It had been two weeks since Alea returned from New York, and now, gossip about her supposed closeness with Zeno and Kaizer was circulating around ZW. The rumors made her deeply uncomfortable. People whispered that she was a misbehaving employee who frequently “served” the company’s top executives. She wanted to deny it, to speak up and defend herself, but right now, she was trying to stay calm. The last thing she wanted was to escalate the situation.
To make things worse, the media was still buzzing with headlines about Zeno's alleged affairs. The chaos outside mirrored the storm inside her. Her emotions were all over the place, and sometimes, she felt like she was barely holding it together.
Her mind wandered to her husband, working at the Williams main office. Was he surrounded by admi
