Redeeming Alessandre: Claiming the Billionaire ice Queen
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FALLEN KING: IS LOV
IONAIRE ALESSANDRE MARCELLO R
pped on the stairs, the frozen second when I crashed into him, the wa
it played. It
acky love song in the background. Another one sl
tting the phone at a
ew my phone
, already pacing the l
sheveled, phone buzzing in one hand, and
s all on fire. Socials, press, blogs, investor lines-heck, even TikTok has a slow-mo vid
God! N
u have any idea how long I've worked to build this brand
it." Was a
h!" My voice cracked like a whip
outing at her but didn't take it back. Not when h
on my face. "They're afraid of a scandal by association. They think
sharp and bitter laugh. "Because I
d, her voice barely audible. "You fell in
ed, scrubbing a
d I could practically feel
e in six years, I
utely fucki
ady. "Call an emergency meeting. Now. Everyone-the board, legal, PR,
ed and moved,
go to the compan
nd yet, he wasn't satisf
in in my chest and focused on the rage instead. Af
f directors was seated at the long glass table, talking in low, concerned voices. Charlotte stood off to the side with
tos from the ball, and even a blurry picture of him crossing
of our control. We ran sentiment scans on key platforms an there's a fifty
I cut in, my
hat matters is perception. We're losing market confidence. Tw
re mounting, like invis
ot," Charlotte
ole thing. "Another press release? A public a
rred solution. One that has a higher chance of gett
l looke
ke that," I said. "O
ent," he said. "W
. I must have heard him wrong
" I wh
m?" I said, my voice sky
t... a relationship. A united front. Something to placate the press and
but at this point I didn't care what they all thought of me. They could all rot for all I care. "That
in public for that matter. This could be the coup de grâce we desperately
at. "Absol
ad. There'll be no legal marriage, just public appearances and a few exclusives here and there. You
g with bottl
o do damage control for him?"
ur control, Ophelia. Don't you get it? Right now, you've lost the upper hand a
. I could see my reflection-frosty eye
ated them for it. Most
"Fine," I said. "You want
cautiously optimistic
at. "But he's going to pay for it. He doesn't g
chair screami
ered, "then he just hande