Chapter 188

Madison

I blinked, reading the message again. What?

Hazel: Your boyfriend/boss is cheating on you.

He’s not my boyfriend, I thought reflexively. Well, technically, he was on paper, but not in the way Hazel meant. Our arrangement was strictly contractual, a business deal with benefits.

I typed back quickly.

Me: What are you talking about?

Three dots appeared immediately. Hazel must have been waiting for my response.

“See for yourself,” she replied, followed by a link to what appeared to be another gossip article.

My stomach tightened. This was becoming a pattern. Hazel sending me tabloid garbage about CEOs and their assistants. Last time, it had been that ridiculous story about Alexander and Penelope from Accounting. What nonsense had she dug up now?

I clicked the link, half-expecting another poorly photoshopped image of Alexander with some random Knight Industries employee. Instead, the headline