Hired a Gigolo, Got a Billionaire

Chapter 455 Madeline's POV I ran without looking back, my footsteps echoing down the hospital corridor. I couldn't breathe properly, like the air had thickened, turned heavy and impossible to process. Marcus's words kept looping in my head like a scratched record, repeating the same devastating sentence over and over. 'I don't know if I can handle this much longer... I don't even know if this child is really mine.' I pushed through the exit doors of the medical complex and stepped outside, surrounded by tall trees and the sharp afternoon cold of the mountains.

Without really thinking, I followed a narrow trail leading into the forest, driven by a desperate need to get away from everything and everyone. When I finally stopped, I was in a small clearing. The forest was silent except for the wind rustling through the leaves and my own uneven breathing. That was when the tears finally came. Sitting down on a moss-covered rock wasn't exactly comfortable, especially while pregnant, but I didn't care. I let everything spill out through the crying. The pain. The disappointment. The crushing feeling of being unwanted. Marcus couldn't take it anymore.

And the question of paternity... How could he say that? Of course I didn't know if the baby was his or Dominic's either, but hearing him voice those doubts so bluntly, so tired and worn down, felt like a slap to the face. Maybe I'd been naive to believe something real was growing between us. Maybe it had all been an elaborate performance. A decent man

was probably just waiting for the right moment to get rid of me in a way that wouldn't damage his reputation as an honorable man. "My God, I finally found you!" Olivia's voice cut through my thoughts. I turned to see her emerging between the trees, clearly out of breath from searching for me. "Everyone's getting organized

seriously, what happened? You look-" "If we win this last one," I cut her off, standing up from the rock,