Chapter 51

I made the payment through PayPal, then opened my call log. There were dozens of missed calls from Alexander and several WhatsApp messages from Vivienne. The first message read: Vivienne, where are you? I’ll come pick you up. The second: I can explain the news. The third: I’m sorry. Seeing those three words, Vivienne couldn’t help but smile. Sorry. Again, sorry. It was always the same with him. He would hurt me, yet somehow, he’d still manage to make me say, “I’m sorry.” The fourth message, sent some time after the first three, read: Vivienne, the interview at the hospital entrance was edited maliciously. I’ve already had it suppressed. Where are you? I’ll come pick you up. Call me when you see this message. I opened Twitter and searched for topics about me. Sure enough, I found news related to me, posted just recently by a few clickbait accounts. The media had titled it: CEO Alexander Hawthorne’s affair partner Vivienne Sinclair responds to latest scandal