The phone screen was the only thing Nathan could focus on now. His fingers clutched it too tightly, like he was strangling an invisible enemy. The news portal flashing before him looked like a window into the hellscape of earth.
One video. Two photos. Then leaked chats he couldn’t even begin to explain. All splattered across his timeline, dragged out like corpses on display in the center of town.
“What the f**k is this,” he muttered under his breath, almost hissing.
Just minutes ago, Nathan had still been smiling. The smug grin of a winner who had just won public sympathy with carefully crafted words in front of the courthouse. His eyes brimming with confidence. His stride steady, like the world had settled neatly in the palm of his hand.
Now? Everything unraveled in seconds.
That gri
