POV: Scarlett Mitchell
The coffee cup in Scarlett's hand is cold. She doesn't remember when she stopped drinking it.
From Cameron's penthouse window, she watches London wake up. The city looks normal. People below are walking to work like their lives haven't exploded. Like the words on every phone screen don't matter.
"Billionaire's Fake Love Story: How Cameron Ashford Orchestrated Scarlett Mitchell's Comeback."
That's the headline across the Daily Mail. But that's just the beginning.
The Mirror went darker: "Love for Sale. The Real Price of Reputation."
The Sun printed a photo of Cameron from five years ago with the caption: "Cold, Calculated, and Cruel."
Scarlett's phone has been buzzing since 4 AM when the first story broke. She turned it off an hour ago. Not because she couldn't handle the messages. Because Elle kept texting her to turn on the news.
She finally did.
That's when her stomach fell.
