Second Marriage, The Billionaire's Planned Love novel Chapter 195

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Yara’s POV (

This nightmare feels endless! They have trapped me in this disgusting cesspit for what seems like an eternity, surrounded by the dregs of society. The stench, the screaming, the constant threat of violence – every moment makes

my

skin crawl. And the worst part? They stuck me in the same cage as that repulsive creature Monica. Every fiber of my being wants to rip her throat out with my bare hands.

“Rossi, you got a visitor! Some fancy suit wants to have a word with you!” The corrections officer barked at our cell door like the savage animal she truly is. Her grating voice scrapes against my nerves like nails on a chalkboard.

“Finally! Daddy sent his best attorney to get me out of this hellhole.” Relief flooded through my veins as I practically leaped off the filthy mattress with pure excitement.

The barbaric guard forced me to turn around and extend my wrists, snapping those cold metal restraints around them before unlocking our cage door. As she secured the bars behind me, Monica slithered down from her upper bunk and hissed at me through the steel.

“Listen here, spoiled little princess. Make sure that lawyer tells your precious daddy that if he doesn’t get me out of this dump too, I’m going to start singing like a canary about every dirty Thorne family secret I know.”

“You dare threaten my father? Have you completely lost what little mind you had left?” I shot back, trying to intimidate this pathetic woman into submission.

“Your daddy’s the one who seems to have forgotten exactly what kind of damage I can unleash. Because when I start talking to the FBI, I won’t just destroy his empire – I’ll tear you apart piece by piece, you painted little doll!” Monica shrieked as the guard roughly shoved me down the concrete corridor.

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The humiliating strip search that followed made me feel like livestock being inspected at market. Finally, we reached the visitation room divided into cramped booths, each equipped with a metal stool and ancient telephone system. The guard secured my handcuffs in front of my body and pointed me toward the last booth. Through the thick, scratched bulletproof glass, I froze when I recognized the face staring back at me. He gestured for me to sit and pick up the receiver.

“What kind of sick joke is this? They told me an attorney was here to see me,” I demanded, my confusion rapidly turning to fury.

“Have you forgotten already, Yara? I am a licensed attorney,” Austin responded from his side of the partition, his voice distorted through the cheap phone system.

“What possible reason could you have for coming to this godforsaken place?” My patience was already wearing dangerously thin.

“I needed to have a conversation with you about us.”

“About what exactly?”

“I need to understand what I actually meant to you, Yara. I was completely devoted to you since we were children in the same social circle. Then suddenly I discover you’re engaged to that Thorne heir and supposedly carrying his child. For a moment, I even wondered if the baby might be mine, but you weren’t actually pregnant at all. So please, for the sake of everything we once shared, tell me the truth – what did I really mean to you?”

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“Austin, you’re pleasant enough company. Being with you was entertaining for a while. But you can’t even compete with Caleb Thorne. He’s like an emperor with his own criminal empire, and you’re just… ordinary. Sweet but predictable, still living under your family’s protection,” I told him with brutal honesty. “You need to accept that it’s over because the moment I walk out of here, I’m going to become the Thorne family’s queen.”

“Dear God, you’ve completely lost touch with reality!” Austin burst into laughter that echoed through the phone. “Let me bring you up to speed on

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current events. That little boy you snatched? He’s Caleb’s biological son with his new wife Ivy. Apparently, they met at some underground auction where neither knew the other’s identity, and she became pregnant. They only discovered the truth about each other right before you pulled your kidnapping stunt.”

“What are you talking about?” I screamed at this pathetic excuse for a man.

“That’s right. From what I understand, they had an encounter at this masked auction without exchanging names or seeing each other’s faces. Ivy got pregnant and, by some twist of fate, ended up working directly for her child’s father in his money laundering operation.”

“That’s impossible.”

“Oh, but there’s more beautiful irony. Ivy is expecting Caleb’s second child now. Actually pregnant this time with his legitimate heir!” Austin announced with obvious satisfaction.

“You’re lying! All of this is complete fabrication!” Tears of pure rage began streaming down my face.

“No, Rossi, every word is true. And here’s the most beautiful part – Caleb and Ivy are now married in a blood ceremony and ruling the Thorne syndicate together.” Austin’s grin stretched across his entire face.

“Stop lying to me! I refuse to believe any of this!” I started screaming so loudly that the female guard burst into the room and threatened to throw me into solitary confinement if I didn’t control myself immediately. The memory of that punishment cell made me shut my mouth instantly.

“Take a deep breath, Rossi. I brought you a newspaper so you can read the facts yourself.” Austin pressed the paper against the glass, and I scanned the headlines with growing horror, unable to accept that this woman had stolen everything that belonged to me. When I finished reading, Austin pulled the paper away. “They’re blissfully happy together. Caleb is a good man, Yara, and he deserves a genuine woman like Ivy. She’s absolutely perfect for someone of his caliber!”

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“Shut your mouth, Austin! I don’t want to hear another word!”

“Fair enough. I only came here to confirm what I suspected about your feelings. Thank you for being so brutally honest. Now I can finally close this chapter and move forward with my life. Actually, Yara, I’m grateful for finally seeing how twisted you really are.”

“You’re pathetic, Austin. A trust fund baby who lets his family make all his decisions. I would never seriously commit to someone like you.”

“Once again, thank you, Yara. I genuinely hope prison transforms you into a decent human being.” Austin was about to hang up when I remembered something crucial.

“Austin, wait. Since you made the effort to visit and seem to know everything that’s happening, do you have any information about my father? He still hasn’t sent any legal representation.”

“You haven’t heard?” Austin’s smile vanished completely, and he looked deeply uncomfortable with my question.

“Heard what? What am I missing?” I asked with growing dread.

“Listen, Yara, despite our history, I really didn’t want to be the one to deliver this news…” Austin seemed to be struggling with how to phrase something devastating.

“What news, Austin? Please just tell me directly.”

“Your father is currently running from federal agents, facing charges for multiple serious crimes, including the assassination of Caleb’s parents.”

“But that was supposed to look like an accident.”

“The car bomb was deliberately planted, and your father bribed law enforcement officials to classify the investigation as accidental.”

“What other charges is my father facing, Austin?”

“Kidnapping the boy, kidnapping Ivy, money laundering, arms trafficking…”

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“My father kidnapped that woman?”

“Yes. You really didn’t know?”

“Obviously not!”

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