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but didn't stop talking, already deep into crisis management mode. My own phone buzzed with a call from Claire. "Have you seen the news?" she asked without preamble. "Unfortunately, yes." "Ana, there are reporters outside the bookstore again. Like, a lot of them. They're asking customers if they think you knew about the supposed financial crimes, whether the bookstore is a money laundering front." Claire sounded frantic. "This is getting out of control." "Money laundering?" I repeated incredulously. "The bookstore barely turns a profit most months."

The curtains were drawn back, allowing the golden light of the sun to spill onto polished floors, but it did little to ease her nerves. “Mrs.Blackwood?” Lauren's voice came from the doorway. Sophia turned to find Adrian assistant holding a tablet. “Lauren ,what is it?” Lauren hesitated. “ You need to see this .” Sophia took the tablet, her stomach knotting as she looked at every headline splashed across every news. “ The Blackwood scandal: Deception at Highest level?” “Adrian Blackwood’s Lies Exposed—The business world reacts.” Her heart pounded as she scrolled through the articles, each one said about Adrian confession from the night before and twisting it into something monstrous. They acc

Behind them, a crowd was gathering and they were running wild. Cameras flashed. Shouts echoed and over a thousand phones were raised in the air, aimed at me. “Mr. Donovan, now that the truth is finally out, what do you have to say?” A middle-aged brunette asked me. “What truth? What are you talking about?” “I’m talking about this,” she whipped out her phone and passed it to me. My blood chilled at the sight. It was my photo and a video of Caden and I having sex in the car with a caption that said : “Asher Donovan, Caden Booker's boyfriend, is supposedly an ex-military officer hired to be his bodyguard. Caden Booker is a liar and he has more secrets.”

That got his attention. By the next morning few the next morning the world was burning. Notifications flooded my phone. Articles. Headlines. Videos. Comments. “CEO’s Scandal Returns Affair with Father and Son Resurfaces” “New Way Group in Crisis as Leader’s Controversial Past Goes Viral” “From Boardroom to Bedroom: The Truth About Benedykta Rebel” I leaned back in my chair, scrolling through it all. Every word. Every insult. Every judgment. Ugly names.

“Lucian. Ms. Vale. Good morning. Ready for this?” “More than ready,” Lucian says. Vaughn’s smile widens. “We’ll see.” Nine AM. The meeting starts. Board chairman calls it to order. “We’re here to address concerns raised by board member Richard Vaughn regarding CEO leadership and potential conflicts of interest. Mr. Vaughn, you have the floor.” Vaughn stands. Clicks his presentation remote. The first slide appears. **The Blackwood Scandal: A Timeline of Compromised Judgment** Photo of me and Lucian. Kissing in his car. The leaked paparazzi shot.

However, Camellia didn't say anything, she waited for Richard to continue his lecture. "I'm sure Olivia will be increasingly curious about your identity, she will definitely find out in any way possible. So sooner or later all our scandals will be exposed. Are you ready for it? What if when my father finds out that you are my ex-boyfriend and we already have a child from our relationship in the past? Will my father still accept you as his wife or will he divorce you immediately?” Richard continued with a serious face. Camellia's forehead wrinkled because she didn't understand what Crish meant earlier, what would it matter if she had to divorce Richard? What does it matter if Richard, Olivia

Chapter Thirty-Five: The Fault Line POV: Noah --- The fallout wasn’t a ripple. It was a rupture. The headlines didn’t just catch fire—they burned down entire expectations. Financial sites, gossip blogs, anonymous exposés, and investor forums were ablaze with one name: Noah Aimes. The scandal. The lover. The liability. Beside another: Elias Verno. The heir. The king. The risk-taker. > “Verno’s Prince Caught with His Lover—Company at Stake?”

I walked shakily toward the bed, my legs weak as though every nerve inside me had turned traitor. My hands trembled, fingertips still buzzing from the act I had just committed. The laptop screen glowed accusingly from across the room, its light flickering on the polished hardwood floor like an unwelcome spotlight on my crime. The leaks were out. Julian and Sera’s scandal blasted into the public eye with ruthless precision, along with Catherine’s fraudulent dealings, exposed like a rotting carcass dragged into daylight.

He was going to make him pay so much! A figure hid in the shadows of the mansion, a satisfied smirk on her face. Thomas had told her he'll be doing the deed tonight and she had come to witness it firsthand. Her plan was to take what happened tonight and publicize it with the newspaper, proving Serena was a slut, sleeping with her husband's brother. What she hadn't counted on was to see Gerald run back home and have all this revealed to her. The brothers were no different from each other.

“she has nothing to lose. She wants to drag you down with her. Think about how my book will affect your image and businesses.” “As my wife said, we’re done here,” Kane said coldly and walked out of the visitor’s room with Emilia. *********************** “What you have just heard is the audio recording of Serena Filipe admitting to her ulterior motives for writing her so-called tell-all book,” said Virgil Armstrong, the PR representative of the Beaumonts. He was a guest on a popular entertainment TV show where he was clearing the air regarding the saga between the Beaumonts and Serena. “This is beyond shocking,” said Myrah, the show presenter. “does this mean that Reggie Banks’ claims in the