The story broke just after dawn.
**"Child's Life Hangs on Illegal Heart: Fallen Heiress, Rogue Surgeon, and the Substitute Who Lived."**
By mid-morning, the hospital lobby was surrounded by cameras.
Katherine stared at the news alert on her phone, mouth dry. Her own photo—older, thinner—was splashed across a sidebar beside the headline: *"Mystery fiancée resurfaces with sick child. Dr. Aiden Stone defies ethics board to save her."*
“They know everything," she whispered.
Aiden burst through the suite door, jaw tight. “Someone leaked the trial petition. All of it."
“Was it you?" she asked, breath shallow.
“I swear it wasn't."
He turned the tablet toward her—another headline: *Evans Family Demands Federal Inquiry into 'Fabricated Compassion Case.'*
“They're painting this as fraud," h
