The Divorce That Brought Us Back novel Chapter 293

The sun was about to rise.

They lay quietly in the bed side by side.

Maloney was back to rhythmically, soothingly stroking Nora's hair.

"Maloney." Nora's frail, hesitant voice broke the silence.

"Are you asleep?"

"If I were asleep, wouldn't it terrify you that my hand is still moving?" Maloney replied smoothly.

Nora fell silent.

She choked on her words for a second before snapping, "I have a question for you."

Here it comes.

Maloney knew she was finally going to bring up Bella.

She had slept, they had slept together, her emotions had leveled out, and now she was ready to settle the score.

Even though he was fairly certain Nora had no intention of actually leaving him.

He still couldn't help the spike of anxiety in his chest.

"Go ahead," Maloney said, forcing a casual tone before immediately adding, "Do you want to get up and grab something to eat first?"

"No, it's just one question."

Nora's soft, quiet voice delivered the words sharply: "Bella told me David isn't my biological brother. Is it true?"

Maloney didn't hesitate for a single second. "It's true."

"Oh."

Now it all made sense.

Decades ago, The Cole Family had built their wealth through the criminal underworld.

Nora's uncle had been incredibly close friends with Lucius Vane.

And Vivian had been romantically involved with Lucius as well.

Later, as the country cracked down on organized crime, Lucius was thrown into prison. Desperate to save themselves, The Cole Family arranged for Vivian to marry into the Dodge family—a family with deep military ties—to launder their criminal history and to use the family's influence to quietly bail Lucius out.

In that era, as long as you could whitewash your past, even a cartel boss could climb to the upper echelons of society.

To Vivian, the Dodge family was nothing but a convenient shield.

And the children she bore for them were simply the price of admission.

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