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The Billionaire's Drunken Bride In the Balance
#Chapter 95: The world whizzed around James in a strobe light blur, cut-off voices, and paramedics busting around hard, sweating over Lily. They didn't look all that hopeful-not that James needed the distressed expressions to convey the message he'd already gotten loud and clear. This was not looking good. "Sir. "No," James mumbled, still feeling too stunned. "I can't leave her." "We're trying to help her," the paramedic told him firmly. "Please, just let us do our job." At last, James let them take Lily away. He stood in a complete state of helplessness, watching as they pulled his little daughter onto a stretcher and into an ambulance that had apparently been simply waiting for her. A policeman approached him. "Mr. Watson? I'm Officer Chen. Can you describe the events of tonight? James's eyes had already welled up, blurring. "Louis. He shot Lily. He ran into the woods. And Ava." Then clarity returned to his mind again. "Ava! She has to be out here somewhere. We have t
The Billionaire's Drunken Bride Decisions and Discoveries
Chapter 96: James was all but watching as his world shattered into shards. He was able to do nothing but watch the doctors and their efforts to revive Lily. Alarms were blaring, and he could hardly get air."Bloody hell, Lily," he muttered, tears forming in his emerald eyes. "You can't leave us now.""Oh, God, Lily," he whispered, tears welling in his green eyes. "You can't leave us now."Moments, which felt like it, had spared their way in sound; the alarms stopped. The double door opened. Then came tired yet relieved eyes, bearing the look of a doctor."We have her stable," he said. "Touch and go there for a few minutes, but she's hanging in there."James exhaled, a breath he hadn't realized he'd been holding. "Thank you," he said in a voice so unsteady it trembled. "Um, can I see her?" The doctor nodded. "Briefly. But she needs rest."James returned to Lily's room. Lying there, she still seemed incredibly small and washed out in color. He reached out and took her hand, awkwardly
The Billionaire's Drunken Bride Deals and Revelations
Chapter 97 It was a pretty sleepless night for James. He dozed in the chair beside Lily's bed, where nurses continued to come in from time to time to check on her. Ava was curled up on the cot in the corner, amazingly asleep—though she shouldn't have been sleeping so easily after the last nutty few days. James almost envied her for being able to sleep through all this. As the first light of dawn crawled through this or that hospital window, James sat there, wondering how fast their lives had changed. Just a week ago, their biggest problem was which preschool to put Ava in; now he was sitting in the hospital with his wife shot and stitched up and their whole world upside down. His phone buzzing snapped him out of the reverie. Rodriguez was on the other end. "Louis agreed to meet," Rodriguez whispered in a soft tone. "He'll be at the old warehouse in an hour. You sure you want to do this?" James rubbed his eyes, feeling tired. "No, but we don't have much choice. I'll be there." He
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Chapter 98"Lily," the woman said, her voice breaking. "It's really you."Lily stared at the woman in shock. "Who... who are you?"The woman took a step closer, her hands shaking. "I'm Rachel. Your sister."The room fell silent. James looked at Lily, who seemed to be in complete shock. Ava looked between Lily and Rachel, her young face scrunched up in confusion."That's impossible," Lily whispered. "I don't have a sister. I have a cousin named Maggie, but I don't know you."Rachel shook her head, her eyes filling with tears. "I know about Maggie. But I'm not her. I'm your sister, Lily. We were separated when we were babies. I only found out a few years ago, and I've been looking for you ever since."James stood up, putting himself between Rachel and Lily. "I'm sorry, but this is a lot to take in. Do you have any proof of what you're saying?"Rachel nodded. She pulled out a folder from her bag, her hands still shaking. "I have DNA test results, birth records, everything. I know it's ha
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Chapter 99: The next morning, Rachel was at the hospital. A tide of awkward silence lapped over the ambiance in that hospital room as James' gaze shifted from Lily to the woman who had stated she was her sister, and suddenly his brain made the connection. Rachel did not speak but turned to the edge of the bed, tears now in her eyes. "I know this is all a bit much for you to process, Lily, I know you wanted me to go until you called me but... I can't. Honestly, all of this is true. We were separated as babies. This is what I have wanted to do all these years stand face to face with you." James put an arm around Lily's shoulders and turned to reassure her. "I think that is meant in an understatement way," he stated flatly on her behalf. "You have a load of answering to do." Rachel nodded and took a deep breath. "Long story. Our parents weren't good people. When I was five and Lily was just a baby, they split us up. I went to live with our aunt, and Lily was put into foster ca
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Chapter 100James nodded. "We need to get Lily and Ava someplace safe. If Louis is out there, then they could be in danger.""I'll get it set up," said Rodriguez. "But what about you? You're a target too, James.".James gritted his teeth. "I'm not going into hiding. I'm going to find Louis and find out just what's really going on here.".Rodriguez's face wanted to argue the point, and then his eyes slid away and seemed to reconsider. "Alright. But you're … done putting yourself out in the open and allowing the rats a chance to come in and snipe at you "… not going to do this alone. I'll assign a team to you."As they started walking back in the direction of the elevator, James's phone began buzzing. He pulled it to his face and read a text message from an unknown number: "Meet me where it all began. Come alone, or Lily pays the price."His heart picked up speed as he realized exactly what place Louis was thinking of—that place where that shooting had gone down. Of course, this would
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Chapter 101 With Louis spilling his guts, the world tilted on its axis for James. It had been a web of deceit, corruption, and crime running way deeper than James could ever have fathomed. Louis named names: politicians, judges, business leaders, and even some of James's employees. It was so huge, with the network intricate, and it was making James giddy just trying to keep it all in his head. "Jesus," James swore, raking his hands through his hair. "How did I not see any of this?" Louis's eyes held guilt and sympathy. "They were careful, James. Very. And they used your reputation, your success, as a shield. Who'd believe the golden boy of business was involved in something like this?" "So why do they want the company now?" James asked calmly Just then, his phone buzzed. Rodriguez. "James, where the hell are you? We've got a situation." James's heart quickened. "What kind of situation?" "It's Lily," Rodriguez said, taut-voiced. "She's gone." James felt as though he'd been sock
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Chapter 102 The city lights blurred as James whisked past at really high speed, with the racing of his mind at an even further up ticked pace. Louis sat beside him in complete silence, shooing nervous glances at James once in a while. They were on their way to some safe house Louis claimed only he knew—the place to fall back and regroup before they could decide on the next step. "Take a left here," Louis muttered, breaking the thick silence. James obliged, his jaw clenched tight, not uttering a word. Pulling into a drab apartment building in a quiet neighborhood, James finally spoke. "If this is a trap, Louis, I swear to God- "It's not," Louis interrupted, his own voice tight. "I know I've betrayed your trust, James, but right now, I'm all you've got. We're in this together." James laughed bitterly. "Together? You shot my wife, Louis. You've been lying to me for years. We're not in anything together." Louis grimaced at James's harsh tone but didn't argue. The two of them made the
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