All Chapters of THE BILLIONAIRE'S REPLACEMENT BRIDE: Chapter 211 - Chapter 214

The footsteps stopped outside the conference room door.Nobody moved."Dad," Emma said, low, urgent. "Sit down. Whoever it is, we handle it together."The door opened.Renshaw stood there first, breathing hard. Behind him, moving slower, one hand braced against the frame, was Theodore.Ninety-four years old, and he'd insisted on the stairs himself."He wouldn't let me leave him in the car," Renshaw said, guiding him to the nearest chair. "I tried.""I've spent seventy years being left in cars," Theodore said, lowering himself down with effort. "Metaphorically. I'm done with it."Ethan pulled a second chair close, and Theodore waved off the concern in it with a tired flick of his hand. "I'm old, not made of glass. Sit down, all of you. This will take longer standing up."Richard knelt beside him without thinking, old instinct pulling him there faster than caution could catch up. "You didn't need to come.""I did," Theodore said. "Because whatever my grandson is about to tell you, he's

The house filled slowly through the night, headlights sweeping the driveway one after another as everyone who mattered found a reason not to sleep alone."I counted eleven cars," Olivia said, peering through the front curtain. "This used to be a family. Now it's a small militia with better coffee.""Better coffee, worse sleep schedule," Adrian added, setting down a tray of mugs nobody had asked for but everyone reached for anyway.Nolan arrived last, still in yesterday's clothes, a folder tucked under one arm. "Forensics finished with the breaker panel. Whoever did it wore gloves, moved fast, and knew exactly which switch to throw without checking a diagram first.""Professional," Ethan said."Or well-briefed," Nolan said. "There's a difference, and I don't like how thin it is tonight."Maya hadn't left the kitchen table in three hours, laptop propped against a stack of cookbooks nobody had opened in years. "The account number traces to an actual institution. Private banking house, fo