Chapter 76

  Kaelon's POV   The air in the boardroom was thick with the scent of expensive cologne and freshly brewed coffee.   A long mahogany table stretched before me, filled with board members in their tailored suits, their eyes fixed on me as I wrapped up my presentation.   The quarterly report had been solid, but I could sense a shift in the room—something off. A strange energy buzzed beneath the surface.   Then, the door swung open.   Louisa, my secretary, never interrupted meetings.   Never.   The people seated at the table turned their attention to her   But now, she strode in with hurried steps, her face pale. She leaned down, her perfume faint under the rush of my pulse as she whispered, "Sir, you need to see this."   She slid her phone into my palm, the screen already open to a blog post that made my blood run ice cold.   KAELON BLACKWOOD AND LIV CARTER’S SHOCKING AFFAIR—SHE DUMPED THE SON FOR THE FATHER!   I didn’t blink. I didn’t breathe.   I couldn't because I might break from the