All Chapters of The billionaire hidden heart : Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

THE BILLIONAIRE’S HIDDEN HEARTBy Esty’sCHAPTER 16 – THE MAN WHO CAME BACKPart 1 – The Price of TrustThe room was dark.Alexander could hear his own breathing.Slow.Controlled.But beneath the calm exterior, his heart was pounding.He stared at the man standing across from him.David Blake.The man everyone believed was dead.The man Emily had once called her godfather.The man who had disappeared from her life without leaving a trace.Alexander’s jaw tightened.“You’re supposed to be dead.”David smiled.“So I’ve been told.”Jonathan stood behind him.“You two know each other?”Alexander didn’t answer.David laughed softly.“Not personally.”He walked closer.“But I know plenty about him.”Jonathan looked amused.“Then tell me.”David’s eyes remained fixed on Alexander.“Alexander Kingston was never supposed to inherit the company.”Alexander frowned.“What?”David smiled.“Your grandfather planned something very different.”Jonathan’s expression darkened.“David.”“What?”“Enoug

THE BILLIONAIRE’S HIDDEN HEARTBy Esty’sCHAPTER 16 – THE MAN WHO CAME BACKPart 3 – The Second HeirSmoke filled the apartment.Emily could barely see.“Alexander!”“I’m here!”His hand found hers.He pulled her toward the doorway.“Stay close to me.”Sophia coughed behind them.“Where’s Daniel?”“I’m here!”The real Daniel emerged from the smoke.Emily grabbed his arm.“Are you hurt?”“No.”She looked around.“Where’s Jonathan?”“He’s gone.”Alexander’s expression hardened.“He planned the escape.”Daniel nodded.“He knew we’d come.”Emily looked at Alexander.“What did he mean?”Alexander didn’t answer.“What did Jonathan mean about your mother?”Alexander looked away.Emily stepped closer.“Alexander.”“I don’t know.”“You do.”He shook his head.“I don’t.”Emily studied his face.“You looked scared.”“I was.”“Why?”Alexander finally looked at her.“Because my mother has been hiding something from me my entire life.”⸻THE KINGSTON MANSIONThey returned to the Kingston estate bef

THE BILLIONAIRE’S HIDDEN HEARTBy Esty’sCHAPTER 16 – THE MAN WHO CAME BACKPart 5 – The Blood on the Floor“Alexander!”Emily dropped beside him.Blood was spreading across his shirt.Her hands shook as she pressed them against the wound.“Stay with me.”Alexander’s eyes fluttered open.“I’m okay.”“Don’t lie to me!”“I’m not.”He tried to sit up.Emily pushed him back.“Stay down.”Across the corridor, Adrian was motionless.Catherine rushed toward him.“Adrian!”She fell to her knees.“Please.”Adrian’s eyes opened slightly.“Mom…”Catherine covered her mouth.“I’m here.”Adrian tried to breathe.“Don’t…”“Don’t what?”“Trust…”His eyes closed again.Catherine screamed for help.Daniel ran toward him.“He’s alive.”Emily looked at Alexander.“Is he going to survive?”Daniel examined the wound.“He’s been shot in the shoulder.”“What about Alexander?”Daniel looked at him.“The bullet grazed his ribs.”Emily exhaled shakily.“They’re alive.”For the first time since the shooting beg

THE BILLIONAIRE’S HIDDEN HEARTBy Esty’sCHAPTER 16 – THE MAN WHO CAME BACKPart 7 – The Birth CertificateThe room went silent.Emily stared at her mother.“My birth certificate is fake?”Catherine nodded slowly.Emily felt as though the floor had disappeared beneath her.“Why?”Catherine wiped the tears from her face.“Because the truth about your birth could have gotten you killed.”Emily shook her head.“Everyone keeps saying they were protecting me.”Her voice cracked.“But nobody ever asked me what I wanted.”Catherine stepped toward her.“I know.”“No, Mom.”Emily backed away.“You don’t know.”Catherine stopped.Emily’s eyes filled with tears.“Do you know what it feels like to discover that your entire childhood was built on lies?”Catherine couldn’t answer.“I thought Thomas was my father.”“He loved you.”“I thought I knew my family.”“You did.”“I thought my name was Emily Carter.”Catherine looked down.“It is.”Emily frowned.“Then what is the lie?”Catherine hesitated.

THE BILLIONAIRE’S HIDDEN HEARTBy Esty’sCHAPTER 16 – THE MAN WHO CAME BACKPart 8 – The Woman Who Gave Her LifeEmily couldn’t move.She stared at the woman standing across the chamber.Elena Kingston.Her biological mother.The woman who claimed to have carried her for nine months.The woman who had supposedly spent twenty-two years waiting to hold her.Emily’s mind refused to accept it.She looked at Catherine.Then Elena.Then back at Catherine.“Tell me she’s lying.”Catherine’s tears flowed freely.“She’s not.”Emily’s chest tightened.“Then you lied to me.”Catherine shook her head.“I was trying to protect you.”“From my own mother?”“From everyone.”Emily laughed bitterly.“Everyone keeps saying that.”Elena took a step forward.“Emily…”“Don’t.”Elena stopped.Emily’s voice trembled.“You don’t get to call me that.”“I understand.”“No, you don’t.”Emily pointed at Catherine.“She raised me.”Then she pointed at Elena.“And you suddenly appear after twenty-two years telling