Ricci
Wildfire.
The screens in front of me just seemed to cycle through every possible mention—my name stretched across the headlines of each one like just another cheap tabloid scandal. Is Ricci Romano's Marriage a Business Deal? Empire Built on Lies? The media wasn’t merely speculating—they were out for blood.
I took a deep breath, tapping my fingers on the desk. Somebody had pulled this off. This was no accident, and it damn sure wasn’t just some journalist who happened to stumble on a rumor. This was definitive and deliberate.
A knock at the door.
“Come in,” I said, my voice clipped.
Leo entered, his face inscrutable, but I knew him well enough to register the tension in his shoulders. He had that look—the one he always got before he delivered bad news.
I sighed and closed my e
