All Chapters of FORBIDDEN: Pregnant By My Boss’s Husband: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

Someone had been inside this house.Julian's words settled over the living room like a sheet of ice.Nobody moved.Nobody spoke.Dani's gaze drifted to the photograph lying on the coffee table.Two newborns.Two identification cards.Baby Cross.Baby Mitchell.And beneath them, Sarah Mitchell's chilling handwriting:One of them should be dead.Only now, Julian had confirmed the police had never found that photograph.Which meant someone had planted it.Not years ago.Today.Her stomach twisted.Every clue she'd trusted suddenly felt contaminated.Every answer was now another question.Julian picked up the photograph using an evidence sleeve before sealing it inside a plastic folder.His face had become unreadable again—that cold, calculating expression he wore whenever someone challenged him."The house is locked down," he said.His head of security nodded immediately."Every room. Every attic space. Every crawl space. Every vent. I want fingerprints, fibers, shoe prints—everything."

Victor Vance.The name glowed across Julian's phone like a loaded weapon.No one spoke.No one had to.Dani had never met Victor Vance, but over the past few weeks his name had become the invisible thread connecting every terrifying discovery. Sarah had feared him. Elena had hidden from him. Now Mary Sullivan's first warning had been the same.Do not tell Victor Vance that I'm alive.Julian stared at the screen until the ringing stopped.The room remained silent.Then it rang again.Same name.Same icy knot tightening in everyone's chest.Stella was the first to speak."You're not going to answer?"Julian's jaw flexed."I don't like being summoned.""It's your father.""That doesn't change my answer."The phone continued vibrating against the dining room table.Dani couldn't take her eyes off it.Who was Victo

The photograph lay in the center of the dining table.Two newborns.Two bassinets.One sentence.You still don't know which baby survived.No one reached for it.No one dared to speak first.Dani stared at the image until the babies began to blur together. The longer she looked, the less certain she became of everything she thought she knew.Twenty-eight years.Every clue had convinced her she had been taken.That she had once been Grace.Now...Even that certainty was slipping away."What if..." she whispered.The words barely carried across the room.Julian looked at her."What if the note is true?"She swallowed."What if we've been trying to prove I was one baby... when we've never actually proved either baby survived that night?"The room fell silent.Her father shifted uneasily."S

The darkness inside the basement became suffocating.Ethan Mercer didn't move.His flashlight remained off.His breathing slowed until it was almost silent.He counted.One voice at the top of the stairs.Another somewhere behind the storage shelves.At least two people.Possibly more.The folder labeled Grace rested beneath his gloved hand.He resisted the urge to open it.Right now, surviving mattered more than satisfying his curiosity.The calm voice from the stairwell spoke again."You've seen enough.""We're not here to hurt you."Ethan almost smiled.In his experience, people who began with We're not here to hurt you rarely intended anything good."Then why hide in the dark?" he called back.Silence.Then the second voice answered."You've been asking the wrong questions."The phrase caught Ethan's attention immediately.Julian had said almost the same thing only hours earlier after reading the mysterious letter.Coincidence?Or deliberate?"Who are you?" Ethan demanded.No answ

Three knocks.Slow.Measured.Deliberate.The sound echoed through the darkened house.No one moved.The emergency lights flickered on a heartbeat later, bathing the hallway in a dim red glow.Julian's instincts took over.He reached for Dani's arm and gently but firmly guided her behind him."Stay with me."His voice was low.Controlled.One of the security guards rushed into the living room."The main power's been cut.""What about the backup generator?" Julian asked."It came online for three seconds.""Then someone disabled it too."Julian's expression hardened."This wasn't random.""No, sir."The guard touched the earpiece connected to the security network."We've confirmed three heat signatures outside the east fence.""Armed?""We can't tell."Another knock