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Chapter 191 Getting Ready To Go

Jalen’s POVI watch my future wife leave the kitchen, already all beautified, her hair in rollers, bonnet sitting on top like a crown. She said the makeup artist promised it would last twenty-four hours, so she skipped the lipstick. Apparently, she wants to do that part herself.She heads upstairs, and not even five minutes later, I hear it.Snoring.All the way downstairs.I laugh to myself.“Yeah… she’s tired.”I pull my phone out and call my brother.“Hey, Parker. You coming, right?”He laughs immediately. “Hey, brother. How you doing? Yeah, we’re coming.”“Good. You got the ring, right?”“Of course I got the ring, man. You thought Dad was gonna have to come pick it up?”I chuckle. “I was just praying you guys could make it. I didn’t want to leave anybody out. Amara and Patrick are coming too. They said an hour outside the house shouldn’t be bad for the twins.”“Yeah,” Parker says, sounding genuinely happy. “I’m glad they’re coming. I’m glad everybody’s gonna be there for you. We l

Chapter 192 Will You....

Aria’s POVThe moment I step into the restaurant, it’s pitch black.I look over at Jalen.“What the hell?”The lights snap on.“Surprise!”I jump, just a little, then immediately laugh as I take everything in.Everyone is here.I see Nia, Matty, and their kids, and the bought my God baby. My new goddaughter. My chest tightens.Then I see Amara and Patrick with the twins. Vlade and his wife. Big Tuck, Jade, and my parents.Everyone is here.Even Hunter.I laugh when I see him. “What in the hell are you doing here?”"I came to say congratulations," Hunter says as I smile and give him a quick hood.I move through the room, hugging everyone, overwhelmed and confused all at once.“What is this for?” I keep asking. “This is supposed to be Jalen’s divorce party. What’s the surprise for, who me?”The further I walk, the more faces I recognize. Michael, his brother and their entire legal team. I just chuckle.This is insane.Then I see Tony Arroyo and Talia Schultz.They actually look… genu

Chapter 193 Friends and Family

Jalen’s POVThe moment she told me she loved me, and that she would marry me, I was gone.Completely gone.This was over a decade in the making, and I don’t even think people understand what that feels like. I was floating somewhere around cloud twenty-five. I am ecstatic, overwhelmed. Happy in a way that felt unreal.I chuckle as my mother walks over and wraps me in a hug.“Son, you did an awesome job,” she says. “You’re so happy. I can see it all over your face.”Then she leans in and whispers, “And Aria is really happy too. Look at her.”I look over at my woman, yes, my woman. My beauty. My future wife.She’s glowing. Moving through the room, hugging people, laughing. Even when she sat listening to the music and cried in full raccoon mode, I couldn’t stop smiling. I’m grateful her sister dragged her to the bathroom to fix her makeup. She looks better now… not as perfect as before, but still beautiful. She always is.I smile back at my mom. “Yeah. She’s my everything now. Just like

Chapter 194 The Courtroom is Waiting

Talia’s POVA few days have passed since my ex-husband’s engagement party.Yes. I said it.My ex-husband’s engagement party.And yes, I was there.In a room full of people who, at some point in their lives, probably hated my guts. Or judged me. Or whispered about me. Or knew something about me that I didn’t even fully understand about myself yet.But I was there.And contrary to popular belief…I was happy.I was there with the man I love—who I’m hoping will soon be my fiancé. And I was there with my father, who has not stopped apologizing since everything blew up with my mother.It’s been a roller coaster. The kind that doesn’t just twist and turn, but flips you upside down and makes you question whether you even wanted to get on the ride in the first place.For now, I’m staying at Tony’s house.He has one of those big colonial homes, the kind with pillars in the front and too many windows to count. Six bedrooms. Maybe seven. Enough space that nobody feels crowded.My grandmother is

Chapter 195 Family Ties

Third-Person POV“All rise.”The courtroom stood as Judge Roberts entered, robes sweeping behind her, expression already set in that calm, unreadable mask that judges perfected over years of watching human drama unfold in front of them.“The Honorable Judge Roberts presiding. Please be seated.”The Schultz family lowered into their seats as one, tension moving through the row like a ripple. The gallery behind them was packed, every bench filled, standing room taken, cameras waiting outside. Hunter’s video had detonated across the internet, and now the courtroom looked less like a local criminal proceeding and more like a televised trial.Bloggers.YouTubers.Local reporters.Even national outlets.Every eye fixed on Swan Schultz.She sat at the defense table in a tailored suit that tried, and failed, to restore her dignity.Her attorney, Mrs. Christina Smith, stood.“Mrs. Smith,” Judge Roberts said, “how does your client plead?”Mrs. Smith placed a hand lightly on Swan’s arm. Swan ros

