All Chapters of The Billionaire's Forbidden Bride: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

Darkness swallowed the warehouse.Elena heard Lily gasp beside her.“Mom?”“I’m here.”Adrian's voice came from directly in front of them.“Stay behind me.”A metallic sound echoed through the darkness.Someone moved.Then another sound.A door slammed.“Elena!” Catherine shouted.Elena reached for Lily's hand.“Don't let go.”“I won't.”A phone flashlight suddenly appeared.Charles stood near the back entrance.“Everyone move!”Adrian grabbed Elena's arm.They hurried toward the doorway.Catherine followed.But the mysterious man was gone.Only the document remained on the floor.Adrian picked it up.“He disappeared.”Catherine shook her head.“No.”She stared at the empty darkness.“He wanted us to find him.”Elena's eyes narrowed.“Why?”“Because fear is more powerful when you don't know where the enemy is.”Lily tugged Elena's hand.“Mom.”Elena looked down.“What is it?”Lily pointed toward the floor.“There.”A small black box sat beneath a broken table.Adrian crouched and pick

The words followed Elena all the way back to the Blackwood estate.Victoria is not the one holding Amelia.Then who was?The mansion stood ahead of them, enormous and silent beneath the darkening sky.Adrian stopped at the entrance.“This is where she is?”Richard nodded.“If she is still alive.”Adrian turned sharply.“You said she was here.”“I said someone was holding her here.”“That isn't the same thing.”Richard looked away.Elena watched Adrian carefully.He had spent his entire life believing Victoria was his mother. Now he had learned that Amelia Vale had given birth to him, Jonathan Vale was his biological father, and his entire identity had been shaped by a secret created before he was old enough to understand it.Now he had been told his real mother might be somewhere inside the house where he grew up.Adrian opened the door.“Then we're going inside.”Richard grabbed his arm.“You can't.”Adrian pulled free.“Why?”“Because the person guarding Amelia knows we're coming.”

The alarm continued screaming through the Blackwood estate.Elena could barely hear her own thoughts.The child in the photograph… may be you.Catherine's words repeated in her mind.Adrian stared at the photograph.“That's impossible.”Catherine shook her head.“I said it may be true. We need proof.”Elena looked at Amelia.“Did Jonathan ever tell you about another child?”Amelia looked devastated.“No.”“Think.”“I would remember.”Elena turned the photograph over again.The handwriting was unmistakable.ELENA ROSE VALE.Her name.Her exact name.Daniel had always told her she was Elena Rose Bennett because he had given her the Bennett surname.But what if the name Rose Vale had existed before Daniel?What if someone had deliberately erased her real identity?Richard suddenly spoke.“There is something you don't know.”Elena looked at him.“What?”“When you were born, Daniel didn't receive you from your mother.”Elena's heart stopped.“What are you saying?”Richard lowered his eyes.

The crash upstairs came again.Louder this time.Lydia grabbed Elena's wrist.“We have to go.”Elena looked at her.“Who is coming?”Lydia shook her head.“There isn't time.”Adrian moved toward the door.“Everyone stays together.”Catherine picked up the inheritance documents while Richard helped Amelia toward the corridor.Lily stayed close to Elena.They hurried through the hidden passage beneath the Vale estate.The walls were narrow, and every sound seemed amplified.Then footsteps echoed behind them.Someone was following.Adrian stopped.“Keep going.”Elena shook her head.“I'm not leaving you.”“Go.”Lydia suddenly pulled Elena toward another doorway.“There.”They entered a small storage room.Adrian followed and closed the door.Everyone held their breath.Footsteps approached.Stopped.Then continued.Elena slowly exhaled.Lydia whispered, “He's searching every room.”“Who?” Elena asked.Lydia looked at her.“The man who killed the truth.”Elena frowned.“You said Daniel wa

The message remained on Elena’s phone.THE THIRD HEIR IS ALREADY INSIDE YOUR FAMILY.Nobody spoke.Lily sat between Elena and Adrian in the back seat of the car, clutching the small bracelet Daniel had given them. Lydia watched the road through the window, while Catherine kept checking the rear-view mirror.Adrian finally broke the silence.“Who else could it be?”Elena looked at him. “We already know the first two heirs. You and me.”“Then why would someone send that message unless there's another person?”Catherine leaned forward.“Because the inheritance was never meant to be divided between only two people.”Elena turned sharply. “You knew?”“I suspected it,” Catherine replied. “But I never had proof.”“Then tell us what you know.”Catherine hesitated before reaching into her handbag. She removed a folded document, its edges worn and yellow.“This was part of the original agreement. I kept a copy because I knew Alexander would eventually destroy the original.”Adrian took it from