After everyone filed out of the boutique, the air still buzzing with whispers and murmurs, Adrian had already moved.
His men were everywhere.
Phones were confiscated. Videos deleted. Pictures erased. One by one, the witnesses obeyed, some muttering under their breath, others glaring but unable to resist. Even those who had posted clips to their stories or memories had been tracked down. They were forced to remove every trace of the confrontation, even if it had already been shared countless times.
The videos and images, however, were like wildfire before they could be contained. They had spread across multiple platforms in minutes. Even after deletion, screenshots remained in circulation, posts duplicated by others. Captions flourished like gossip in the wind:
Post Caption:
"Hart Heiress vs Reyes Heiress – Who Really Won?"
Comments began pouring in, some tagging friends:
