All Chapters of Unbound Desires: Chapter 41 - Chapter 44

SOFIESummoning my driver still felt strange. A luxury I hadn’t asked for. One I hadn’t yet grown used to.As I stepped outside, the media descended like a swarm. Flashes blinded me. Microphones pushed too close. Reporters’ voices crashed over each other.“Mrs. Reed, is it true your marriage is just a business arrangement?”“How do you respond to claims you abandoned your professional ethics for personal gain?”Each question landed like a slap, stripping away another layer of privacy.My fists clenched, nails digging into my palms. Don’t react. Don’t let them see it get to you.Andrew’s threat from earlier echoed in my ears. Of course this fiasco was his doing.My security team moved in fast, forming a barrier as they ushered me toward the car.I ducked inside, the door slamming shut behind me. Blessed silence.I stared straight ahead, but my thoughts snapped to Alex.How could he not tell me I own the hospital? The weight of that truth still hadn’t settled.How does someone so smart

st into Claire’s apartment, barely holding myself together. Tears blurred my vision, hot and relentless, sliding down my cheeks before I could wipe them away.She didn’t ask any questions. She just pulled me into her arms and held on. I clung to her, shaking, too overwhelmed to speak at first.“What happened?” she asked softly, guiding me toward the sofa.I collapsed onto the cushions, my whole body trembling from everything I had held in. Words tumbled out, broken and breathless as I tried to explain. The folder. The investigation. How Alex had known everything about me before we even met.She listened without interrupting, her eyes widening, her expression shifting between horror and disbelief as I spoke. I told her about Andrew at the hospital, about the chaos, about the media waiting outside like wolves. And then I told her about the hospital being in my name. The fact that Alex had bought it and never said a word.My voice cracked. My throat burned. The weight of it all pressed