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?"

for Alexander, and this is how

this woman's got issues. Annie is a

dead. Do us all

die.

blood boil. These people knew nothing about Annie at all. They didn't know the 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

he came up beside

the twisted stories, the way the world had already drawn a narrative that made Emma

word, 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

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

AAAAA

left the hospital the moment he could, leaving Annie and her people to 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

slapping Annie had gone viral, blowing up on social media like a wildfire. Words like *jealous* and "obsessed" were used to describe her in headlines and comments; speculation

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 a surge of guilt directed toward himself for being out of touc Chapter

to fi apament along with her twins. His chest tightened as he imaged her vulnerable,

from

going to Emma's apartment. Emma in trouble Alexander replied, his hard voice laced

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