Sylas’ POV

By the time the reports of the leak in Vera’s office reached me, the scandal had already exploded online.

I stood in my study with one hand in my pocket while I scrolled through article after article. The articles were too focused on Vera for it not to be a smear campaign. When scandals happened at most companies, most news stations did not plaster pictures of their C.E.Os all over their news articles.

Besides, Vera’s company was a multi-million dollar company, yes, but it was also far too small in scale for the way the news had exploded online. It felt like the leak had come from one...