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While Jessie gripped the bedsheets, biting into her pillow to keep her sobs from reaching her mom, Gavin was laying watch on his phone.

As usual, Viktor was an excellent executor, the news had blown up as he expected.

He had set the internet ablaze for the third time this year, not that he enjoyed being on the news but some things cannot be avoided especially if the public made it a point to be interested in your life.

On the Sunday morning when the news had blown up, Gavin stood a few feet from his laptop on the table with a cup of black coffee in hand, his gaze unwavering on the screen.

With each passing second, he watched the article explode, stirring the internet awake.

On the left hand side, his phone was buzzing with calls and messages too many to reply, not that he was interested in any of them.

Franklyn barged into the room, the disapproval in his expression met with Gavin's darkened eyes, and for a moment none of them spoke to the other.

Tensed silence settled over the roo