238 The Billionaire’s Trap: Caught on the Hospital Camera

The kick landed before anyone in that hospital suite could convince themselves it was just another argument. Khloe Thorne was seven months pregnant, exhausted from the charity gala downstairs, when Isabella Rossi cornered her with pure venom in her eyes. "You were supposed to stay quiet," Isabella hissed. "Smile for the cameras... give him an heir... and then disappear." Khloe wrapped both arms around her belly and asked her to leave. Instead, Isabella lunged — both hands slamming into her chest, sending her crashing into a marble table. A crystal flute shattered across the floor. Then, before Khloe could even catch her breath, Isabella drove the pointed heel of her designer shoe violently into her side. Agony exploded through Khloe's body. Her first instinct wasn't to protect herself — it was to curl protectively around the tiny life growing inside her. Seconds later, the suite door burst open. Marcus Thorne stood frozen in the doorway, still in his tuxedo from the gala, staring at a scene that looked nothing like an argument. It looked like his entire world shattering. And that's when Isabella moved first — her rage vanishing instantly, replaced by fake tears and a trembling, rehearsed voice: "She attacked me." What none of them yet realized was that hospital security cameras had captured every single second — and the man rushing toward that suite wasn't just another administrator. He was Khloe's uncle.