The Day I Walked Away My Empire Began novel Chapter 84

“Are the lawyers just sitting around doing nothing?” Steven exploded, his face twisted with anger.

Martin and Andy looked like they’d seen a ghost. “Mr. Heath, our legal team is already reaching out to every major site to cool things down. The PR team’s working overtime to manage the fallout.”

“I don’t care what it takes, just get this under control. Send legal notices to every site that posted the story.”

“Yes, sir, right away,” Andy stammered.

Steven was so furious his whole body shook. He’d never had a scandal blow up online like this before. But what really terrified him was Lucie. She was already ready to divorce him because of Shannon. If she saw this news, there’d be no way to explain himself, no way to come back from it.

“Find out who’s behind this, now,” he barked.

“We’re already on it. We’ll know soon,” Martin promised.

Steven’s jaw clenched so hard the veins in his temples bulged. Whoever dared to go up against him like this had to be someone serious. But he swore they’d regret it.

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Meanwhile, over in Westbrook, Lucie was up early, poring over the artifact presentation script with her team. She was so focused she almost missed the weird vibe in the room. Everyone kept shooting her these awkward, pitying looks, like they wanted to say something but were too scared to.

She finally broke the silence. “Um, is there something wrong with the script?”

One of the staff gave her a sympathetic smile. “Ms. Anderson, you haven’t checked the news this morning, have you?”

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