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?"

nice for Alexander, and this

issues. Annie is a saint for putting up with

dead. Do us all a favor

die.

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 the

beside her, worry etched across his face. He'd seen the

had already drawn a narrative that made Emma

her, pulling her close. The anger and hurt in her chest began to spill over, and she felt herself start to shake,

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

AAAAA

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

wrong reasons. Videos of her slapping Annie had

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 a surge of guilt directed toward himself for

was most likely confined to fi apament along with her twins. His chest tightened as he imaged her vulnerable, without anyone in power to

him from the

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

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