Alpha's Abandoned Daughter is the Secret Heiress novel Chapter 426

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Chapter 426: For Amelia

(Author’s POV)

Amelia shot up from the sofa the moment the assistant’s words landed.

Across the room, Theodore opened his eyes slowly, straightening in his wheelchair with quiet alertness.

“What was the cause?” Amelia asked.

Her gaze was sharp and clear. There was no trace of sleep in her eyes – because she hadn’t truly slept at all. Her mind had been turning all night, circling the same problem over and over: Jaxon, the police, the timing of it all.

The assistant crossed the room quickly and pressed the report into her hands.

“The technical team disassembled the faulty devices returned from the hospital,” he said, his voice tight with urgency. “They found that the sealant on the core sensor modules had been manually replaced with substandard material. After eight continuous hours of use, the blood oxygen probes start producing errors

of plus or minus twenty percent.”

Amelia’s eyes moved fast across the pages.

“Are these sensors Stone Botanicals‘ own products?”

The assistant shook his head.

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“No. They came from one of our long–term suppliers – Apex Medical.”

Something loosened in Amelia’s chest. Not relief, exactly. But the shape of a path forward.

She looked up and nodded.

“Good work. Everyone worked hard tonight.” Her voice was steady. “I’ll personally follow up on the sensor replacement. In the meantime, I need you to hold things together here for Jaxon – keep the staff working normally, don’t let operations fall apart.”

She paused.

“And every single medical device in this facility needs to go through strict review before it leaves. Not one batch gets cleared without inspection. Not one.”

“Understood,” the assistant said immediately.

He turned to go.

Theodore spoke before he reached the door.

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“Wait.”

His tone was calm but carried weight. The assistant stopped.

Theodore looked at Amelia first. His expression was serious, unhurried.

“Let me handle the investigation into Apex Medical.”

It wasn’t a question. It was an offer direct and deliberate.

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“I’ve dealt with this kind of commercial sabotage before,” he said. “I know where to look and what to look

for. You’ll have answers in half the time.”

Amelia didn’t hesitate.

She trusted his judgment completely. She nodded.

Theodore turned back to the assistant.

“Has there been anything unusual in Stone Botanicals‘ recent purchasing activity with Apex Medical? Anything at all – irregular orders, payment methods, timing?”

The assistant pulled out his phone immediately and dialed the procurement manager.

The call was brief.

When he lowered the phone, his expression had shifted.

“The procurement manager says Apex Medical’s sales representative has been pushing for rush orders at the end of every month for the past several months.” He paused. “And they’ve insisted on cash payment

every time.”

Theodore’s eyes sharpened.

“Cash only,” he repeated quietly.

He let the silence sit for exactly one second.

“That’s not a sales strategy. That’s a cover.” His voice was even and precise. “Bypassing standard procedures. Refusing transfer records. Pushing to get product into the supply chain fast and quietly. That’s how you move Compromised goods without a paper trail. Classic bribery method – or laundering.”

The assistant nodded slowly.

“Then Apex Medical almost certainly accepted a bribe,” he said. “And deliberately used it to sabotage

Stone Botanicals.”

“That’s what the evidence points to,” Theodore said.

Amelia stood quietly for a moment, watching the pieces fall into place.

All night, the situation had felt like a locked room. Now she could see the door.

If they could prove Apex Medical had acted deliberately – that the faulty components were planted, not

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accidental – then Jaxon’s name would be cleared. There was no negligence on Stone Botanicals‘ part.

There was a crime committed against it.

“Go home,” Theodore said, looking at her. “Tell Seraphina what we’ve found. She’s been up

worrying.”

all night

Amelia glanced at the window. The sky outside had shifted from black to a pale, washed–out grey.

Nearly six in the morning.

She thought of Seraphina – alone in that house, no news, no sleep, running through worst–case scenarios in

the dark.

“All right,” she said quietly.

They walked out together through the front entrance of Stone Botanicals.

The air outside was cold and still. The parking lot was nearly empty, lit by a few pale overhead lights.

Amelia stopped at the edge of the steps.

“Don’t push yourself too hard,” she said.

Theodore looked at her.

There was something in his expression that was difficult to name – not quite a smile, but close to one.

“I’ll have results for you before noon,” he said.

Amelia held his gaze for a moment.

Then she turned and walked toward the waiting car.

Theodore watched until the taillights disappeared around the corner.

He turned back toward Marcus, who had been standing a few paces behind them in silence.

“Apex Medical,” Theodore said. “Full background check. Financial records, supplier contracts, personnel – everything. I want it done now.”

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Marcus didn’t blink.

“On it,” he said, and moved.

On the other side of the city, Seraphina had not slept.

She lay in bed staring at the ceiling, but the image behind her eyes was always the same – Jaxon’s face as they led him away, the sound of the door closing, the absence of him in the house.

She sat up.

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She didn’t know what she was hoping to find when she picked up her phone, but she opened it anyway.

The news had already spread everywhere.

Every major social media platform was running with it. Stone Botanicals equipment failure. Patients harmed. Jaxon Stone detained for questioning.

The comments were worse than the headlines.

*A family business this old and they’re putting out defective medical equipment. Shameful.*

*Hasn’t this all been happening since Amelia came back? First the scandal, now this. That girl is a curse on

the Stone family.*

*If Adrian was still running Stone Botanicals, none of this would have happened. She took over and look

what she brought with her.*

*Jaxon’s the one arrested, but everyone knows who he’s covering for.*

Seraphina’s jaw tightened.

There were people defending Amelia too – pointing to Starlight Entertainment’s climbing stock price, pointing to everything she had built since returning. But those voices were being drowned out, buried

under the noise of the louder, angrier ones.

She set the phone face–down on the mattress.

Then she heard it.

A sound from downstairs. The soft click of the front door.

She was out of the bedroom before she’d made a conscious decision to move.

“Amelia.”

Seraphina came down the stairs quickly, her eyes scanning her daughter’s face the moment she came into

view.

“What happened? What did they find?”

Amelia looked up at her.

Seraphina’s hair was slightly disheveled, her eyes shadowed from a sleepless night. She was still in her house clothes. She looked like someone who had been holding herself together through sheer will for the

past several hours.

“We’re still investigating,” Amelia said quickly. “Mom, don’t worry too much. I came back specifically because I didn’t want you sitting here alone without any news.”

Seraphina let out a breath.

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Then she gave a small, tired smile and shook her head.

“Amelia. You don’t need to worry about me.” Her voice was quiet but firm. “I’ve been married to Jaxon for a long time. I know who he is. If this truly isn’t his fault if it isn’t Stone Botanicals‘ fault – then the truth will come out. And if there really was an error somewhere in the company, then someone needs to answer for what happened to those patients. Either way, I can accept it.”

Amelia was quiet for a moment.

“Theodore stayed behind to help with the investigation,” she said softly. “He said we should have answers before noon.”

Seraphina nodded.

“Then that’s good.” She paused. Something shifted in her expression. “There’s something else. This has already spread all over the internet. There are people on social media saying that all of this is your fault-

that everything went wrong because you came back.”

She looked at Amelia steadily.

“Don’t put those words in your heart.”

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