Chapter 138

The tablet screen showed the very same post Nelson Cooper had put out: [The one I've always wanted to marry is Serena.] It was a PR department slide deck, so the comments below weren't visible—but honestly, he didn't even need to see them to know this single sentence had probably stirred up a whole mess of chaos. Face dark, Nelson swiped through the apps. As expected, the comments tearing into Claire were brutal. One phrase in particular—"The unloved one is the real homewrecker"—nearly made him smash the tablet on the spot. The woman he'd gotten legally engaged to, exchanged vows with at a proper wedding, was now being labeled a mistress? Seriously?! What kind of sick joke was this? He slammed the tablet down on the table with a dull thud. The sound hit like a hammer, and everyone in the room flinched, dropping their heads in silence. No one had expected Nelson to blow up like this—not when the initial directive came from him. The goal was to protect the Cooper brand, by any means nece