That morning, Blair opened her phone to find dozens of notifications flooding her screen. Social media group messages, email alerts, and even private messages from numbers she didn't recognize. Her fingers trembled as she opened one of the links her friend had sent.
"Mystery Woman Close to Evans Group CEO—Is She Just an Ordinary Woman, or a New Player in Business Politics?"
Right below the headline was her photo—taken from a terrible angle as she walked beside Jonathan and Hazel that night. Her face was somewhat blurred, but clear enough to be recognized.
"Our sources say this woman is the former wife of Harrison Group's CEO who now appears intimate with her ex-husband's business rival. Is this coincidence? Or a classic strategy: sleeping with the enemy?"
Blair closed her eyes, her lef
