the penthouse gave
ing, the inte
ery gossip site and social media feed. The public narrative had flipped
her. Turns out she's just a ter
rity? That's better than an
g CEO. That's how you
urs. Endorsement deals were terminated. Her agency, facing a PR nightmare, issued a statement
ched her career and her future crumble in
erling penthouse wa
ssion focused. The lovesick, haunted look was go
odie, sat down next to him with a
on his phone, showing Sloane's ruined face. He felt not
up from his own screen. "Every move was a calculation
d ever brought it up. "She
voice even. "A little. But Mom was genuinely gr
nally starting to grasp the key to his own delusion. He was beginning to wonder if he
hadn't been the hero of a love story. He had been t
th a mixture of gratitude and residual
offering him a small, warm smile. "J
equilibrium. He trusted her, and she had succ
nal phone chimed with a t
sage was short, arrog
that man's shirt yesterd
al to thunderous in a single second. "Julian Kens
on her milk. She never imagined Julian would find out
finger at her. "You! Right now! Delete his num
red, her face flushing. This was a mess of her ow
hat bastard's name again!" Andrew's protective-brother m
be replaced by a new, ridiculous internal
a report his assistant had just delivered. It was a detailed summary of the past 24 h
on a photo of Chloe. A flicker of
finger and destroy a celebrity's career in a single after
one and sent a mess
ing. Tell her it's an apology
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