Marrying A Secret Zillionaire: Happy Ever After Novel

Chapter 1443: His trip to the hospital had been purely for his grandmother. He never imagined he would run into Kylee's agent, who latched onto him with a persistence that bordered on harassment. Despite being told no, Evie continued to trail after him, stubborn as ever. A sharp edge crept into Collin's voice. "Keep hounding me, and you'll lose more than your pride. You'll lose your job." That threat struck its mark, leaving Evie pale and trembling. Stammering out an apology, she finally backed away. Linsey caught every single word as it drifted her way.

A shiver ran through her, disbelief etched across her face. What was this? Had she really misunderstood everything about Collin and Kylee? "How could that be true?" As Evie slipped out of sight, Collin glanced over and asked, "Are you planning on rooting yourself there, or will you get in the car?" Linsey shook herself free from her daze and slipped into the car. "Take us to CR Corporation," Collin instructed, his tone steady and commanding. "Right away, Mr. Riley," the driver answered swiftly, closed the back door, then slid into his seat and brought the engine to life.

Without hesitation, Collin pressed a concealed switch at his side. A tinted partition began to rise, slowly separating the front from the back and giving them privacy for the ride. For Linsey, the sudden privacy felt like an invitation she had been waiting for, and the questions that had been burning in her chest finally pushed their way out. "I always thought you couldn't walk, Mr. Riley. When did that change? How are you suddenly on your feet?" "This wasn't something that happened overnight," Collin replied with quiet weight.

Lᴀtｅst chᴀptєrs in glnovels.ο Though he had never planned to tell her the truth, a late conversation with Dustin echoed in his mind. No woman would willingly choose a man tied to a wheelchair. He didn't want his fake disability to be the reason Linsey would reject him when he confessed his love to her. That was why he decided to let her see the truth. "My mother left when I was little. My father remarried, and my stepmother made it clear she couldn't stand me. She started poisoning my father's thoughts, and before long, he barely noticed I was there.

But she wasn't satisfied just pushing me out. She paid someone to mess with my car, and I barely survived the crash." His gaze dropped to his legs, the memory weighing on him. "I survived, but I was young and no match for her schemes. To protect myself, I let everyone believe I was crippled. If my stepmother thought I couldn't fight her son for the Riley Group, maybe she'd finally leave me alone." Linsey sat in silence as Collin's story unfolded, and with each detail, something sharp twisted in her chest.

All this time, she had believed Collin had been handed a golden life-she had pictured him untouched by hardship, with trouble only entering his world after the accident. The reality, she now realized, had been so much crueler than she had imagined. "So why let the truth out now? What changed?" she asked. . . .