Jilted Ex-wife Billionaire Heiress

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'The article's been reposted six thousand times in the past half an hour,' Glen said. 'It has gathered more than two thousand comments and counting. The bad publicity could be damaging to Paragon.'

Darya scrolled through the comments under the article.

Some doubted the authenticity of the author's claims, but more were directed at Darya's suspicious rise to the

top:

'She didn't even finish college. How did she become the vice president of Hagen's largest company?"

'She was thrown out by the Cavanaugh family after the divorce. A friend of a friend told me she didn't get a

single cent of alimony. How could she afford to drive a Mercedes GLE?'

'So who's her real boyfriend? Avery? Callan? The guy called Timothy?'

'Who says she only has one boyfriend?'

'Come on, author. Is there a part two to this post? More dirt, please!'

The so-called exposé was accompanied by a series of photos, most of them candid shots of Darya in public.

She was photographed on various occasions with Avery, Callan or Timothy, heading into or out of restaurants

or high-end hotels.

There were also shots of her having meetings with clients.

But all these became proof of her 'promiscuity,' according to the post.

Even her divorce was brought up for discussion once again.

Now the general consensus seemed to be that Micah left her because he discovered her unfaithfulness.

All this, Darya could stomach.

But she couldn't stand to see her brothers' and friends' names getting dragged through the mud.

She exited the webpage and jumped to Hagen Daily's financial section.

As expected, the headline editorial was about Paragon.

The good news was that since Paragon was a private entity fully owned by the McAllister family, its shares were not publicly traded and hence the news had no effect on its share price.

But investors still wanted to keep an eye on one of the country's largest corporations.

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Analysts pointed out that being the centre of bad publicity could be extremely damaging to its reputation and

to that of its business partners

They called for Paragon's president, Avery McAllister, to name bending the pro

In the last paragraph, the editor directly suggested that Avery cut ties with Darya Mil

she might be a capable executive, the editor said, but right now, she wase of a hablity foam an asse

Glen waited patiently for Darya to finish processing the news Would you like me to call the webene and de them to take down the post?

"Don't bother. The article's being reposted on multiple websnes right now Taking from the original is no

going to stop it from spreading Leave it to me."

Her phone rang again as soon as she ended the call with Glen

Darya, I saw the post Avery cut straight to the chase.

He was sounding extremely alert at six o'clock in the morning

The company's going to be surrounded by media today," he said. "You should the

the day of stay home til

some of the heat dies down

Darya sighed. "Got it. I could stay with Callan for a couple of days. Play with the

dog

"What dog?"

Not a real dog I'll introduce you to Marshmallow some ofer time" aya drew aside

of bed. I'm going to call Bradley Gould. Ask him to do something about the negat

It was one thing for her to be attacked personally.

She could handle that

But she'd hate for the family business to suffer because of her

As the CEO of a major entertainment company, Bradley could put his publicity machine to work

and got out

Darya was aware there were certain ways to suppress negative news online, by pushing down the menting

Posts

I already called him, Avery said. He's putting a response team together right now. But he also to me I take some time for the post to disappear. He reached out to the author, who refused to take down the post Bradley suspects someone's paying the guy."

Micah Cavanaugh? Darya guessed

She found it hard to believe a man like Micah would stoop to smear campaigns

like this, but the timing of the post was suspicious.

It happened right after she had the run with Regina at Harley's fashion show

Most of the time, Micah was reserved and unemotional

But he seemed to turn into a different person altogether when Regina was concerned.

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There was nothing he wouldn't do for that woman, Darya thought bitterly.

Was the post payback for what she did to Regina last night?

'Not him,' Avery said. 'But it is a Cavanaugh. Old man Morton paid for the post.'

Darya's thoughts immediately went to the jade ring.

While she lost whatever little respect she had for her ex-father-in-law, a small part of her was relieved to find

Micah wasn't behind the post.

'Morton's getting more arrogant the older he grows,' Avery said. 'He seems to think just because his son runs a huge company, he can do whatever he wan

wants.'

'He likes to bask in reflected glory,' Darya commented.

There was no shortage of folks who accomplished nothing in life to foist their failed dreams on their children.

Morton was one of those.

He might not be a successful businessman, but his son was.

'I can talk to him,' Darya said.

She knew what Morton wanted.

They could strike a deal.

'No.' Avery nixed the idea. 'You don't have to talk to the old man. He's not worth your ti

"But I don't want people to continue casting aspersions on you and Callan, and my friends.

'Leave it to Dad.'

'Dad's coming home?' Darya perked up at the good news.

Matthias declared himself to be semi-retired after Avery took over the reins at Paragon.

He spent most of his time travelling across the world, closing an occasional deal along the way and shipping an endless supply of gifts he thought his children might enjoy.

Darya got a package from him yesterday.

It contained a feather-patterned woollen mantle that was supposedly handwoven

and more than a hundred.

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Darya wasn't sure if she was supposed to wear it or donate it to a museum.

So she hung it in the closet.

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