Shadows Of A Forgotten Spring

Chapter 57

Chapter 57

Tm in the muddle of something" dhe started off with a sharp toe. This better be important.

Her secretary's panicked and hurried voir came through "Mah, we have a situation"

Emma was losing her patience. "This isn't the time, can't you all handle it

about you, ma am replied her secretary, much sheepish

"What is it? Just spit it out

"There are videos going around on the Internet, of you...slapping Mr. Black's girlfriend'

Emma's heart sank as the words hit her. "What?"

"Netizens are already calling you various names, it is gone viral, ma'am. The company is getting worried, maarn. It is just as question of time before someone links you to the company. The legal and PR teams are working around the clock to control the damage. Emma didn't even answer. She hung up in a second and opened her browser; her fingers were trembling as she clicked on the trending section. Her name was all over it. She clicked one of the videos and felt a sickening dread as she watched herself slapping Annie, then the camera panned to Annie's face, clutching her cheek, crying. She skimmed the comments, each one like a dagger:

Emma just can't seem to get over her ex! Jealous much?"

did something nice for Alexander, and this is

issues. Annie is a saint for putting

was dead. Do us all

die.

kinds of sick games she could devise or the danger and pain she had brought into Emma's life. Yet they'd just sat behind their computer screens passing judgment without understanding

noticed her distress, because he came up beside her, worry etched across his

the world had already drawn a narrative that made Emma out

he wrapped his arms around her, pulling her close. The anger and hurt in her chest began to spill over, and she felt herself start to shake, but Jaden just held her tighter grounding her

whispered, steady and calm. "Let them alk. We will get

AAAAA

surprise party. He headed for another company, attending to some urgent issues. He hadn't thought a lot about Emma or Annie since stepping into that meeting; he'd just thrown himself into work, escaping the growing tension that had filled his life lately. At night, he had finally decided to go home. But as he sat back in the car and scrolled

slapping

himself, anger and guilt rising in his chest. He couldn't fathom that this had been going on for hours and

most likely confined to fi apament along with her twins. His chest tightened as he imaged her vulnerable, without anyone in power to shield her. from the world harsh gaze. Tun around he

from the rearview mirror,

in

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