Forced Marriage: My Wife, My Redemption by Lilyheart

Chapter 155

Chapter 155: You have to lose, to win it back

After the whirlwind of truths and the emotional tidal wave that had swept through the dining table like a storm, the silence that lingered was almost unbearable.

Tension still clung to the corners of the room, refusing to leave entirely despite the softened expressions now resting on most faces.

And then, like the first gentle breeze after a storm, Jessica spoke.

Her voice was soft, yet it rang clearly. "Can we toast to this new beginning?"

She raised her glass—not just in celebration, but in hope. Hope that maybe, just maybe, something good could finally grow from all this chaos.

For a moment, no one moved.

Then Elliot Raven was the first to lift his glass, followed by Davis. One by one, each person followed, glasses held high, as they toasted to their heart felt wishes.

"To new beginnings," Jessica said again, firmer this time, a small smile tugging at the corners of her lips. "To family," Bella whispered beside her. "To peace," Elliot added with a heavy nod.

Clinks echoed around the table as glasses touched.

The atmosphere, which had earlier been thick with shock, finally began to lift. Conversations resumed with light, cautious chatter, but sincere.

The air loosened, and quiet laughter slowly made its way into the corners of the room.

Even Ethan had started to smile again though it came with a side of resigned heartbreak as he kept stealing glances at Bella, as if mourning what could never be.

Amid the subtle chatter, Davis turned slightly in his wheelchair, his eyes locking on Richard with a knowing look. "How did it go?" he asked under his breath, barely loud enough for others to catch.

Richard, who had just taken a sip from his glass, nodded and leaned slightly closer.

"It was positive," he said, keeping his voice low. "He signed."

small sigh of

to the Allen Group. The pressure is easing. But..." He

once again.Richard looked around the waiting faces,

soon declare you

crashed

fingers tightening around the stem of

her expression etched in

recognized it immediately and suspected you might be the one." He said with a playful smile tugging his lips in recollection of Desmond frightened and contemplative

to get him down?" Davis asked

him. Because the document was already prepared with your other name Dave

am surprised he didn’t know you by

for a second as memories stirred from deep within him. His expression softened

opening his eyes again. "It was a name my mother gave me... long ago. I was only seven." Everyone listened silently as he

"that if I ever found myself in danger... life-threatening danger... I was to abandon the Allen name. I was

was just a kid. I didn’t understand why she said that. I even asked her why she didn’t just

smiled and said... ’Dave is a name one would never align with any family and Ravensdale name can grant you temporary protection until you get to safe place. It’s safer. It’s

I am.beginning to understand it better, she never connected herself to the Ravensdale in public and had just given me to

prepared well for eventuality." Jessica murmured to herself, proud of

little Davis, just seven years old, being handed a name like a lifeline

happened, when everything went

understanding. "That’s why I told him you were Dave Ravensdale. He believed me—well, enough to move forward. But he’s

already accepted that fate the very

him again trying to understand what he

no returning to the Allen Group now," he continued. "Not as Davis Allen, anyway. Not yet. But as Dave Ravensdale... I can move freely. Strategically though wouldn’t make a public appearance"

wasn’t the name that impressed her—it was the calm with which he

lips tugging into the faintest of smirks. "Yes," he said. "But you’ve already taken the first step

"It’s dangerous," he said gruffly. "Going along with this game, letting the

lose everything in plain

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