Chapter 19: Livestream Debunking

Tom’s POV

I slammed my beer down on the bar counter so hard that it splashed all over my old Ryan jersey.

The TV blared too loud, some guy blabbing about the “rape scandal” against my hero—Ryan Castro, the Flaming Emperor, the best ever, the lovechild of MJ and Magic! I was so annoyed that “livid” didn’t even cover it.

Only my last shred of sanity stopped me from punching that TV screen to shut him up!

“Are you blind?!” I shouted at the TV, my voice bouncing around The Last Shot. “Ryan is so fcking gorgeous, why would he need to force himself on someone? Fck, if these dummies told the truth, which of them wouldn’t spread their legs for Ryan if he so much as hinted? Damn these fools!”

I’d watched that viral video a million times, picking it apart one detail after another, not missing a single angle, and I could say with 100% conviction that it was a total fake edit!