All Chapters of The Billionaire's Secret Heirs: Divorcing the Man Who Betray: Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

God.What is this strange, unfamiliar feeling?Claire's breath caught, her heart in complete disarray.Jonathan's own breath hitched slightly. "This too was this him?"Claire felt the temperature in his voice drop instantly, colder than before.Her pulse spiked, wondering exactly what stance he was asking this from.More than that Claire suddenly registered just how strange this whole moment had become.A man and a woman.The dead of night.Alone in a locked room.Is this appropriate?Even without an answer, Jonathan had clearly already drawn his own conclusion.Fine, Wade. If you don't know how to treat a person decently, someone will teach you.He fell silent and went back to cleaning her wounds, careful, redressing them properly.He even smoothed a ring of ointment around the bruising on her neck.His movements were skilled, precise refined and unexpectedly gentle.Claire shook off the tension, reminding herself of what he'd explained during their last misunderstanding everything h

Dr. Reeves sneered. "I have no idea what you're talking about.""Mrs. Wade haven't you got the wrong man?""I only came to give you a vitamin injection. Why would you set a trap with Jasmine and some stranger? Aren't you worried what Nathan and Grandma will think of this?""Random thugs off the street!"Dr. Reeves fixed a glare on Pete, apparently hoping the label would stick and buy him an opening to bolt.Pete didn't bother with words.Tall, wire-rimmed glasses giving him a mild-mannered look but underneath, genuinely dangerous. He grabbed Dr. Reeves by the collar and slapped him hard across the face.Crack. His lip split open, blood running down his chin.Dr. Reeves let out a low howl, face contorted in pain."Watch your mouth," Pete warned.Dr. Reeves gasped, no more smart remarks left in him. But he still wasn't ready to confess.Claire didn't rush him. She glanced at Jasmine instead. "You've learned a thing or two from Pete, huh?""Want to try your hand at acupuncture?""Grab th

8:30 p.m.Jasmine knocked. Claire opened the door and glanced at Mrs. Parker, sprawled out on the floor. "Out cold?"Jasmine gave a thumbs up. "Don't worry, sister. That sedative we took from Dr. Reeves's stash went straight into her nightcap water.""She's sleeping harder than she does at noon."Claire had already pulled on her coat, cinching it at the throat. "Let's go."Now that the truth about the painting was confirmed, there was no reason left to stay in this house.Pete had already gotten Dr. Reeves off the property, following Jasmine's route.Claire followed Jasmine through a maze of shadows and blind spots, successfully dodging every camera.How does she know this route so well?Claire was genuinely grateful she'd found Jasmine. A real asset invaluable.The path was crooked, weaving through hedges and flower beds, but even patrols rarely bothered checking it."When I was little," Jasmine said, "whenever my dad hit me, I'd hide out here. Thick bushes as long as I crawled in fa

"I'll leave this with you, Tina."Claire had just replied to the text when a doctor emerged from the ICU and hurried to call Mrs. Parker into the office.Claire stood, phone buzzing again Jonathan."Location?""Nineteenth floor," Claire replied, low."Someone will meet you outside. They'll call number twenty-three."Why twenty-three?Before Claire could ask, a woman in a nurse's uniform stepped out and called, "Number twenty-three."Claire raised her hand. "Here."She followed the nurse through a door marked Staff Only.The temperature dropped noticeably past the threshold. Claire tightened her scarf, following the nurse up a winding staircase, until they reached a spacious, well-lit office.She was still taking it in when Jonathan's voice came from behind her. "What are you looking at?"Claire turned to find him walking in, one hand in his pocket. He'd traded his usual black for something lighter today a rare departure and something about him read softer, more approachable than usual

Desperation flooded Grandma Wade's face. "No, Claire... let Grandma explain..."Claire simply withdrew her hand from the old woman's grip, quiet and unhurried.She stayed calm, laying out the facts in a flat tone."You must have discovered I was W by chance. Maybe because your husband loved collecting art while he was alive, you already had a soft spot for me thought my background, my genetics, made me a good match for this family.""I never immediately accepted the marriage proposal, and that scared you. Scared you I'd hesitate, refuse it outright. So you reached out to Jiang Wan directly, struck a deal that benefited you both, and rigged that competition to force my loss force me out of the art world entirely.""Grandma. This is the last time I'll ever call you that.""Whatever twisted logic you used to justify it you destroyed the one genuinely good thing I had in this family.""You know something? Out of everyone in the Wade family, you were the only one I actually considered mine