She receives it as a coronation.

That very night she posted the photographs to her public profile, with a caption: After three years in the shadows, we can finally tell our truth.

The scandal detonated across social media and the financial press by morning.

Spencer came storming into the penthouse in a fury, and for a few ugly minutes he was a man I did not recognize — sweeping vases off tables, slamming doors, hurling my phone to the floor hard enough to shatter the glass.

“You leaked those photos!” he shouted, his face contorted.