Divorced and Pregnant My New Life with a Billionaire Drives My Ex Crazy novel Chapter 284

Did he really not want his daughter to have a peaceful life? All he ever cared about was that son of his. That useless son, locked away in prison, yet still managing to cast a shadow over all their lives.

Five million. Did he think it was just five hundred? How was she supposed to come up with that kind of money out of thin air?

Kellen felt a wave of despair and resentment, but she knew she couldn’t let her father cause a scene. She had to keep him quiet. If she didn’t, even if things with Jace were going well, her father would ruin everything.

She rested her hand on her stomach, determination flickering in her eyes. Five million wasn’t impossible. Jace would give it to her. She was sure of it.

At the hospital, she paused outside the door, just in time to catch Julian’s voice inside. “Sir, Isaac’s already started at the company. The chairman wants him to work his way up, but everyone knows who he is. You’ve been gone so long, people are already starting to take sides. They think the chairman is going to change the heir. You need to do something.”

Jace sounded tired. “Do what, exactly? My failed marriage and my mother’s mess have dragged the whole Salisbury family into this. How am I supposed to go back? Unless I can marry Wiona again and announce that the divorce was just a misunderstanding. Maybe then I could salvage my reputation and the company’s. Maybe then my father would see I’m serious. If I could just close a few more deals…”

Kellen’s heart pounded. She couldn’t listen anymore. She burst through the door.

“No! Jace, you can’t marry Wiona again! What about me? What about our baby?”

Jace met her with a cold, distant look. He glanced at Julian, who quietly slipped out, giving Kellen a helpless shake of his head as he passed.

Kellen was shaking with anger and panic, but she forced herself to look small and vulnerable, her eyes filling with tears. “If I’d known this would happen, I never would’ve come back. If I hadn’t missed you so much, none of this would’ve happened. We wouldn’t have run into each other. We wouldn’t have started over. I ruined your life, and mine too…”

Her tears fell faster, streaming down her face.

Jace’s expression softened. He let out a low sigh and gently pulled her closer. “No morw crying. Kellen, I know this is my fault. I’ll make it up to you, I promise. But you know how things are with me and the company. You don’t want me to lose everything. If you stay with me, you’ll just suffer too.”

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