey is desperate. He knows he's cornered, and he's using your fear to force you into

The room turned completely quiet. The warm morning sunlight streaming through the high penthouse windows suddenly felt cold and distant.I stared at Max, my hand still resting on his arm. His expression was tight, his strong jaw set so hard that a tiny muscle twitched along his cheek. The powerful, unbeatable CEO who had just brought down his father and locked away my ex-husband looked suddenly fragile, shadowed by an old, deep pain."Your mother... tried to kill you?" I whispered, my heart aching for the young boy he must have been.Max looked down at the silk duvet, his long fingers tracing a line in the fabric. "My mother, Eleanor, was diagnosed with a severe personality disorder when I was a child. But my father, obsessed with keeping the family's public image perfect, refused to put her in a proper medical facility. He kept her hidden in the east wing of our old manor, heavily medicated."He took a slow, heavy breath, his deep voice dropping to a raspy murmur. "When I was twelve,