Lahat ng Kabanata ng Five Years On The Run: The Billionaire's Secret Baby: Kabanata 51 - Kabanata 60

ColetteI stared at the lab report in my hands and felt my entire world tilt sideways.Paternity match: 98%Oliver Ashford is Lea's biological father.The words kept repeating in my head but they didn't make sense because Oliver couldn't be Lea's father. Lea's father was the stranger from that hotel room five years ago, the man I'd never seen clearly, the night that had been hazy and wrong and felt more like a nightmare than a memory.But it all started to connect now.That bond I felt with Elijah that seemed too strong and too immediate to make sense. Oliver's familiarity every time I was near him and the way his touch felt like something I'd experienced before. The dreams I'd been having about that night and the scent that haunted them and the way my body recognized his even when my mind said it was impossible.My heart raced very fast and my body started to shake because the same secret I thought I'd run away from had finally caught up with me and there was nowhere left to hide.I

ColetteMy head ached like crazy and what Oliver was saying seemed to be adding to that pain with every word that came out of his mouth.I didn't want to appear so scared to him but how could I pretend to be fine and okay when my heart was racing so much and when all I could think about was the possibility of Oliver taking Lea away from me or even worse, suing me for keeping her from him all these years. He had the money and the power and the connections to do whatever he wanted and I had nothing except the truth that I hadn't known who he was.He looked so angry standing there in front of me with his jaw clenched and his eyes cold and I knew that there was nothing I could say to him that would change how furious he was. The Oliver I'd gotten to know over the past few months was completely gone and in his place was this stranger who looked at me like I was his enemy."Oliver," I said and my voice came out weak. "Can we please talk about this later? Lea's wellbeing is the major prior

ColetteLea recovered very fast and it surprised even me.The doctors had said she'd need at least a week in the hospital but by the fourth day she was sitting up on her own and eating solid food and asking when she could go home. The nurses said it was remarkable how quickly children bounced back from trauma but I thought it was something more than that, like Lea had decided she wasn't going to let this accident keep her down.I hadn't been at work since that day and Oliver didn't seem to care about that which should have been a relief but somehow felt wrong. I'd called Priya earlier in the week to inform her about the situation and even though she'd offered her condolences and asked if there was anything she could do to help. I could still feel that something was very wrong in how she spoke to me. Her voice had been careful and measured like she was talking to someone she didn't quite trust anymore.Oliver had been acting really weird too and it was bothering me more than it shou

VivianI was having a conversation with my brother Julian in the back room of our father's office where no one could overhear us."We're running out of time," Julian said and his voice had that edge of panic it always got when things weren't going according to plan. "Why are you wasting time with getting Oliver like we planned? The company is falling apart and we need that merger to happen now.""The bitch is the one who came into the picture and slowed down everything," I said and I could hear the frustration in my own voice. "Colette Etienne has been inserting herself into Oliver's life and making it impossible for me to get close to him the way I need to.""Then get rid of her.""I'm working on it. Her cup is long overdue and she's already starting to see the consequences of whatever she thinks she's doing."Julian looked at me with those cold blue eyes that matched mine. "What did you do?""Nothing that can be traced back to me. Let's just say that Colette's professional reputati

OliverI knew the embezzlement claim was fabricated.Every instinct I had was screaming that Colette wasn't capable of this and that someone had set her up. But the evidence was sitting on my desk in neat folders with transaction records and forged signatures and wire transfers that all pointed directly to her name.And my board was breathing down my neck especially with the company already slipping in rankings and our rivals gaining ground every day.Leon stood in my office looking at me with that professional expression he wore when he was about to say something I didn't want to hear."You need to suspend her," he said. "Pending investigation. To protect the company.""She didn't do this.""You don't know that for sure. And even if she didn't, the appearance of impropriety is enough to damage our reputation if we don't take action. The board is already questioning your judgment about keeping her on this long."I stared at the folders and felt something twist in my chest because Leo