Adrian POV
By morning, the internet has already turned last night into a battlefield.
I’m halfway through my first coffee when Damian walks into my office without knocking, a tablet in his hand and the kind of expression that usually means trouble.
“Tell me you expected this,” he says.
I glance up from the financial reports on my screen.
“I expect most things.”
“That’s not reassuring.”
He drops the tablet onto my desk and turns it toward me.
A dozen headlines fill the screen.
COLE DECLARES MARRIAGE REAL — MARKET SURGES
Is Lydia Cole the future of the Empire?
INSIDE THE SCANDAL WEDDING THAT CHANGED THE MARKET
None of those interests me.
But the next section does.
Damian taps the screen once.
Social media feeds appear.
Thousands of comments.
Speculation.
Rumors.
Most of it
