The suite fell into a suffocating silence after Isabella’s words. “She attacked me.” Marcus’s eyes flicked from Isabella’s trembling form to Khloe curled on the floor, one arm protecting her belly, the other pressing against her side where pain pulsed in waves.
Chapter 1: The Silence After the Lie
The suite fell into a suffocating silence after Isabella’s words.
“She attacked me.”
Marcus’s eyes flicked from Isabella’s trembling form to Khloe curled on the floor, one arm protecting her belly, the other pressing against her side where pain pulsed in waves.
For a moment—just a moment—he didn’t move.
Then he stepped forward.
“Khloe…” His voice cracked, uncertain. “What happened?”
Khloe tried to speak, but the pain stole her breath. Her eyes didn’t plead. They didn’t accuse. They simply looked at him—waiting.
Before she could answer, a sharp voice cut through the corridor outside.
“Clear the room. Hospital security footage is being accessed now.”
The door opened again.
A tall man in a dark coat entered with controlled urgency—Dr. Adrian Vale, head of the hospital board.
And Khloe’s uncle.
His gaze landed on her immediately. The calm in his expression shattered.
“Call OB-GYN trauma. Now.”
Isabella stiffened. “This is ridiculous—she—”
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“Enough,” Adrian said quietly.
That single word ended her performance.
