Chapter 197 Jade's Trial
Bella POV
The courtroom was smaller than I expected.
I don't know what I had imagined. Something grander, maybe. But Court Three was just a room with wood walls, bright lights, and the smell of old paper. Benches filled up with lawyers, reporters, and strangers who just liked to watch other people...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 The Wedding Day Nightmare
2. Chapter 2 The Cruelest Words
3. Chapter 3 The shame
4. Chapter 4 The Night it all ended
5. Chapter 5 Sent out of the house
6. Chapter 6 Rock Bottom
7. Chapter 7 Flash Back
8. Chapter 8 Flash Back pt 2
9. Chapter 9 Nowhere to Go at 3:47 A.M
10. Chapter 10 Building Myself in the dark
11. Chapter 11 Months of Silence
12. Chapter 12 The Birth of an Empire
13. Chapter 13 Work
14. Chapter 14 The Transfer
15. Chapter 15 Haunted
16. Chapter 16 Caleb Pain
17. Chapter 17 Three Years Later
18. Chapter 18 The Iron Empress
19. Chapter 19 The Iron Empress2
20. Chapter 20 The Submit
21. Chapter 21 Breaking into her walls
22. Chapter 22 Return to Hell
23. Chapter 23 Thinking about him
24. Chapter 24 Maya Advice
25. Chapter 25 Maya Advice 2
26. Chapter 26 Playing the Game
27. Chapter 27 Composing Herself
28. Chapter 28 Walking Away
29. Chapter 29 The Lies That Destroyed Everything
30. Chapter 30 The Truth
31. Chapter 31 Going To The Park
32. Chapter 32 The Threat
33. Chapter 33 The Meeting
34. Chapter 34 Grandmother Death
35. Chapter 35 The Truth Revealed
36. Chapter 36 Breaking Point
37. Chapter 37 Caleb Confrontation
38. Chapter 38 Bella Dilemma
39. Chapter 39 Battle Lines
40. Chapter 40 Caleb Threats
41. Chapter 41 Lawyered Up
42. Chapter 42 Coming To An Agreement
43. Chapter 43 The Offer
44. Chapter 44 Caleb Vow
45. Chapter 45 Shopping for my son
46. Chapter 46 Desperation
47. Chapter 47 Caleb Thoughts
48. Chapter 48 A Child's Question
49. Chapter 49 Tom Missing Caleb
50. Chapter 50 Hart Family Returns
51. Chapter 51 Bella Tears
52. Chapter 52 Protecting Tom
53. Chapter 53 Jade's Move
54. Chapter 54 The Evil Plan
55. Chapter 55 Exposed
56. Chapter 56 Caleb Protection
57. Chapter 57 Going To His Penthouse
58. Chapter 58 Under One Roof
59. Chapter 59 Daddy
60. Chapter 60 Choice
61. Chapter 61 The Apology
62. Chapter 62 Not claiming
63. Chapter 63 First Steps
64. Chapter 64 Tom Worries
65. Chapter 65 The Business Deal
66. Chapter 66 United Fonts
67. Chapter 67 Trapped
68. Chapter 68 Stuck in an elevator
69. Chapter 69 Kissing him
70. Chapter 70 Jade's Interference
71. Chapter 71 Visitation
72. Chapter 72 The Hart Plot
73. Chapter 73 Owning Hart Industries
74. Chapter 74 Hollow Victory
75. Chapter 75 Caleb's Support
76. Chapter 76 Tom Nightmare
77. Chapter 77 Midnight Desire
78. Chapter 78 Midnight Desire 2
79. Chapter 79 The Gala
80. Chapter 80 Business Talks
81. Chapter 81 The Dance
82. Chapter 82 Enter Ethan
83. Chapter 83 Tom missing his parents
84. Chapter 84 Early Morning Saga
85. Chapter 85 The Date
86. Chapter 86 Coming home to him
87. Chapter 87 Fuck Me
88. Chapter 88 Dismissal
