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ADRIAN'S SCHEME

Author: ABY
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-09-24 04:15:19

Ariana’s POV

I should’ve known Adrian wouldn’t stay quiet.

He was always too vain, too reckless, too desperate for the spotlight.

But I didn’t expect him to move this fast.

It starts with my phone buzzing nonstop. Notifications pile on so quickly the screen lags. I groan, thinking it’s just more photos, more headlines recycling the same old scandal.

Then I see his face.

Adrian Cole.

Smirking on a late-night talk show, his arm slung casually over the chair like he owns the world. The chyron screams beneath him in bold letters:

“Adrian Cole Breaks Silence on Damian’s Scandal.”

My stomach drops.

I fumble with the remote, turning up the volume just in time to hear him laugh, smooth and practiced.

“She’s a sweet girl,” Adrian says, leaning toward the host. “Really sweet. But things got blown way out of proportion. Ariana’s… young. Emotional. She thought there was more between us than there actually was.”

The audience chuckles. The host smiles sympathetically.

My chest tightens.

“That’s not
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