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