89. Chapter 89 Jealous Caleb
90. Chapter 90 Caleb and Bella confrontation
91. Chapter 91 Vulnerability
92. Chapter 92 Questions
93. Chapter 93 Tom's Birthday
94. Chapter 94 The House
95. Chapter 95 Ethan's Proposal
96. Chapter 96 Torn
97. Chapter 97 2AM
98. Chapter 98 The Test
99. Chapter 99 Caleb's Control
100. Chapter 100 The Frame Job
101. Chapter 101 The War Room
102. Chapter 102 Margaret's Move
103. Chapter 103 Visitation
104. Chapter 104 First Date Redux
105. Chapter 105 Ethan's Business
106. Chapter 106 Victoria's Return
107. Chapter 107 The Trap
108. Chapter 108 Hospital Confessions
109. Chapter 109 Victoria's End
110. Chapter 110 Moving Forward
111. Chapter 111 Rebuilding Intimacy
112. Chapter 112 Richard's Last Stand
113. Chapter 113 Court room
114. Chapter 114 New Beginning
115. Chapter 115 The Sister Returns
116. Chapter 116 First Meeting
117. Chapter 117 Seeds of Doubt
118. Chapter 118 Jealousy Returns
119. Chapter 119 Separation
120. Chapter 120 Sister vs. Brother
121. Chapter 121 The Choice
122. Chapter 122 Reconciliation
123. Chapter 123 First Time Again
124. Chapter 124 First Time Again pt 2
125. Chapter 125 Morning After
126. Chapter 126 Going Public
127. Chapter 127 The Threat
128. Chapter 128 Protection Detail
129. Chapter 129 Diana's Truth
130. Chapter 130 Unlikely Alliance
131. Chapter 131 Corporate Espionage
132. Chapter 132 The Mastermind
133. Chapter 133 War Council
134. Chapter 134 The Bait
135. Chapter 135 Risky
136. Chapter 136 The Trap Springs
137. Chapter 137 The Trap Springs 2
138. Chapter 138 Aftermath
139. Chapter 139 The Proposal
140. Chapter 140 The Conditions
141. Chapter 141 Condition 2
142. Chapter 142 Not Running
143. Chapter 143 Terms and Agreements
144. Chapter 144 The Aunties
145. Chapter 145 The Doubt
146. Chapter 146 Bachelor Night
147. Chapter 147 Bachelorette Night
148. Chapter 148 Bachelorette Night 2
149. Chapter 149 The Wedding Day
150. Chapter 150 The Wedding Day 2
151. Chapter 151 Wedding Night
152. Chapter 152 Honeymoon
153. Chapter 153 Honeymoon Day Five
154. Chapter 154 Honeymoon Day Five Pt 2
155. Chapter 155 Honeymoon Day Seven
156. Chapter 156 Honeymoon Day Eleven
157. Chapter 157 Return to Reality
158. Chapter 158 Two Lines
159. Chapter 159 Surprise Pregnancy
160. Chapter 160 First Appointment
161. Chapter 161 First Appointment 2
162. Chapter 162 The Body Mutiny
163. Chapter 163 The Body Changes
164. Chapter 164 The Body Changes2
165. Chapter 165 Body changes 3
166. Chapter 166 Running Mad
167. Chapter 167 Complications
168. Chapter 168 Hospital Stay
169. Chapter 169 Emergency Delivery
170. Chapter 170 NICU Days
171. Chapter 171 Coming Home
172. Chapter 172 New Normal
173. Chapter 173 Diana's Breakdown
174. Chapter 174 Diana's Breakdown2
175. Chapter 175 Diana's Breakdown pt 3
176. Chapter 176 Saving Diana
177. Chapter 177 Forgiveness
178. Chapter 178 One Year Later
179. Chapter 179 The Panic
180. Chapter 180 The Panic
181. Chapter 181 The Hunt Begins
182. Chapter 182 The Hunt Begins2
183. Chapter 183 Bella's Breaking Point
