All Chapters of Married to my Ex's Billionaire Father: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

“A wedding?”Celeste nodded.I laughed.I couldn’t help it.Apparently, my mind had reached its limit.“Of course. Why not? My first wedding already exploded today. Might as well squeeze in another before dinner.”Damon did not laugh.“What do you know?”Celeste looked at him.“Charles left instructions.”“What instructions?”“If Daniel ever recovered Rebecca’s research, a Carter had to marry into the Bennett family before the files became accessible.”I stared at her.“That makes absolutely no sense.”“It wasn’t supposed to.”Damon’s expression hardened.“Charles didn’t control Rebecca’s research.”“No. But he controlled something else.”“What?”“The trust.”Silence.Celeste walked toward the table and gathered the documents.“Rebecca discovered what Charles was doing and created copies of her research. Daniel later found them, but Charles discovered she had hidden part of the evidence behind a legal safeguard.”“What safeguard?” I asked.“You.”My stomach dropped.“Me?”“Rebecca mad

“We’re going.”I stared at Damon.Five minutes ago, he had been ready to lock me inside his house.Now he looked ready to start a war.“We?”“Yes.”“Adrian specifically said not to bring you.”“I read the message.”“And?”“I don’t take instructions from kidnappers.”Helena struggled to her feet.“You cannot walk into that estate without a plan.”“I have one.”Celeste folded her arms.“Does this plan involve punching your newly discovered brother?”Damon looked at her.“It might.”Despite everything, a laugh escaped me.Damon glanced at me.“What?”“Nothing.”“Good.”I hated how attractive he became when irritated.No.Absolutely not.My father was being held hostage.This was not the time to notice Damon Bennett’s jaw.“I’m going upstairs.”His eyes narrowed.“Why?”I held up my phone.“They want a bride.”Realization crossed his face.“No.”“Damon.”“You’re not wearing that dress.”“Why?”“Because you’re not marrying Adrian.”I stared at him.Then slowly folded my arms.“Is there a r

The chapel lights went out.I grabbed Damon’s arm.“Stay close.”His hand found mine in the darkness.“I’m not going anywhere.”Emergency lights flickered on.Red light filled the chapel.Adrian rushed toward the doors.Locked.“Victor!”His fist slammed against the wood.“You said Daniel would live!”Victor’s voice came through the speakers.“And he will.”Dad shouted from the chair.“Don’t trust him!”Damon moved toward him.A gunshot exploded.Wood splintered near Damon’s feet.I screamed.“Next one enters his chest,” Victor said.Damon stopped.My heart hammered.“Where are you?” Damon demanded.“Close enough.”“Come inside.”Victor laughed.“You sound like Charles.”Damon’s face hardened.“Don’t compare me to him.”“Why? He raised you.”“He lied to me.”“He lied to everyone.”The bitterness in Victor’s voice surprised me.“You think Charles was the villain because he hid your parentage?”A pause.“You know nothing about what my brother did.”Adrian looked toward the speakers.“Yo

“Welcome to the family, daughter.”The words crawled over my skin.I stared at the birth certificate on the screen.Charles Victor Bennett.My biological father.“No.”My voice barely came out.I looked at Dad.Daniel.Even thinking of him by his first name felt wrong.“Tell me he’s lying.”His eyes filled with pain.“I wish I could.”Something inside me cracked.I pulled my hand from Damon’s.“When did you know?”“Maya.”“When?”“After your mother died.”I laughed bitterly.“So everyone knew except me.”“No. Very few people knew.”“That is supposed to make me feel better?”Dad stepped toward me.I stepped back.He stopped immediately.“Rebecca told me before she died.”“And you said nothing for twenty-four years?”“I was your father.”“You are my father.”The words came out before I could stop them.His face crumpled.My anger didn’t disappear.Neither did twenty-four years of love.Both existed at once.“You raised me,” I whispered. “You taught me to ride a bicycle. You stayed awake

I looked away from Damon so quickly my neck almost hurt.Dad knew.Worse, Damon had told him.Three years ago.If she ever stops loving my son, God help me, Daniel, because I don’t think I’ll be able to stay away from her.I needed air.Possibly a new brain.“Maya?”Dad’s voice barely registered.“You knew?”He sighed.“Yes.”“For three years?”“Yes.”“And you never thought to mention that my fiancé’s father was in love with me?”“You thought I was dead.”Fair.Annoyingly fair.I rubbed my forehead.“Did Damon know how I felt?”Dad frowned.“How you felt?”I froze.Danger.“What?”“You said how you felt.”“No, I didn’t.”“You did.”“I meant how I felt about Ethan.”Dad studied me.I lifted my chin.He smiled.Oh no.“What?”“Nothing.”“Dad.”“Absolutely nothing.”I narrowed my eyes.He was enjoying this.After faking his death for six years, he had returned specifically to annoy me.“Whatever you’re thinking, stop.”“I’m thinking your mother would have loved this.”I walked away.Behi