The morning after the confrontation felt wrong from the moment Amara woke. The city outside glimmered, cruelly ordinary, as if the world hadn’t fallen apart the night before.

Her phone wouldn’t stop vibrating. Dozens of missed calls. Hundreds of messages. Each one a fresh cut.

Breaking News: Blackwell Marriage in Crisis. Exclusive: The Billionaire, His Mistress, and the Perfect Wife.

Her face—her tear-streaked face—was everywhere. Amara’s photo from that night outside Ethan’s office now headlined every gossip feed. The same tabloids that once called her “New York’s Most Elegant Hostess” now labeled her The Betrayed Socialite.

Her stomach turned. Someone had leaked everything—again.

Lena burst into the apartment, her phone...