184. Chapter 184 Bella's Breaking Point2
185. Chapter 185 The Trace
186. Chapter 186 The Rescue
187. Chapter 187 The reveal
188. Chapter 188 Jade
189. Chapter 189 Jade 2
190. Chapter 190 Caught
191. Chapter 191 Tom's Trauma
192. Chapter 192 Tom's Terrors
193. Chapter 193 The News
194. Chapter 194 Reunion
195. Chapter 195 Healing Together
196. Chapter 196 Family time
197. Chapter 197 Jade's Trial
198. Chapter 198 Jade's Out bust
199. Chapter 199 The Call
200. Chapter 200 Distress
201. Chapter 201 What Margaret Knows
202. Chapter 202 The Information
203. Chapter 203 Arriving home early
204. Chapter 204 Her Background
205. Chapter 205 In the Dark
206. Chapter 206 Reconciliation
207. Chapter 207 At The Gate
208. Chapter 208 The Correction
209. Chapter 209 The Letter
210. Chapter 210 The Envelope
211. Chapter 211 The Discussion
212. Chapter 212 Margaret Confronted
213. Chapter 213 Preparing To Meet Him
214. Chapter 214 First Meeting
215. Chapter 215 Talking to her father
216. Chapter 216 Coming Home To Caleb
217. Chapter 217 Olivier
218. Chapter 218 Enzo
219. Chapter 219 Her Brother
220. Chapter 220 Planning to meet Sebastian
221. Chapter 221 Tom Meets Sebastien
222. Chapter 222 Olivier's Campaign
223. Chapter 223 Richard and Margaret Move Again
224. Chapter 224 Bella winning
225. Chapter 225 Home Invasion
226. Chapter 226 The Report
227. Chapter 227 The News
228. Chapter 228 The Stalker
229. Chapter 229 The Night Before
230. Chapter 230 The Night
231. Chapter 231 Paris News
232. Chapter 232 Sebastien Meets Caleb
233. Chapter 233 Sebastien Meets Caleb pt 2
234. Chapter 234 Sebastian plan
235. Chapter 235 Picking his son
236. Chapter 236 Olivier Shifts
237. Chapter 237 Olivier tensed
238. Chapter 238 Six
239. Chapter 239 Tom Birthday
240. Chapter 240 Another Surprise
241. Chapter 241 Third Pregnancy
242. Chapter 242 Pregnancy
243. Chapter 243 The Marchetti Succession
244. Chapter 244 The Marchetti Succession Question Pt 2
245. Chapter 245 Camille's Last Move
246. Chapter 246 Camille's Curses
247. Chapter 247 Hospitalised
248. Chapter 248 Hospital visits
249. Chapter 249 Hospital saga
250. Chapter 250 The Drift Begins
251. Chapter 251 Paris
252. Chapter 252 Her Plan
253. Chapter 253 Her Flashback
254. Chapter 254 Emergency
255. Chapter 255 At Last
256. Chapter 256 The Next Day
257. Chapter 257 Diana Anger
258. Chapter 258 The Confession
259. Chapter 259 The Break
260. Chapter 260 The Advice
261. Chapter 261 The Sovereign Hand
262. Chapter 262 Working Through
263. Chapter 263 The Discharge
264. Chapter 264 Paris News
265. Chapter 265 Press conference
266. Chapter 266 Sebastien's Response
267. Chapter 267 The Visit
268. Chapter 268 Dinner Time
269. Chapter 269 The Anniversary
270. Chapter 270 Nadina Move
271. Chapter 271 Legal Defeat
272. Chapter 272 Hart Worldwide Goes Public
273. Chapter 273 The Succession Finalised
274. Chapter 274 Jade's Letter
275. Chapter 275 Margaret's Call
276. Chapter 276 The Vow Renewal
277. Chapter 277 Epilogue( The End)
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