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?"

and this is how she reacts? Grow up,

woman's got issues. Annie is a saint

dead. Do us

die.

could

have noticed her distress, because he came up beside her, worry etched across his face. He'd seen

way the world had already drawn a narrative that made Emma out

began to spill over, and she felt herself start to shake, but Jaden just

going to be okay," he whispered, steady and calm. "Let them alk. We will

AAAAA

her 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

was trending, for all the wrong reasons. Videos of her slapping Annie had gone viral, blowing up on social media like a wildfire. Words like *jealous* and "obsessed" were used

and guilt rising in his chest. He couldn't fathom that this had been going on for hours and he was only now finding out. He felt

been put through. She was most likely confined to fi apament along with her twins. His chest tightened as

him from

We're going to Emma's apartment. Emma in trouble Alexander replied, his

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