Flash Marriage to a Stunning CEO (Alistair and Richard)

Chapter 121 The Video Went Viral

Caroline: [Hon, are you home yet?]

If there were ever a competition for Best Husband of the Year, Alistair would win it without even breaking a sweat.

Unlike the kind of men who go out of their way to hide where they'd been, Alistair made it a point to report his every move to Caroline, down to the minute.

When he dropped Eloise off at school in the morning, he'd shoot Caroline a message the second he got home: [Babe, I'm back.]

If he headed out to practice driving, he'd text: [Babe, I'm going to the track.]

And when it was time to pick Eloise up again in the afternoon, of course, another update.

He never saw it as a burden. To him, this was what it meant to be a family.

Caroline, swamped with back-to-back meetings and an endless pile of contracts, would still take a moment to glance at his messages. They were never anything important—just little status updates. And yet, without fail, they made her smile, no matter how exhausted she was.

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The Video Went Viral

She signed the last page and Instinctively reached for her phone to check what she always called Alistair's play-by-play updates But weirdly, nothing. Ten full minutes, and still no text.

Which was weird. He never forgot.

Maybe he'd taken Eloise somewhere. Alistair sometimes stopped by the bookstore after school to pick up comics for her.

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Curious, Caroline tapped out a quick text. A reply came almost

instantly.

Alistair: [Still out, babe. Got delayed watching some drama unfold on the street.]

A second later, a video popped up. She tapped to play it, and within seconds was watching chaos erupt onscreen-people shouting, limbs flailing, a real mess.

Her brows lifted. "Huh."

Caroline and Alistair were clearly cut from the same cloth. She watched the whole thing, a glint of mischief sparking in her eyes. Then she rang for Julian.

He came in promptly, posture upright, face the picture of innocence. "Ms. Ashbourne, how can I help?"

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Caroline forwarded him the video and said, "I want this pushed out on every major platform. I want the whole world to see it."

Julian clicked the video open and winced hard.

Caroline narrowed her eyes. "Problem?"

"None at all!" he said, straight-faced-though the gleam in his eye and his barely concealed excitement betrayed him. "What title would you like me to use?"

Caroline took a sip of her coffee, cleared her throat, and then waved a hand. "Surprise me."

That was all the permission Julian needed. He practically sprinted

out of the room.

Within the hour, a clip titled Two Men Brawl in the Street Over a Woman was burning up the internet.

at home, Alistair had just sent Caroline an update when a push notification popped up on his screen. He tapped

video he'd filmed on his burner account-barely a

knew exactly who was

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on cue, a message

[Honey, this is my gift to you.

help

Love it.

moment, a new email dropped

He opened it.

news-his crime drama

round of competition.

all the way or get eliminated in the next round was

The

That evening, the three of them-Caroline, Alistair, and Eloise-sat around the dinner table enjoying a warm meal, while online, the street fight drama was exploding across every platform.

trying to escape, only to be blocked by a nosy middle- aged woman. Another showed her arguing

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saying it was no wonder

her.

trash-accusing her of

her hands

messy.

thrived off male rivalry,

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Cordelia weren't big on social media, but even they

Cordelia received a discreet

friend.

[What's going on

hung heavy in the air.

her chores as quietly as possible and then tried to

the sharp gaze of both her parents, she wasn't

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the oblivious one, rubbed his belly and grumbled, "When's dinner? I'm

snapped, “Eva, take Danny

foot out the door, froze.

were gone, Nathaniel's voice dropped low and firm. "You told me you were done with Richard. That there was nothing between you

eyes full of judgment, "Exactly.

going on? And why did it have to be

The rest

silence, unsaid but loud

labeled a cheater. A disloyal woman. A disgrace.

felt more exhausted than

station, only to come home

even know what she'd done wrong life inst

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rubbed his

snapped, “Eva,

who had one foot out the

"You told me you were done with Richard. That there