The Billionaire's Insignificant Wife novel Chapter 172

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The door to Alina’s hospital room opened.

Richard entered first with Emma and Adrian. They were visiting Alina again.

Alina, who had been sitting quietly on the bed, slowly lifted her head. Her face was still pale. Her eyes

swollen after Daniel left.

And seeing those three people arrive… somehow made her chest feel even tighter.

“Sweetheart…” Richard’s voice immediately softened full of worry. “Dad heard from the nurse that Daniel came earlier?”

Alina tensed.

Her hand slowly gripped the blanket.

Emma immediately noticed the change in expression and felt her chest hurt too.

Adrian stood a few steps from the bed. His gaze sharp watching Alina.

“We just want to make sure he didn’t do anything to you,” Richard asked worriedly. “Did he threaten you again?”

Alina looked down.

Didn’t answer.

Only her eyelashes began to tremble.

Richard held Alina’s hand with full concern.

“Alina…” his voice broke. “Dad begs you. Tell us what he said. Don’t bear everything alone like this.”

Tears began to pool in Alina’s eyes.

But her lips remained tightly closed.

Daniel’s threat still echoed clearly in her ears.

Hayes house.

Her father’s business.

Everything could be destroyed with just one signature.

“I’m fine…” she whispered softly.

Emma looked at Alina in disbelief. She walked closer and sat beside Alina.

“Fine?” she repeated softly with teary eyes. “Alina… you’re trembling like this.”

“I’m really fine, Emma,” Alina repeated quickly as if convincing herself.

Adrian tightened his jaw.

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He knew.

Daniel must have said something.

And that something was terrible enough to make Alina close herself off again.

“Alina,” he said carefully, “if you keep silent, it will be harder for us to help you.”

Alina only shed tears without sound.

Emma felt her chest ache seeing that.

Seeing how Alina was even too afraid to speak.

Emma wanted to persuade again.

But suddenly-

Bzzzt.

Her phone vibrated long.

Then again.

And again.

Emma frowned in confusion.

Dozens of notifications came in almost simultaneously.

Messages from her friends.

Group chats.

Even some social media mentions.

“Emma, what happened to Alina?”

“Oh my God, is this news true?”

“Poor Alina… Emma is that news true?”

Emma immediately felt uneasy.

Her hand moved quickly to open one of the news links.

And her face immediately turned pale.

Her eyes widened.

“Oh my God…” she whispered softly while standing and moving away from Richard and Alina.

News headlines filled Emma’s phone screen.

MRS. BLACKWOOD ALLEGEDLY SUFFERING MENTAL DISORDER DUE TO UNWANTED PREGNANCY

Below it were scattered photos of Alina.

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Photos when she was pale.

When crying.

When looking dazed.

Even some anonymous accounts started making long threads full of cruel assumptions.

“I heard she was indeed obsessive about keeping Daniel.”

“Maybe this is karma for stealing someone’s husband.”

“I feel sorry… but she does look unstable.”

“If it’s true she’s depressed like that, maybe the baby isn’t safe either.”

Emma felt anger immediately rise to her head.

“Bastard…” she cursed softly.

She wanted to curse loudly.

Wanted to throw her phone.

But when she saw Alina still sitting fragile on the bed, Emma immediately bit her lip holding back.

She couldn’t bear it.

Couldn’t bear to show all those insults to Alina.

Adrian, who noticed the change in Emma’s expression, immediately narrowed his eyes.

“What’s wrong?” he asked softly.

Emma looked at Adrian.

Then gave a small signal with her eyes for them to talk outside.

Adrian immediately understood.

Emma tried to put on a normal face before turning to Richard.

“Uncle… there’s something we need to discuss for a moment.”

Richard looked suspicious, but still nodded.

“Go ahead.”

Emma and Adrian immediately left the hospital room.

As soon as the door closed, Emma immediately showed her phone screen.

Adrian’s face turned cold in just seconds.

His jaw hardened.

His eyes turned sharp full of anger.

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He read comment after comment with an increasingly dark expression.

“Crazy…”

“Manipulative…”

“Obsession with having a child…”

“No wonder Daniel chose Clarissa.”

Adrian’s hand clenched hard.

They were destroying Alina.

Publicly.

Systematically.

“This is clearly deliberate,” he said coldly.

Emma nodded in frustration.

“I’m afraid Alina will see this,” she said softly. “Her condition is already that bad. If she knows everyone is insulting her like this-”

Emma didn’t continue.

Adrian was silent for a few seconds.

Thinking.

Then said softly,

“Or maybe this is what will finally make her talk.”

Emma looked at Adrian in shock.

“What?”

“We need Alina’s statement,” he said seriously. “As long as she keeps protecting Daniel, we don’t have enough to destroy him in court.”

Emma still looked doubtful.

“But this could destroy her mentally.”

“I know,” Adrian answered softly with a hardened jaw. “And I hate having to consider this.”

Suddenly the hospital room door opened.

Richard came out with a face full of anxiety.

“What is it?” he asked quickly. “Are you hiding something?”

Emma immediately fell silent.

She glanced at Adrian doubtfully.

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After a few seconds, Adrian nodded slowly.

Emma finally handed her phone to Richard.

And in just a few seconds of reading that news, Richard’s face immediately collapsed.

“Oh my God…” his voice broke.

His hand trembled violently holding the phone.

Tears immediately flowed.

“They…” his breath caught. “They did this to my daughter?”

Comments full of insults continued to fill the screen.

Accusing Alina of being crazy.

Accusing her of being attention–seeking.

Accusing the pregnancy as a tool to keep Daniel.

Richard covered his mouth with his hand while crying in restraint.

“Who would be cruel enough to do this…?”

Emma shook her head with teary eyes.

“Maybe someone who wants to see Alina destroyed.”

Richard closed his eyes full of pain.

His daughter hadn’t even recovered yet.

Hadn’t had a chance to breathe easy.

But the world had already started judging her.

“What should we do…?” he asked softly full of despair.

Adrian took a slow breath.

His gaze turned sharp and cold.

“I’ll handle this,” he said firmly. “I’ll mobilize people to find out who spread this rumor first.”

Richard looked at Adrian with red eyes full of emotion.

“Thank you…”

“Don’t thank me yet,” Adrian cut in softly. “I don’t want to hear that before we win.”

He paused for a moment before continuing in a heavier voice.

“The hardest job now… is telling Alina.”