The flash of cameras lit up the entire school entrance like it was a red carpet event. I could already see the headlines writing themselves in their heads—Mysterious CEO Steps In As Xavier Roth Falls From Grace. The paparazzi didn’t even know the full story yet. But they would have.
They always did.
I didn’t move at first. I sat quietly in the passenger seat, hands clasped together as I stared through the tinted glass, watching them swarm like vultures waiting for a corpse to stop twitching.
My heart beat steadily as I took a quick glance through the tinted glasses.
Celeste's hand hovered above the door handle but didn’t pull it open. She turned to me, her expression unreadable. “Are you sure you want to do this?”
“Are you asking as my mentor or something else?”
She leaned back slig
