Married at First Sight (Serenity and Zachary) novel Chapter 4575

Chapter 4575 
“Yeah, no way. Absolutely impossible!” 
The two receptionists still refused to believe the gossip article. 
Even the report itself wasn’t definitive—it was just speculation and overanalysis from the media, not based on confirmed facts. 
Not only did the receptionists see the article, but everyone else did, too. 
Still, it was mostly people from Yantail and the Lafond Group who clicked on it. Regular folks who weren’t interested in entertainment gossip either skimmed past it or deleted the notification. 
But even so, the article was enough to stir up a storm in both companies. Anyone who knew River and Romina personally started calling them after seeing it. 
River had just returned to his office and hadn’t even sat down when Romina called. 
He answered her call while pulling out his chair and taking a seat. 
With a teasing tone, he said, “Good morning, Romina. You calling me this early—are you just too excited to treat me to lunch? Or are you already setting me up for a blind date?” 
Romina didn’t return his banter. “River, did you not see the gossip article?” 
Feigning confusion, River replied, “What article? I usually turn off push notifications. If I want to read news, I’ll look for it myself. I don’t need apps shoving it at me.” 
“Yesterday we ran into each other and went shopping for a while—when I brought your niece to the toy store. Didn’t your temp bodyguard tell you someone was taking photos? You said you handled it and made them delete the pictures. So how are photos still being posted online? And now people think we’re secretly married and those two kids are ours?” 
Romina had turned off push notifications too. It was her best friend who saw the article and called her, asking when she got married—and why she hadn’t said a word about it. 
Her friend was convinced she’d been secretly married for years and even had two kids, the oldest already six or seven. 
Romina was bombarded with accusations and scolded for keeping such a big secret. She felt completely wronged. 
She tried to explain she wasn’t married, didn’t have kids, and wasn’t hiding anything—but her friend didn’t believe her. The photos were there, after all. And they looked too convincing— River and Romina walking together, smiling, laughing, with River looking at her with such gentle, affectionate eyes. 
Even Romina was a little shaken. 
After hanging up, she searched for the article herself. It was full of speculation, but it tied her and River together convincingly. 
Furious, she nearly smashed her phone and immediately called River. 
She knew someone had taken photos yesterday—but River said he had handled it. He told her he had the reporter delete all the pictures. 
So what happened? 
River calmly explained, “I asked him to delete them. Did I do it myself? No—I made him delete them from his phone. Maybe he restored them afterward?” 
He didn’t mention that he had only deleted the photos that clearly showed the children’s faces. He left the rest. 
The reporter must’ve realized that and assumed River just wanted to protect the kids’ identities—not hide the outing itself. That assumption led to the published photos and the speculation-filled article.