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Chapter 93: Vivian’s Fake Exposé Plot

Author: Sire Bliss
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**Vivian POV**

I hung up the phone with the third PR firm and smiled.

None of them knew I wasn’t actually hiring them. They thought I was shopping around, comparing rates and services for some mysterious “crisis management” situation.

Perfect.

By tomorrow, word would be all over the industry that Vivian Cross was preparing for a major scandal. People would talk. Gossip would spread. And eventually, it would get back to Serena.

Just like I wanted.

“You look pleased with yourself,” Margaret said from the doorway of my office. “Did it work?”

“Like a charm.” I leaned back in my chair. “Three PR firms contacted in one day, all asking very careful questions about what kind of ‘situation’ I needed help with. By the end of the week, every society columnist in New York will be wondering what bombshell I’m about to drop.”

Margaret came in, closed the door behind her. “And when nothing happens? When there’s no exposé?”

“That’s the beauty of it.” I stood, walked to the window. “There doesn’t need
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