Chapter 23

Katie's POV

As the years went by, Alex's business continued to thrive, and we found ourselves constantly in the public eye. Our marriage had become a subject of fascination for the media, and we were constantly bombarded with questions about our relationship. But we learned to ignore the gossip and focus on what really mattered - each other.

But just when we thought our lives couldn't get any more complicated, a blast from Alex's past threatened to derail everything we had worked so hard to build. It was a woman named Maria, who claimed to have had a child with Alex years ago.

At first, we were both in shock. We had no idea that Alex had a child, and the news rocked us to our core. But as we sat down to talk about it, Alex explained that he had a brief fling with Maria before we met, and that he had no idea that she was pregnant. He had only found out about the child recently, and he was determined to do right by them.

I was torn. On the one hand, I knew that Alex had made mistakes in