Chapter 19

"An heir?" Cody sneered. "Yvette's prenatal report was fake! You pushed Whit away for a child who isn't even real! Besides, I was the one who didn't want her to become pregnant!" Edward and Serena stood frozen. They hadn't expected that. "You never believed in Whit," Cody said, his voice hollow with exhaustion. He turned to Serena, feeling the pain tighten its hold on his heart like a vise. "Did she take the money?" Serena nodded. "How much?" he asked. "One billion dollars. And she signed the divorce agreement." The words sliced into Cody like a knife, peeling away his rationality. The little things he had ignored came rushing back, stabbing at his heart like tiny needles. "Where did she go?" Cody asked, staring at Serena and Edward. His voice trembled from the effort to keep control. "You told her to leave. Didn't she tell you where she was going?" Edward and Serena exchanged a glance, then both shook their heads. "She didn't say," Serena murmured. "She just said that she w