Lydia POV
The internet decides who you are before breakfast.
I learn this while sitting at Adrian’s dining table, staring at my untouched coffee as three separate headlines refreshed across my phone screen within seconds.
ABANDONED BRIDE BECOMES BILLIONAIRE MRS. COLE.
THE FASTEST REMARRIAGE IN CORPORATE HISTORY.
And beneath them, quieter but spreading faster
QUESTIONS SURROUND HALE HEIR'S PREGNANCY TIMELINE.
My thumb stills.
I open the article.
Anonymous sources. Timeline analysis. Event photos stitched together with obsessive precision. Dates highlighted. Appearances compared.
Selene at charity galas.
Selene at private dinners.
Selene photographed drinking champagne at an event supposedly weeks into pregnancy.
Speculation framed as curiosity.
Doubt disguised as journalism.
