Don’t Fall for the Billionaire Lover by Rosa Winters

Chapter 1111

Shawn scoffed, his voice laced with menace. "Linda, I've played along with your little acts for so long-what, you think you can just treat me like a dog? You really believe you can marry into money, play the perfect rich wife? Dream on. You come from nothing-a shabby alley, a mom with mental illness, a dad who can't even walk. Look around you, Linda. Who else would want you, besides me? I'm letting Chloe go right now, then I'm telling the Harrisons everything. Let's see how people react when they find out who you really are—"

He didn't get to finish.

On the recording, Shawn suddenly cried out.

Then came the rush of water-fast, chaotic-and his angry, broken curses. The water swallowed up his voice, and then everything went silent. The recording ended for good.

Chloe didn't need to guess what happened next.

Just as she suspected, Shawn died at Linda's hands. And even in the end, he never figured out what Linda was really after.

By the time Chloe finished listening, the storm of emotions inside her had finally calmed. Years of questions and old mysteries quietly unraveled in her mind. But the truth didn't matter as much to her anymore.

She had already made peace with her past.

She didn't feel dirty because of what happened, and she didn't feel magically pure knowing that nothing had. She was still herself, her conscience clear. She finally understood-none of it was her fault. There was nothing to be ashamed of, and nothing to celebrate, either.

your life the way an outsider, or even a higher power, might see it. That's how you find the strength to

at the end of that lifeline, the only person waiting for

herself so many times before. Now, looking back, all

just made her cherish her

next day, Chloe went to the police with Connor at her side, handing over the

what was on it, they could finally close

held even more evidence about an underground surrogacy ring, illegal clinics, a whole web

their secrets weren't. The information Chloe brought in was a game-changer, helping

her

nightmares.

were back

felt peaceful and

threw himself into work

than once, Chloe woke up

time, right?

Chloe was busy, too.