Chapter 443: Watched
While Kaiden was hard at work terraforming the dungeon, reshaping abyssal stone into the foundation of his new domain, a very different scene was unfolding on the surface.
In a quiet, heavily secured neighborhood just outside Washington D.C., Maximilian Vice was losing his composure.
The once-proud mogul, former CEO of ChronosX, renowned Mana R&D entrepreneur who used to be praised in high circles for the advancements his company was achieving in the mana camera industry, and then also being called a true innovator when he began the golden age of the awakened porn industry, and the political donor who supported the careers of many politicians, was now the centerpiece of a national scandal.
His empire, once polished and seemingly untouchable, was crumbling under the combined weight of public outrage and federal scrutiny.
He stood before the wide glass window of his estate with his jaw tight and his silk robe hanging open. To finish the not-so flattering image, he had dark eyes, unkept hair, and a bottle of scotch in his hand. Outside, the sight that greeted him made his stomach twist with fury.
Across the street, three matte-black vans sat parked with their engines idling, their windows tinted to the point of opacity.
FBI. DOJ. Homeland. He didn’t even know which branch anymore.
"They’re not even trying to hide now..." Maximilian grumbled before taking another sip of his alcohol.
Ever since that girl, Alexandra, the woman Maximilian blackmailed into becoming his private property, had uploaded her confession video, his life had spiraled out of control.
Her video had been devastating.
Raw and emotional, full of tears. Exactly what the public loved to lap up like the tastiest of deserts.
The fact that it was a gorgeous woman’s big tears and red eyes further added to the impact. Maximilian didn’t know if she did it on purpose or not, but she managed to appear incredibly vulnerable in the video, even more so than when she was in his presence.