Chapter 162 Totally Helpless

• Zane Orion POV::
• The sheriff and his men managed to disperse the reporters after a few minutes of loud almost violent persuasion, they also held off any new opportunistic one coming in. It is finally quiet, though the sense of tranquility is forever ruined for me. For Alex, too. I will never forgive Hillary Harris for this. I can't believe she still has her vendetta against me, I don't even remember what our clash was about, but it is obvious that she does and she is having the time of her life right now, tearing me apart, ruining my reputation that I have worked years to build. I met Hillary for the first time about seven years ago on one of my media rounds for my debut. We had an argument about some mundane thing, I was outspoken and brash and I shot her down, more like embarrassed her, and the media ran with it the way it usually does. Made that interview into something larger than what it really was. It eventually died down and I continued my media rounds without any more meetings with Hillary or her broadcasting network.
• "Donovan? Hello, are you there?" I say into the phone when the lawyer picks up. I see Alex stir on the bed at the sound of my voice from my peripheral vision. She hasn't moved from the bedroom since this morning when we were attacked by those damn reporters. My heart breaks for her. I know she has gone online to follow the news. I haven't. I don't have to. I already know what is going on. In the four hours since we were rudely awaken, I have gotten a ton of messages, all from the faculty and then the school management. They all want a comment from me before they can know how best to proceed since they are under pressure to give a statement. They are only reaching out to me because of my spotless record, so I am being given the benefit of a doubt.