The Verdict on My Husband the Judge: GUILTY novel Chapter 34

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That night, Cade didn’t knock.

His men stormed in, shoving past Vincent’s crew like they were nothing.

I kept cutting my steak, knife scraping the plate. Didn’t look up.

Cade slammed his fist on the table.

“You can’t have kids, so you kill someone else’s?”

His voice was shaking. “Apologize. Now.”

The knife scraped again–loud, grating.

I looked up.

This was the man who used to look at me like nothing else existed.

Now he was ripping open the worst wound I had.

A few weeks after I got back from the kidnapping, I found out I was pregnant.

The doctor didn’t sugarcoat it. “Your body won’t survive this. Terminate.”

I refused. Cried until I couldn’t see. Evan was gone–I needed family.

I tore my room apart. Smashed everything I could reach.

Cade held me through it.

“Your body comes first. We’ll have more kids when you’re ready.”

“And if we don’t? You still have me. Always.”

I tried everything after that. Years of doctors, treatments, hoe.

Nothing worked,

And now this bastard was throwing it in my face for her.

I let out a cold laugh.

Vincent moved instantly–reached for Cade.

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Cade was faster. One brutal punch. Vincent hit the floor hard

“Know your place, old man. You don’t fucking touch me.”

I pulled my gun and aimed it at his head.

“I told you. Next time, we’re enemies. You shouldn’t have come.”

He didn’t flinch. Just lit a cigarette, smoke curling between us.

Then I saw the folder.

The North District project. A hundred–million–dollar deal. The key to washing the Winters name clean.

If I lost the bid, the upfront investment would sink us. Other families would tear us apart.

“Apologize,” Cade said, “or tomorrow, your competitors get this.”

I’d trusted him with that file. Back when I thought loyalty meant something.

Now he was using it to destroy me.

My throat tasted like copper. I laughed anyway.

“Ten years, Cade. I gave you everything.”

“Evan must be rolling in his grave. Regretting he ever saved you.”

For a second, something crossed his face.

Then the door exploded open.

Vivienne was there, barely on her feet. Two men carried a coffin behind her–a coffin. White.

She collapsed into Cade’s arms, sobbing.

“Our baby–she killed our baby!”

She turned to me, hysterical. “Make her kneel! Make her begin front of our child!”

Cade’s face hardened. “You crossed the line. Apologize. You don’t have a choice.”

I stared at this pathetic fucking pair. And felt my lips curl in something cold.

“You want an apology?”

I drove my boot into them both, sent them crashing into the coffin.

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