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Chapter 80 - Done Being Patient
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Breaking The Spotlight Chapter 80 - Done Being Patient
"Let's get out of here," she smiled at him."Why miss Laurent, what do you have in mind?" He asked, smirking.The elevator ride was quiet, heat humming between them, heavy and electric. Damien stood behind her, not touching her, but close enough that she felt the press of his presence, the way the air shifted around him.She could still taste him. Still feel the weight of that kiss under her ribs. The promise of it. The inevitability.The elevator doors opened with a soft chime, and they stepped into the penthouse.Celeste moved first, kicking off her heels by the doorway, not bothering to turn on the lights. The city glowed through the floor-to-ceiling windows, cool, silvered light that painted her skin in tones of moonlight and shadow.She paused near the glass, arms crossed loosely over her chest, looking out, but not really seeing anything. Damien shut the door behind them, then locked it without a word.He didn’t need to say anything. The air between them already carried the wei
Breaking The Spotlight Chapter 79 - Grand Proposal
In the quiet that followed the verdict, life began to start to feel like normal. The kind that don’t come in headlines or giddy applause, but in stillness. Although everything was over, both Damien and Celeste kept looking, expecting something, an ambush, a betrayal, the final piece of debris falling from a structure that had already burned.They’d won, publicly, legally and morally, but victories didn’t erase scars.Celeste sat at the edge of the bed, barefoot, legs folded beneath her, the penthouse dim but not dark. The gold envelope in her hand caught a thread of moonlight, glinting faintly. She hadn’t opened it yet, but she knew what was inside.The letter had arrived that afternoon, an international award recognizing courage in media, resilience in the face of corruption. It was the kind of honor entire careers were built around. Entire press cycles. Red carpets. Standing ovations.But to her, it felt 1distant. Like something that belonged to another life.She ran her thumb alon
Breaking The Spotlight Chapter 78 - The Verdict
On the final day, the courtroom pulsed with anticipation. Everyone had something to gain, a headline, a soundbite, a measure of vindication. But all she wanted was the truth on record, carved into the system that had enabled so much harm.She sat beside Damien, calm, still, no trace of nerves. Her suit was dark, unembellished. Hair pulled back. No need for distraction. She had become familiar with this weight, and today she wore it well.Veronica sat across the room, pale beneath the courtroom lights. Gone was the invincible sheen that had defined her. Her lawyer whispered something, but she didn’t respond. She stared straight ahead, hands clenched in her lap.The judge entered, heavy robe swaying, a presence too grounded to be distracted by the circus around her."All rise," the bailiff announced. The judge took his seat and then everyone else followed. The judge cleared his throat before he began to speak. “In the matter of the State versus Veronica Hale,” the judge began, voice c
Breaking The Spotlight Chapter 77 - Trial Of The
They called it The Trial of the Century before opening statements had even been made.News cameras blanketed the courthouse steps. Legal analysts debated tactics around the clock. Influencers turned it into content. Veronica Hale, the queenmaker turned queenpin, was finally on trial for fraud, blackmail, conspiracy and extortion. The charges read like the climax of a noir film.But for Celeste, it wasn’t theater. It was justice, the kind that was slow, brutal and way overdue.She stood outside the courthouse in a tailored black suit, no frills, no distractions. Her hair was pulled back tightly, makeup minimal. Damien stood beside her in a charcoal gray suit, sharp and cold. They didn’t speak as the cameras flashed. The stood representing each other.Inside, the courtroom was packed, press passes, lawyers, victims, and observers from every part of the industry. The judge, a no-nonsense federal heavyweight, commanded silence the moment proceedings began.Veronica sat at the defendant’s
Breaking The Spotlight Chspter 76 - Hurts Like Hell
The sun hadn’t yet risen, but sleep had long since abandoned them both.Damien stood by the window, shirtless, glass of untouched whiskey in his hand. The city stretched below, eerily still. Celeste sat curled in a blanket on the couch, watching him, but saying nothing.There was a silence between them that wasn’t born from tension, but from knowing what was about to be said would change something. Maybe not everything. But something.He didn’t look at her when he finally spoke. “There are things you don’t know, Celeste.”Her fingers curled tighter around the edge of the blanket. “Then tell me.”Damien’s jaw flexed. “When I took over Sinclair Media, it was already infected. My father built it on manipulation, favors, blackmail. He thought information was currency, and he made sure we had dirt on everyone who mattered.”Celeste nodded once, absorbing that.“I didn’t want to run it like he did. But I didn’t burn it all down, either. I used what was already there. I traded silence for le
Breaking The Spotlight Chapter 75 - Clean Slate, Dirty Past
Celeste stepped out of the black SUV into a wall of flashing lights and quiet murmurs that erupted into a wave of applause the moment she appeared. The Clean Slate campaign launch wasn’t a red carpet event, but it might as well have been. Camera crews lined the sidewalk, reporters with notepads and phones aimed like weapons of curiosity, and a massive banner above the building entrance bore her name alongside the campaign logo.Damien exited from the other side, dressed in a sharp charcoal suit, no tie, his presence commanding without needing a word. He walked around the vehicle and took her hand without hesitation.She gripped it tightly, drawing from his calm the way she had learned to.“Are you ready?” he asked, voice low so only she could hear.Celeste looked out at the sea of faces, some waiting to celebrate, others waiting for her to trip. Her answer was steady. “I’ve been ready since the moment she threatened Kira.”Inside the venue, the lights dimmed as the stage came into vie
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