Chapter 35

I had lost sense of time as I stood there, hands shaking, heart pounding, eyes wide open.

My throat felt like it was closing and my chest constricted. It was as though my world shifted off balance and everything began to tilt. I struggled to inhale but the breath lodged in my throat refused to emerge as I stared at the photo of Killian and then the accompanying headline that followed.

Scandalous marriage.

Those two words rang in my head, making my heart stop and pump again.

A scandalous marriage.

A gold digger?

False pregnancy.

I closed my eyes for a brief moment, wishing it would all go away, wishing this was just one big scary nightmare, but when I opened it, it remained the same. The headlines remained the same. They'd dubbed me the gold digger, they'd dragged me out for using my suspicious pregnancy as a means of trapping Killian.

Did I?

I didn't. I didn't trap him nor did I force him to marry me. I didn't even want any of this. I didn't want to be with Killian or get pregna