SHE HIRED A STRANGER FROM A DATING APP TO STOP HER CLASSMATES FROM HUMILIATING HER—BUT WHEN THE BILLIONAIRE TOOK HER HAND, THE WHOLE REUNION TURNED INTO A NIGHT THEY WOULD NEVER FORGET

heels off, bag in your lap, watching the reunion disintegrate in real time. People left in clusters, speaking too fast. Rumors spread. Security escorted Ethan and Preston out separately. A woman from the alumni board cried quietly into her phone. Someone said the story was already online.

Nobody approached you with pity anymore.

A few offered awkward continue reading …