Chapter 111

Damon scrolled through the headlines with a storm brewing across his face. Every post, every comment, every share. All of it painted him as the Internet’s new favorite villain. A cheating Alpha. A lying husband. A corporate hypocrite. A laughingstock. His jaw clenched. Sloane. She really had the nerve to blow this up to a national scandal? What did she think would happen, that she’d drag him down with her? He scoffed under his breath. Of course she didn’t understand. He was a man. A wealthy, powerful one. Scandals like this only boosted the public’s imagination, dangerous, charismatic, untouchable. In three days the outrage would cool, the hashtags would die, and he’d still walk into Blackthorn Corp as its polished, revered chairman. But Sloane? She’d never step foot in the Blackthorn estate again. He didn’t even bother writing a clarification. He simply ordered PR to bury the trending tags and drown the story before shareholders started breathing down his neck. “Notify IT,” Damon said