The CEO's Contracted Heart
“Public Exposure”
The morning sunlight sliced through the grand curtains of the mansion like an accusation. I held my breath, staring at the tablet in my trembling hands. My face, I realized, had gone pale. Not just pale — drained, hollowed. Vanessa’s latest maneuver had reached its inevitable conclusion: she had leaked a doctored document to the tabloids, painting me as the manipulative interloper in Cade’s life.
I couldn’t look at the headline. I couldn’t look at Chloe, who, oblivious, sat cross-legged on the floor, coloring with a serene focus that made my heart twist. My hands clenched around the tablet.
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