After thanking Alex, I got up and left his office.


    That evening, as I was getting ready to leave work, Patricia suddenly walked over to my desk, frowning. "Serena."


    "What''s wrong?" Seeing her worried expression, I couldn''t help but ask, "Is something the matter?"


    Patricia nced around cautiously before handing me her phone. "A video of your argument with that guy at noon has been uploaded online."


    I quickly took the phone from her and saw a video ying. It was exactly what had happened downstairs at noon. What made me most frustrated was that Alex was also captured in the footage.


    The video was edited to cut out the beginning and end, stopping right at the moment when Julian questioned Alex.


    Thest thing in the clip was Alex''s cold remark, "This has nothing to do with my family."


    A sinking feeling hit me as I immediately opened thement section. As expected, the reactions were exactly as I feared.


    There were all kinds of opinions, but the most poprments were all discussing me and Julian.


    "Aren''t these the two people from that restaurant suicide incident?"


    "This guy is seriously pitiful."


    "Didn''t that whole thing turn out to be a stunt he pulled himself?"


    "Even if it was staged, doesn''t that just prove how much he likes the woman? But now look, he''s been ruined to the point of bankruptcy."


    With so many uninformedizens, there was bound to be a lot of spection. I frowned slightly and kept scrolling. There were also plenty of criticisms directed at Alex.


    "Who is this guy? Why is he acting so arrogant?"


    "Capitalists these days are out of control. Ruining someone''s entire business, and all he has to say is that it''s none of his concern?"


    "He and that woman seem pretty close. Could he be the real reason behind the ke family''s downfall?"


    "Exactly! I can tell just by looking that there''s definitely something going on between them."


    I put down Patricia''s phone, feeling helpless.


    "What should we do now? People are saying all kinds of things."


    tell Mr.


    à looked at me. "Shouldel


    Hastings and let him handle


    it?"


    This whole thing started because of me. How could I have the nerve to go to Alex and ask him to clean up this mess?


    But if I didn''t tell him and the situation spiraled further out of control... The bigger this got, the worse it would affect him.


    After much hesitation, I finally decided to go find Alex. But when I arrived at his office, Oliver informed me that he had gone abroad.


    "What?" I looked at Oliver in surprise. "He left the country? When?"


    V


    "This afternoon," Oliver raised an eyebrow slightly. "There was an urgent matter in Travia, so Mr.


    Hastings had to make at


    business trip."


    I felt a mix of disappointment and worry. if reading my mind, asked, "You''re thinking about the


    e situation, aren''t your Olivet


    I smiled at him wryly. "Yeah... I was nning to ask him how he wanted to handle


    it."


    "Don''t worry," Oliver reassured me with a small smile. "Before he left, he told me


    to take care of it."


    I nodded.