CHAPTER 70

ADAM’S POV

I am sitting in my office when my assistant bursts in with such urgency that I turn my head in astonishment. He doesn't even bother knocking.

“Boss! Did you hear this? Aria is being disgraced online.”

He tells me that a photo of Regis and Aria having dinner at a restaurant has gone viral and that this is why we have been divorced. Moreover, the rumors speak about Neal Jackson and Aria’s link up. My blood boils as he narrates everything to me. He even tells me that reporters have reached Jackson Paragon to pester Neal and Aria.

I can imagine what Aria is going through.

“Who’s spreading those kind of rumors?”

Assuming he will leave to investigate, I direct my gaze back to the documents. However, he leaves me baffled when he reveals that Eva and my mother are the ones behind the rumors. I did ask them to retrieve Grandpa’s antique piece, but not in this manner—not by hurting Aria.

I've hurt Aria too many times already, and now they are both adding salt to her wounds. Guilt wa