Divorced CEO's Forgotten Wife Strikes Back (Riley and Bryce) novel Chapter 281

Chapter 281 One Little Accident

So Bella was telling the truth.

“Bella, you’re using your own unborn child as a weapon?” Bryce snapped.

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“What right do you have to judge me, Bryce!” Bella shot back angrily. “You forced me to do this!”

Bryce’s face went through several emotions. After a long moment, he said through gritted teeth, “Fine. I’ll drop the lawsuit. But if I find out this video gets leaked later, I won’t forgive you.”

Bella scoffed and slowly walked out of Bryce’s office, holding her stomach. Bryce was more heartless than she had ever imagined.

Why hadn’t she understood this before? If Bryce could be heartless toward Riley, he could be just as heartless toward her.

Once she lost her savior status, once the lawsuits started piling up, once the Sinclair family cut ties with her, that was when she became nothing to Bryce, even less than nothing.

How stupid she’d been to think that getting pregnant would make him stay. She actually believed a baby would protect her4 from abandonment.

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But the truth was brutal. He could abandon even his own child.

Bella went to the hospital for a checkup. Even though she’d been kicked in the stomach, the baby was still there.

But when she asked about termination options, the doctor’s words made her blood run cold.

“Ms. Sinclair, there are some issues with your uterus. If you terminate this pregnancy, you might never be able to have children again.”

“What?” Bella stared at him in shock.

Right then her phone rang. She picked it up and heard Miranda’s panicked voice on the other end. “Bella, court officers came to the house. They seized all those jewelry pieces Bryce gave you!”

Bella’s hand trembled. The phone crashed to the floor.

Those jewelry pieces were her last hope. She’d planned to sell them and use the money to hire a lawyer who could actually win her case.

And now they were gone?

When Bella rushed home, the court officials had already taken away all the jewelry Bryce had given her.

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“Bella, those were gifts from Bryce! How can they just seize them like that? You need to go find Bryce and figure something out!” Miranda said frantically.

Bella’s face went pale. Go beg Bryce again? That man was even more heartless than she thought.

“Mom, don’t count on Bryce. He’s probably thrilled this is happening!”

“I can’t believe Riley is this vicious. She’s already divorced from Bryce, but she still wants to go after your jewelry. And that woman actually hired Shawn to handle this!” Miranda said angrily.

“Shawn Morris?” Bella’s heart sank.

Shawn was Washington’s most famous lawyer. He never lost a case. Whatever hope she’d been clinging to just died completely.

“Mom, how much money do we have left? I need you to give me some for legal fees. No matter what, I can’t lose that border fire case. I can’t go to prison!” Bella grabbed Miranda’s arm.

Miranda looked uncomfortable. “You know we don’t have much cash right now. Good lawyers cost a fortune.”

“What about our properties? We could sell some of them. And 3/5

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Mom, don’t you have jewelry and handbags? We could sell those too,” Bella said desperately.

“We can’t sell the house. Your father would never agree, and where would we live? My jewelry and bags won’t bring in much money. The lawyers who might take your case all said they won’t touch it for less than 20 million dollars. Where are we supposed to get 20 million dollars?” Miranda mumbled.

“So you want to watch me go to prison?” Bella snapped.

“What’s the big deal if you serve a few years? You’re pregnant. After you have the baby and you’re breastfeeding, you can get parole,” Miranda said coldly.

“That’s 20 million dollars! What if we lose the case? That money goes down the drain. Besides, Cloud Airlines fired you and your reputation is ruined. How are you ever going to make 20 million dollars again?”

Bella stared at her in disbelief. “So you’d rather see me in prison than pay the money? I’m your daughter!”

“Because you’re my daughter, I pulled strings and paid bribes to get you into Cloud Airlines in the first place,” Miranda shot back.

“You think you became a co–pilot on merit? You think you’re actually better than everyone else? So many people are still 4/5

regular pilots. How do you think you got promoted so fast?

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