Claire's POV
I found it at seven-fifteen on a Monday morning.
Not because I was looking for it. Because Margaux sent it to me while I was making Theo's breakfast with the message: Don't panic. Call me. Which was, of course, the most effective possible way to induce immediate panic.
I put down the wooden spoon.
Opened the link.
The headline was from Le Monde Économique — one of the most widely read financial publications in France, the kind that sat on the desks of every board member, every investor, every person in Alexandre's world who mattered.
LAURENT GROUP'S SUDDEN MARRIAGE: STRATEGIC MOVE OR SCANDAL WAITING TO HAPPEN?
By our financial correspondent — Alexandre Laurent, CEO of Laurent Group, has this week confirmed his marriage to Claire Whitfield, a previously unknown quantity
