Hired a Gigolo, Got a Billionaire

Chapter 505 Madeline's POV 'Madeline Sullivan, do you, of your own free will, accept Dominic Blackwood as your lawful husband?' The question echoed inside my head. 'Of your own free will.' What a cruel joke. But this time, there was no choice. This time, there was no escape. No motorcycle waiting around the corner with a stranger in a leather jacket ready to take me away. No Marcus to save me. No one but me. This time, there was only one answer I could give. But before that... before that, I needed to know. I needed to be sure.

"My daughter," I said, my voice coming out steadier than I expected. "I want to see my daughter first." Dominic frowned, his expression shifting from expectation to irritation. "We're in the middle of a ceremony, darling," he said, warning threaded through his tone. "My daughter first," I repeated, harder now. I looked straight into his eyes and didn't back down. "I need to know she's alive. That she's okay. Or this doesn't happen." I saw anger flash across Dominic's face. But then he took a breath and simply nodded toward Vivian. She didn't say a word.

Just turned and went back into the house, disappearing through the back door. I stood there, frozen, every second stretching into eternity. My heart was pounding so loudly I could hear it. My hands were shaking. My whole body was shaking. 'Please. Please let her be okay. Please.' With Marcus gone, Aurora was everything. Everything I had left. Everything that mattered. If she wasn't okay, if Dominic had done something to her- Then none of this mattered anymore. Not even me. Maybe it would be better to stop fighting and let Vivian do the dirty work. One quick bullet. End everything.

And then I heard a soft, high-pitched cry. It was Aurora. My body moved before my mind could catch up. I ran toward the door, stumbling over the ridiculous dress, nearly tripping on the steps. Vivian was coming out, a pink bundle in her arms. And from that bundle came the most beautiful sound in the world. I almost ripped Aurora from Vivian's arms-but gently, carefully-pulling her against my chest like she was the most precious thing in the universe. Chapter 565 Because she was. "I found you," I whispered into her dark hair, tears finally spilling freely down my face.

and unclenching, searching. Pure instinct took over. I rocked her gently, murmuring nonsense words, just wanting her to know she was safe. That I was there. "Shh,

Love so intense it hurt. "She must be hungry," I said, turning toward Dominic, who was watching us with an unreadable expression. "I... I need to-" Dominic rolled his eyes and dropped heavily into one of the empty chairs. "Fine," he said, boredom barely concealed. "We

noticed her hands trembling slightly. I sat in one of the chairs, as far from Dominic as I could get, and positioned Aurora. She latched on immediately, her little eyes fluttering closed as she nursed, completely unaware of the chaos surrounding us. And for a moment-just one brief, precious moment-it was only us. Mother and daughter. Nothing else mattered.

left. 2/4 "You have your father's eyes," I whispered so softly no one else could hear. "That beautiful blue. He would have loved you so much, Aurora. He would've been the best father in the world." My voice broke at the end,

Dominic's voice sliced through the moment. I looked up to see him standing