With Zoe's "help," Klein scrolled through a few more screenshots—grainy stills from security cameras, each lasting barely three minutes before vanishing the night before. Alongside them were sensationalized captions and exaggerated commentary.
It was all tabloid fodder, trending online under the clickbait headline, "Mysterious Woman Exposed as Socialite," a story orchestrated by York himself.
The headline didn't mention Willow by name, but anyone clicking through would find the article directly targeting her, calling out her "scandalous private life" with biting words.
Stranger still, the two men caught on the various surveillance clips had their faces blurred. Maybe the public couldn't tell, but Klein would recognize himself anywhere.
There, in one unmistakable still, was his own face.
And now, in this twisted, fabricated scandal, he'd been cast as his own daughter's sugar daddy?
Utterly preposterous.
A flash of fury crossed Klein's usually composed features.
"Thank you for showing me this," he said curtly, handing Zoe's phone back before striding out without another word.
Zoe stood frozen in disbelief.
That's it?
She'd half expected Klein to pull her aside, to ask for more details about the trending scandal—giving her a chance to cozy up to him. But he hadn't so much as lingered.
Collecting herself, Zoe hurried out of the multipurpose room as well. She didn't dare hang around alone; there were security cameras inside. Better to slip away than risk being caught on tape acting suspiciously, especially if the footage caught her loitering instead of the intimate conversation with Klein she'd hoped for.
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