Chapter 6 - THE TABLOID FIRESTORM
By noon, newsstands across New York City were plastered with sensational headlines regarding the Sterling scandal.
"VALET OF LOVE: BREAD-LINE BRIDE STRIKES STERLING HEIR!" the New York Post headline proclaimed in bold red text.
Inside the Greenwich cottage, Maya watched the news broadcast on television, her hands clenched tightly in her lap.
Reporters displayed photos of her in her burgundy maid dress, digging through public records to uncover her background.
"They're painting me as a gold-digger who manipulated you, Adrian," Maya wept softly, turning off the screen.
"Let them print their garbage, Maya," Adrian said, stepping into the living room dressed in a clean linen shirt.
"The truth is that my father and Arthur Vance forged illegal contracts behind closed doors," Adrian revealed.
He pulled a secure encrypted flash drive from his pocket, setting it on the glass coffee table between them.
"This drive contains the real reason Arthur Vance wanted me to marry Elena," Adrian added, his eyes narrowing with precision.
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"It has nothing to do with love... and everything to do with a land deed your father owned twenty years ago."
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