Chapter 140: Bizarre Accusation

Riccardo POV:

'CEO of RX Corp, Riccardo Xavier committed domestic violence over his mistress.'

It was truly bizarre and unthinkable. Who would have come up with such rumours within a few hours? Now everything suddenly made sense to me. No wonder the nurses and the doctors were staring at me as I left the hospital before. They probably had read this shitty news.

"This is bad, Ricky. RX Corp's stock value had gone down tremendously. A few investors called me up this morning and they wanted to withdraw from investing with us. But they did give you forty-eight hours to clear your reputation again. There's also this sudden boycotting movement on the internet toward our products. Your divorce process was still trending news and hasn't been resolved yet. Now, these rumours about you beating up your mistress are taking a toll on your reputation too. Some of these people even claimed that you're a misogynist," Sergio explained the situation as we both take a seat on the two-seater sofa.

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