Chapter 1219

Zane felt something was off. His breath caught in his throat. "!"

He fumbled for his phone, heart pounding, and checked his notifications.

No way. Clips of his conversation with Winona-some pretty damning stuff-were already blowing up online!

Zane was in shock. He could've sworn he'd cut off the Wi-Fi. How the hell did Winona manage to upload the videos?

The internet was a wildfire of outrage:

#Oh my god, is he for real? This is a whole new level of trash!#

#This isn't just trash, this is straight-up evil!#

#World's Best Guy? More like World's Biggest Jerk! I'm gonna be sick!#

#He's reached the ultimate freeloader status wants the whole pie and the bakery too!#

#Thank God Winona's got nine lives, or she'd already be six feet under thanks to this scumbag! Die, loser!#

Even though Zane denied the whole kidnapping and poisoning thing in the videos, no one was buying it. The court of public opinion had already ruled: guilty as charged.

People were even digging up rumors about him and Sarah, the nurse, and Lyra.

carefully crafted "good guy"

breathing grew ragged, his

you trying to

still filming, steady as ever. "Take a breath, Zane. The whole

thought his teeth might

look off Winona's face, but he knew there were bodyguards everywhere. He couldn't

Fine-you

spun on his

knew the press and paparazzi were probably swarming the building already. He needed to get away, find some

he was leaving, Winona called after him, "And by the way,

It's mine.

today."

Who do you think you are, taking my home?

I paid for it. The

it was a

gave it to you out of respect, but if

You brought this

"You-! I'll kill you!"

lunged at Winona, but Zane yanked

make a bigger fool

her away. Before disappearing down the hall, he shot Winona one

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