Chapter 196 Moving Day

Aria’s POVTwo weeks after the engagement party slash surprise divorce party, I’m sitting in the middle of my master bedroom, surrounded by boxes, trash bags, and tote bins, wondering how my entire life ended up in cardboard.I’m moving.Not slowly.Not emotionally.Physically.All my shit is going from this house to Jalen’s house, no, our house, and he absolutely refused to take no for an answer.Lucy’s here.My mom’s here.And I’m on the floor going through a box labeled college stuff, which already feels like a bad decision.This is the same box I shoved under my bed when I moved back home after my last year at the university, the last time I saw Jalen before everything went to hell.Three piles:Keep.Donate.Trash.My mom yells from downstairs, “I found a box of old plush animals! What do you want me to do with them?”I roll my eyes. “Keep the good ones and toss the rest. Use your judgment, Mom!”“Well, when I throw things out you get mad!”“I’ll look before it’s final!” I shout

Chapter 197 A Day In Court

Jalen’s POVIt’s been a week since I finally got my baby fully moved into my house, our house, and I swear it felt like it took a year.Between movers, storage runs, Goodwill drops, trash bags, and her reorganizing every damn room because “it needs to feel lived in,” I don’t recognize my own place anymore.And I love it.The showing for her house this past weekend went well, people loved it, loved the staging, loved the neighborhood, but nobody wants to give her what the house is actually worth. Typical.So we’re leaving it on the market.Six months at the most.If it sells, it sells.If it doesn’t, it doesn’t.We even tried to give it to her parents, but they’re so freaking stubborn as hell. They said they’re staying in the house she bought them because she worked hard for it. Respect, but it would’ve been nice having them closer. We’re all on the west side, they’re the only ones still on the south.Aria thinks maybe it’s a sign, that maybe once her dad fully retires, retires-retire,

Chapter 198 The Testimony

Third-person POVAria and Jalen sat on the prosecution side, positioned directly behind Hunter, Talia, Tony, and Talia’s grandmother. His posture was straight, hands folded, eyes fixed on the bench as the courtroom settled.“All rise.”The room stood as Judge Roberts entered. She carried herself with the same rigid authority she had shown since day one, a no nonsense, precise, and wholly unimpressed by theatrics. Once seated, she adjusted her glasses and looked toward the prosecution.“Prosecution, you may give your opening statement.”The prosecutor rose, buttoned his jacket, and began laying out the State’s case: the alleged long-term poisoning of Mrs. Schultz, the financial trail, and the embezzlement from Jalen’s Royal Cruise Line and Hotelier company and conglomerate. His voice was measured, methodical, almost clinical as he walked the jury through a summary of timelines, bank records, and motive.The jurors reacted in waves. A few looked disengaged, eyes drifting. Others leaned

Chapter 199 My Testimony

Talia’s POV The moment the defense attorney asked that question, my stomach dropped so hard I thought I was going to throw up right there on the stand.Should I lie, or should I tell the truth?But there was no point in lying. If he was asking, it meant my mother had already told him everything. Or enough of it to hang me with.I stared up at the ceiling, buying myself a few seconds, and he pounced.“I’m going to repeat the question since you seem unable to answer. Were you... ”“Yes,” I cut in, my voice thin but steady. “I was.”He tilted his head. “Were you pregnant by your husband at the time, Mr. Todd, or by someone else?”“At the time,” I said carefully, “I wasn’t married.”He walked back to the defense table, leaned toward my mother, then returned with that smug little smirk that made me want to claw his eyes out.“Oh, my mistake. You were pregnant before you were married. Correct?”“Yes.”“And did you use that pregnancy to force Mr. Todd to marry you?”I took a breath that fel

Chapter 200 This is a Waste of Time

Jalen’s POV I finished taking the oath and sat down, still trying to figure out why the hell the prosecution had called me up in the first place.I didn’t know anything about that woman killing her mother-in-law. I barely knew her at all. Every time I’d been around her, she was greedy, calculating, making sure everything was top tier, such as top shelf liquor, top grade seafood, everything had to look expensive. That was the extent of our interaction.So why was I up here?The prosecutor walked closer. “Good morning, Mr. Todd.”“Morning,” I said, already tired.“I just have a few questions. Answer to the best of your ability.”“Sure. I’m here.”He gave a small chuckle. “How long were you married to Ms. Talia Schultz?”“Four years.”“In those four years, aside from what you now know about the money being taken from your company, did you suspect anything before that time frame?”I exhaled slowly. “What I know now versus what I knew then? No. Back then I had no idea.”“Were you able to

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