Chapter 6 - Richard Bellamy Receives An Unexpected Late Night Visitor
The massive mahogany doors of Richard Bellamy’s private study swung open to the sound of urgent knocking. Richard looked up from his leather desk chair, adjusting his reading glasses with a frown of annoyance.
His butler stepped into the room, looking pale and distinctly unsettled. "Mr. Bellamy, there is someone downstairs demanding to see you without an appointment," the butler reported nervously.
Before Richard could give an answer, Lenora Voss stepped past the butler into the study. Richard froze, his breath catching in his throat as ghosts from thirty years ago suddenly walked back into his life.
"Hello, Richard," Lenora said softly, closing the heavy doors behind her with a definitive click. Richard stood up slowly from his desk, his face turning pale under the warm desk lamps.
"What are you doing here, Lenora?" Richard demanded, his voice shaking with suppressed anger. "You destroyed one family; do you really think I'll let you ruin my daughter's life again?"
Lenora didn't flinch, walking toward his desk with a cold, calculating look in her eyes. "Your daughter is about to make the biggest mistake of her life by marrying my son," Lenora warned.
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"Julian?" Richard scoffed bitterly. "Audrey already called off the wedding, or haven't you heard?" Lenora shook her head slowly, leaning against the edge of the mahogany desk.
"They are talking about getting back together because Julian thinks Audrey is carrying an heir to your fortune," Lenora revealed quietly. Richard stared at her in absolute shock, realizing the war had only just begun.
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