“It stopped being private the moment you humiliated her.”

Vanessa stammered.

“We didn’t know—”

“Exactly,” Alexander replied. “You didn’t.”

Ethan swallowed hard.

“If this is about money, we can renegotiate—”

Alexander let out a quiet laugh.

“Money?”

He pulled out his phone.

“Cancel all meetings with his company. Immediately. And withdraw all financial support.”

Ethan shot to his feet.

“You can’t do that!”

“Can’t I?”

“My company is about to go public!”

“I know,” Alexander said calmly. “And I also know most of your investors are tied to my network.”

Silence filled the room.