The True Heiress Returns After Divorce

Chapter 4

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y footsteps sounded like a ticking clock. They formed a tig

. Ellis has moved you to the Long Island estate

body in front of Emmie. "Stand down! I

ed Alistair hard in the chest. The old man stumbled

utched the heavy envelope to her che

he couldn't let them drag her out screaming.

, tasting blood on he

her voice low. "Stay with him. I

nto his radio. "Mr. Ellis, we have her. The Long Island

, half-dragging her into the elevator. The doors

tween two guards. Her hands shook uncontrollably

ocument. The letterhead be

osis: Stage IV Lung Cancer.

l. Her lungs stopped working. Huge, hot tears spille

e refused to make a sound in front of Daxton's men. Her hea

cal weight pressing down on her chest. Over an hour later, the SUV finally turned through the massive iron gates of the Ellis es

sleeve. She shoved the papers back into

onto the gr

was parked near t

rms, he carried Hortensia. His movements were incr

Daxton's broad chest, a weak, pa

riven straight into Emmie's eyes. A wave

took a deep breath and march

llen eyes and the envelope in her hands.

. She swallowed every oun

se. Use the Ellis medical foundation. Get

e bone marrow transplant today. I wil

cough against Daxton's chest. She s

ectively around Hortensia. H

wasted on a dying old man," Daxton said. H

to delay the surgery again, Emm

around her, carrying Hortensia up the

ront doors

ed her hair. Her fingers crushed the edges of the enve

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Gray Matter Romance

“For two years, Emmie's marriage to Daxton Ellis was nothing but a cold medical contract. She was merely a living vessel, kept around to provide a bone marrow transplant for his true love, Hortensia. When Emmie's grandfather was dying in the ICU, she desperately begged Daxton to save him. Instead, he coldly refused, ordering his bodyguards to trap her so her surgery wouldn't be delayed. To completely destroy Emmie, Hortensia maliciously faked a severe allergy attack and then intentionally threw herself down a steep flight of iron stairs. She perfectly framed Emmie for attempted murder right in front of Daxton's eyes. Believing his lover's lies, Daxton violently choked Emmie and locked her in a pitch-black room, cutting off all her communication with the outside world. Trapped in the freezing darkness, Emmie received a secret call from the weeping butler. "Master Silas... his heart stopped. He was calling your name. He died calling your name." The phone slipped from her fingers, the agonizing realization hitting her that because of Daxton, she didn't even get to say a final goodbye to her only family. The raw, guttural scream that tore through her throat marked the absolute death of her six years of unrequited love. Clutching the signed divorce agreement and the key to her grandfather's hidden billionaire trust, Emmie wiped her bloodstained hands and prepared to make them pay.”