Chapter 7

After the judge announced the verdict, I had the PR department issue a company statement immediately.

Harold, who had been hanging around my office, saw the commotion and volunteered to handle it himself.

Thus, Tensor Pharmaceuticals' official statement became:

"I, Harold Sullivan, declare once again: I never had a childhood sweetheart, I don't have some perfect old flame, and I have absolutely no reason to hire a mistress breakup consultant!

"My wife is the best woman in the world, and we're not having kids yet because we want to focus on our careers. Stop gossiping about my wife!

"Just stop slandering me already!"

The online community's reaction to this former Wentworth University prodigy was unanimous: [Yeah, yeah, we get it. You're completely devoted!]

What they didn't realize was that Harold was ecstatic with this kind of "praise". He nearly jumped for joy.

I tolerated his smugness for three days before finally sending him back to the lab. With the company going public soo