The last of Alex's tension loosened at Eliott's final words.
He had been angry that morning. She had seen it in the set of his jaw, in the way he had gone unnaturally still every time Will's name was mentioned. But the man sitting behind the desk now was no longer furious. His face was composed, his voice measured — and the corner of his mouth was fighting a smile he had difficulties to hide.
Oddly, the relief came with a flicker of disappointment.
She had expected to be scolded. Not because she believed sharing a meal with a friend was a crime, but because the consequences had traveled far beyond her. Photographs of her with another man had spread across the internet. Eliott's name had been dragged into the rumors. The scandal had threatened the film before a single frame had been shot. As her fiancé, he had every right to say he'd been hurt. As Royalstar's CEO, addressing the damage was his responsibility.
