Chapter 111

Madison

The page loaded agonizingly slowly, each pixel revealing what I was certain would be my professional funeral.

But the face that appeared wasn’t Alexander’s. And the woman wasn’t me.

“Tech Giant Joseph Walden Caught in Steamy Affair with Assistant”

Relief flooded through me so intensely that I actually laughed out loud. Not us. Thank god, not us.

I scrolled through the article, reading about how this Joseph person—CEO of some software company I’d never heard of—had been photographed kissing his assistant on a yacht in the Mediterranean. The article was filled with salacious details and anonymous “insider” quotes about their “torrid office romance.”

My phone buzzed again with another message from Hazel: There’s more! Check these out!

She sent three more links to similar stories.

“Media Frenzy: Billionaire CEO-Assistant Relationship Rocks Corporate World”

“Office Romance Gone Public: The Risks of Dati