THE BILLIONAIRE'S FOUR SECRET HEIR'S AND HIS BETRAYED WIFE

THE HEIR HE NEVER KNEW ABOUT

It was a beautiful Monday morning when Veronica finally decided that she could no longer ignore what had been happening to her body. For several days, she had been waking up feeling nauseous, and almost every morning, she found herself rushing to the bathroom to throw up. At first, she had convinced herself that it was nothing serious, but deep inside her heart, she had begun to wonder if there was another reason.

She had already told Richard that she was going to see the family doctor for a test.

“You keep throwing up every day,” Richard had said coldly. “At the end of the day, it might turn into a fever like it always does.”

Those words had remained in her mind.

Veronica had frowned, trying desperately not to cry in front of him. Yet the tears had escaped anyway, running down her cheeks. It hurt her deeply that the man she loved with everything inside her could speak to her as though she were nothing more than a burden.

She had spent years trying to be the perfect wife for Richard. She had endured his coldness, his insults, and the constant pressure from his family to produce an heir. Still, she had remained hopeful that one day he would look at her differently.

That morning, however, something inside her told her that her life was about to change.

At the hospital, Doctor Lucas, the Williams family's trusted physician who had treated the family for years, looked at her carefully.

“Mrs. Veronica, is everything all right?” he asked.

Veronica quickly wiped the tears from her face and forced a smile.

“Yes, Doctor Lucas. I am fine. I just want to know the result.”

Doctor Lucas looked at the test results again before raising his eyes toward her.

“Mrs. Veronica, congratulations.”

Her eyes widened.

“Congratulations?”

“Yes. You are one month pregnant.”

For several seconds, Veronica could not speak.

She simply stared at him.

“Did you say I am pregnant?” she finally asked, her voice trembling.

“Yes. You are pregnant, and I believe Richard will be very happy when he hears this wonderful news.”

A huge smile immediately spread across Veronica's face.

Pregnant.

She was pregnant.

She was carrying Richard's child.

Her hands trembled as she carefully folded the medical report, holding it as though it were the most precious piece of jewelry she had ever owned.

She stood up slowly, unable to stop smiling.

“Today will change everything in the Williams family,” she whispered to herself. “I will finally have my man back. He will finally see that I was never incapable of giving him a child.”

She walked out of the hospital with her hand resting protectively over her stomach.

On her way home, she suddenly changed her mind and drove to a baby clothing store.

The moment she entered, her eyes immediately moved from one tiny outfit to another.

She picked up a little shirt and smiled.

“Could it be a boy?” she whispered.

She placed it back and picked up a tiny dress.

“Or maybe a girl?”

The thought alone made her heart race.

For the first time in a long while, Veronica allowed herself to dream.

She imagined Richard holding their baby. She imagined his face when he heard the news. She imagined his family finally accepting her instead of calling her barren.

“This will prove everything,” she whispered.

She left the store with a smile on her face.

“Next is Richard hearing the news. The entire Williams family will know that I am not infertile. I can give them an heir.”

She returned to the mansion, completely unaware that the life she had imagined was about to collapse before her eyes.

The moment Veronica arrived at the Williams mansion, she noticed that Richard's car was already parked outside.

Her heart jumped.

“Richard is home early,” she said to herself.

A smile appeared on her face.

“Maybe Doctor Lucas already told him the good news. Maybe he came home because he wants to celebrate our child.”

Her excitement grew as she stepped out of the car.

“Veronica, calm down,” she whispered, placing both hands against her cheeks.

She walked into the mansion with her heart filled with hope.

She made her way toward the bedroom and placed her hand on the door handle.

“Richard,” she called softly.

She opened the door.

The smile disappeared from her face.

Her entire body froze.

Richard was there with Lynn, his former girlfriend.

The sight shattered something inside Veronica.

“Richard…”

Her voice was barely audible.

Richard quickly turned toward her.

“What are you doing here?” he asked coldly.

Veronica stared at him in disbelief.

“I should be asking you that question, Richard.”

Her eyes moved toward Lynn.

“You left your office early just to bring your ex-girlfriend into our matrimonial bedroom?”

Her voice broke.

“After everything I have done for you?”

Tears streamed down her face.

Lynn stepped forward, but Richard immediately stopped her.

“Lynn, stay aside. I will handle this.”

Veronica looked at the two of them, feeling as though the ground beneath her feet had disappeared.

She walked toward the wardrobe and began taking out a few of her belongings.

Richard watched her suspiciously.

“What do you think you are doing, Veronica?”

She turned toward him.

“Is there any reason for me to stay here?”

Her voice trembled, but she refused to lower her head.

“I have had enough, Richard. You constantly hurt me. You call me names. You threaten me with divorce. I have done nothing but try to be a good wife to you.”

She wiped her tears.

“I thought I could endure everything. I thought I could keep praying that you would change one day. But now I have walked into my own bedroom and found you with your ex-girlfriend.”

Richard showed no remorse.

Instead, he walked toward Lynn and placed his hand protectively over her stomach.

“She is carrying my heir,” he said.

Veronica stared at him.

“And you,” Richard continued, “have spent all these years proving that you cannot give the Williams family a child. Isn't that enough reason for me to consider you a liability?”

Veronica's hand instinctively moved toward her own stomach.

Her heart screamed the truth.

She was carrying his child.

She could have told him.

She could have shown him the medical report.

But as she looked into his eyes, she realized something.

He did not deserve to know.

Not yet.

“Then leaving is the best thing I can do,” she said quietly.

“Leave?” Lynn suddenly mocked.

Veronica ignored her.

She removed the wedding ring from her finger and placed it on the bed.

Then she removed some of the clothes Richard had bought for her and left them beside the ring.

“I don't want any of these things,” she said.

Richard stared at her.

“If you need more, I am ready to give it to you,” Veronica continued. “I cannot continue living with a man who has no respect for me.”

She picked up a small box containing a few of her clothes and belongings.

Richard laughed bitterly.

“I swear, Veronica, you will come back here begging me to take you back.”

Veronica looked at him for a long moment.

“Hmm.”

A faint smile appeared on her lips.

“Let's see who comes begging at the end.”

She turned around and walked away.

As she reached the entrance, she stopped and looked back at the mansion.

This was the place where she had entered as Richard's wife with dreams of building a family.

Now she was leaving with a broken heart and a secret growing inside her.

She looked toward the bedroom window and saw Richard's shadow.

He was watching her leave.

“You will look for me,” she whispered.

Then she turned around and walked away.

Richard remained by the window.

“She actually left,” he said in disbelief.

Lynn walked toward him.

“She had the courage to take her belongings and leave without begging you?”

Richard's eyes narrowed.

“She must be cheating on me.”

Lynn looked at him.

“Why would you think that?”

Richard shook his head.

“No woman who truly depends on her husband would leave this confidently.”

Lynn smiled and placed her hand on his arm.

“Then don't worry, Richard. I am fully here for you.”

Neither of them knew that Veronica was carrying the heir they had spent years demanding from her.