The announcement of their marriage hit the media like a bomb. Within hours, every major outlet was running the story: Alexander Drake, CEO of Drake Industries, had married Emily Chen in a private ceremony. The woman who'd been introduced as his "public companion" was now legally his wife.
But the real shock came from the photograph they'd released—Emily standing beside Alexander, wearing the crimson dress from their wedding, her left wrist clearly visible showing the intertwined bracelet and ring. And her expression wasn't that of a blushing bride or demure wife.
She looked like a queen surveying her kingdom.
"The media is going insane," Julian said, scrolling through his tablet three days after the wedding. "Half of them are calling it a love story. The other half are speculating about the power dynamics."
