She received the news with more calmness than he had expected.

While he was fuming that her damn ex had struck again, she simply collected the newspaper from her assistant, collected her coffee and calmly sat down to read it.

Then she went through the posts online before switching on the TV set to watch the morning news.

The segment that followed the news programme was Glamour Gaze.

She stayed glued to the TV as the two journalists on what was apparently a gossip show showed the graphic image of Martinez’s bruised face.

Ayo couldn’t believe that a single punch had caused such a bruise, but the picture was enlarged...