"No."
"No?"
"This isn't what our agreement was."
"I told you I would write an exposé about Theodore Delacroix once my contract ended. Here it is."
"This isn't an exposé, Lila. This is pure, unadulterated hate. We could actually be sued for this."
"It is not—"
"It's slanderous. You should have stopped at his fake dating scheme to clear his image. Instead, you've slandered his character and accused him of criminal activity—all without any reliable evidence."
"It's a little dramatic, I agree, but there's nothing slanderous about it."
Jared exhaled sharply, pinching the bridge of his nose before flipping through the printed pages in front of him. His voice was tight, almost clipped.
"Theodore Delacroix has built his empire on manipulation, deception, and well-placed bribes." He looked
