Chapter 7 The person quickly realized they'd sent it to the wrong group and tried to recall the message . Too late . " Wait , am I reading this right ? CEO Locke and Lydia ???? " ] " Hold up , didn't Locke supposedly hate Lydia's guts ??? ?? || " When the hell did they get married ?! They hid this DEEP ? " " So Lydia's actually the real boss lady ? Then what's Yvonne ... ? " ] No wonder Lydia went off tonight and threw wine in his face ... ' The message hit like a bomb , dragging even the usual lurkers out of hiding . ] The group chat was going absolutely insane . Jason froze like someone had hit his pause button . ] ] His head was buzzing , completely blank . ] The next day , the gossip exploded throughout the entire company . Yvonne forced herself to come to work , walking through a gauntlet of pointing fingers and undisguised looks of disgust . At the break room , coworkers who'd been chatting and laughing instantly went quiet , then scattered like she had the plague . Someone even raised their voice as she walked by : " Homewrecking someone's marriage and still showing her face at work . Being the other woman with zero shame - takes some serious nerve . " Yvonne's face went ghostly pale as she tried to defend herself : " Jason and I knew each other first , Lydia was the one who- A feisty female coworker cut her off with pure contempt : ] So what if you knew him first ? Hello ? They're the ones who are legally married . " [ ] " Right now , YOU'RE the homewrecker destroying their family " ] Yvonne was left speechless , tears threatening to spill . ] Unable to to take the hu humiliation anymore , she covered her face and ran toward the CEO's office . She burst through the door , voice breaking as she sought comfort : " Jason , how can they say those things about me ... I ... " She stopped mid - sentence , stunned . [ ] Jason sat in his chair looking like death - his face dark as a storm cloud . ] The document in his hands was crumpled from his white - knuckled grip . ] He looked like he hadn't slept all night , probably searching for any trace of me . Only now was the man finally getting it . I wasn't throwing a tantrum or playing hard to get . ] I was really ... done with him . ] Jason felt like an invisible hand was crushing his heart One violent twist , and the pain nearly brought him to his knees . ] He'd been calling that number over and over , always getting the same cold , mechanical voice " The number you have dialed is not in service ... Yvonne was crying her eyes out : " Jason , I ... " Jason had zero patience to comfort her , coldly snapping at her to shut up . In his most desperate moment , he remembered my lawyer best friend . " Did you help Lydia draft this divorce agreement ? " ] " What if I did ? " " Where is she ? " Sophia let out a sarcastic laugh : " You piece of shit , Jason . You've got some nerve calling me ." " Haven't you hurt Lydia enough ? Let me make this crystal clear - you'll NEVER find her ! Go to hell " ] She h hung up , leaving nothing but dead air . ] ] Jason's face turned stone cold . A week later , his assistant knocked on the door . " Found her , sir ! " ] Freelance photographer Violet Beck is forced into an engagement with CEO Roy Payne. He is everything her wild heart rebels against: proper, predictable, and painfully kind. But love has a way of devel...