After Joseph settled in, he planned to adjust his routine before going to find Judy, to ask her why she had chosen to provoke him like this. Wasn’t being with him good enough?

A shadow flickered in Joseph’s eyes. Although he still had deep feelings for Judy, that was no excuse for her games of playing hard to get. In a cold voice he muttered, “When I find you, you’d better be ready to face the consequences.”

Meanwhile, back home, Aurora’s studio was running full steam. But online, photos of Lucas suddenly began spreading like wildfire. They were all from the ribbon-cutting ceremony that day.

During this time, Aurora had learned to keep an eye on comments online, so she was sensitive to what was trending. She quickly noticed the wave of reactions. At first, the comments were all praising Lucas for being incredibly handsome, his face like something out of a dream. Aurora couldn’t help but feel a surge of pride as she read the comments. Lucas was her husband—every compliment for him felt like a compliment to her, and it filled her with quiet satisfaction.

But soon, the discussion shifted. Someone dug up an old interview with Lucas from years ago. He had rarely agreed to interviews, and that one was from when he had just taken office. It was the only photo that had captured his full face. Lucas had made sure all of it was wiped clean back then, but unexpectedly, it had surfaced again. Sharp-eyed netizens compared that old photo with his current appearance. They realized the resemblance was uncanny—the only difference lay in youth and maturity.

Aurora happened to be scrolling through the comments. She pulled up the two posts and compared them side by side and saw the likeness herself. No, more than that, it was clearly the same person.

People online were all speculating about Lucas and Aurora’s relationship, wondering if she had opened the studio because of him. After all, he was the CEO of Vanguard Group—wealthy and powerful!

Aurora carefully read those lines. She couldn’t help but mutter under her breath, “Vanguard Group, current CEO?”

Before she could look closer, every trending topic about Lucas suddenly disappeared. The photos she had been staring at were gone as well. The accounts of those who had posted them were silenced, and even the photos some had saved in their albums turned into black screens. The ones Aurora had saved herself also vanished.

Watching this unfold, her eyes flickered with suspicion. It seemed time to ask Lucas. Was he really hiding something from her? Vanguard Group.

Desmond rushed into Lucas’ office, his face dripping with sweat. Trembling, he handed over the online posts for Lucas to see. As expected, Lucas was instantly furious.

“What are you standing there for? Get those posts and hot searches taken down immediately.” Lucas’ gaze turned cold as he fixed it on Desmond, taking a deep breath. “How do you handle things? You didn’t even keep an eye on the comments online?”

“I really didn’t know. I was busy with the projects on hand. It was other employees in the group chat who mentioned your photos were online.” Inside, Desmond felt wronged.