Chapter 35: Media Explosion

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Sofia's POV My phone started ringing at 5:47 AM, thirteen minutes before the New York Times story was scheduled to go live. I'd been awake for hours, watching the clock, drinking coffee that had gone cold in my nervous hands. "Sofia? This is Rebecca Martinez from CNN. We need to talk." I declined the call and immediately received three more… ABC, NBC, Fox News. Word was already spreading through the media ecosystem like wildfire, journalists calling in favors and chasing leads before the competition caught wind. At exactly 6:00 AM, I refreshed the Times website. There it was. **"BILLIONAIRE'S PREGNANT WIFE: A PATTERN OF CONTROL AND ABUSE"** The headline was stark, devastating. Below it, Aloe's photo, not a glamorous society shot, but a candid image from a charity event where she l

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