Lahat ng Kabanata ng Hidden No More: The Billionaire’s Plus-Sized Secret: Kabanata 41 - Kabanata 50

Laura's POVI didn't expect to enjoy the drive home.That was the strange part.For the first time in what felt like forever, I wasn't sitting in silence with my thoughts attackingme from every direction.I wasn't thinking about Hemsworth.I wasn't thinking about Quinn.Well, not completely.Elena glanced at me through the mirror and smiled."You know what you need?"I raised an eyebrow."What?""A hot bath."I laughed softly"That's your solution?""Absolutely."She nodded seriously."A hot bath, good food, and no thinking. That's the cure for almost everything."I smiled."Almost everything?""Okay, maybe not everything."She shrugged."But it helps."I looked out the window, watching the city lights pass by.A small smile stayed on my face.It was strange.I had been in the same vicinity as Elena for months, but I barely knew her.She was always there, always professional, always doing her job, but we had never actually spenttime together.Not really.Not

Laura's POVThe first thing I noticed was the pain.Not fear.Not confusion.Pain.A sharp, pounding ache spread through my head, making it feel like my skull was splitting openfrom the inside.I slowly opened my eyes.The room was blurry.For a few seconds, I couldn't remember where I was.Then everything came rushing back.The car.The men.Elena.The panic.My breathing became uneven.No.I tried to move.That was when I realized I couldn't.My wrists were tied.My body was restrained.I was sitting on a chair in the middle of a room I didn't recognize.My heart dropped."No..."My voice came out weak.I immediately started fighting against the restraints.I pulled.I twisted my hands.I tried to move my legs.Nothing.The pain in my head got worse with every movement, but I didn't stop.I couldn't stop.I had to get out.I had to find Elena.I had to get back."Let me go!"My voice echoed around the empty room.No answer.I pulled harder.The

Laura's POV It had been a day. Twenty-four hours since I woke up in this place. Twenty-four hours since I had last seen the outside world. My wrists burned. The ropes had left marks on my skin, deep red lines that reminded me every second that I was still trapped. I had stopped trying to guess where I was. There was nothing. Just a cold room. A basement, maybe. The walls were plain and lifeless, and the only window was small enough that it barely counted as one. The only reason I knew time was passing was because of the sunlight. The little bit of morning light that managed to sneak through. That was how I knew night had ended. That was how I knew I had spent another hour here. I was hungry. So hungry. I couldn’t even remember the last time I ate properly. Twenty-eight hours? More? I hadn’t had water. Not enough to even stop the dryness in my throat. I was being treated like I had committed some horrible crime. Like I deserved this. But

Laura's POVSanta Barbara, was the only thing stuck in my mind.What the hell was even in there?Why were they so desperate to get me out of here?The more I thought about it, the more questions I had.They weren't just trying to hurt me.If they wanted me dead, I would already be dead.No.They wanted me gone.Completely erased from this part of the world.And the only explanation I could come up with was that someone wanted my place.My career.My position as the face of Titan Media.Rival actors.People who were angry that I had taken a spotlight they thought belonged to them.That was the only thing that made sense.But who?My mind immediately went to Ember.The jealousy.The way she looked at me.The way everything between us had changed, when she started going out with my ex husband.Then Thomas.Damien.What if they had all worked together?What if they had planned everything?What if Hemsworth wasn't just some angry ex who couldn't let go?What if he

Quinn's POV The drive felt like it was taking forever. Every second that passed felt like another second Laura was somewhere without me. I kept my eyes on the road, my hands gripping the steering wheel tighter than necessary. Devon sat beside me, working through everything on his laptop. Ryker sat in the back, quietly going through the information we had. Nobody spoke. Nobody needed to. The tension was heavy enough. "Stop at the station." Devon looked up. "Mr. Cardiff?" "I need to update the PI." I glanced at the rearview mirror. "We need to make sure Hemsworth stays where he is. If he has anything to do with this, I want him nowhere near a phone. Ryker nodded "That's a good idea sir." I turned the car around a corner a few minutes later, we arrived at the station. I walked inside quickly. The officer at the front desk looked up. "Can I help you?" "I'm looking for the investigator I hired." He nodded. "He's in the interrogation room." He sa