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“My signature habit has always been to weave my initials into the piece’s pattern,” Alex explained. 

“When manufactured, these signatures become invisible due to technical limitations.” 

He systematically circled hidden signatures in his other designs. 

“This has always been my anti–theft measure. Does Mr. Rivers happen to have the same habit?” 

“Or perhaps Mr. Rivers changed his name to match mine–did you also become ‘ALEX‘ somehow?” 

This lightning–fast takedown exploded in the livestream chat. 

Within 30 sec 

the video gained over 100,000 likes and millions of viewers. 

Alex didn’t give Gabriel a chance to respond, instead dropping an entire folder of chat logs, scrolling through them one by one for the audience. 

They showed countless work conversations between him and Gabriel. 

The pattern was always the same: Alex would submit designs, then Gabriel would nitpick, making him revise until the middle of the night. 

The worst instance showed Gabriel making Alex work through an entire night until 3 PM the next day, only to casually respond: 

“Too ugly. Redo it.” 

Those brilliantly creative original sketches ended up completely distorted by Gabriel’s “improvements.” 

In the comments, Gabriel constantly belittled Alex, calling him stupid and incompetent, claiming he couldn’t understand basic instructions. 

What finally ignited viewers‘ fury was Gabriel’s arrogant message: 

“Talent means nothing. Your background already determined your ceiling. As long as I’m at So’She, you’ll never climb higher!” 

With that, his carefully cultivated “small–town boy makes good” image collapsed into ruins. 

Betrayed followers lashed out: 

“Someone from a small town himself mocking another person’s background?!” 

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“Without Ms. Gray elevating him, he’d still be a nobody!” 

As mockery and outrage flooded the chat, Gabriel tried desperately to defend himself. 

After watching silently for a while, I decided to show up: 

“Gabriel, instead of this pathetic struggle, why not check out your old flame’s livestream? It’s getting 

interesting!” 

Within seconds, half the viewers vanished, rushing to Skylar’s channel. 

There, they found a press conference in progress. 

Skylar sat on stage surrounded by media, camera flashes constantly going off. 

Teary–eyed, he voice trembled as she spoke: 

“Regarding the recent controversy, I want to apologize to everyone.” 

“I want to clarify that yés, I did once save designer Gabriel Rivers‘ life.” 

“However, I had no idea the necklace he gave me was stolen, or that it was So’She’s confidential design.” 

“After learning the truth, I was horrified. Through my agency’s mediation, I’ve reached a settlement with Ms. Gray, returning the necklace and compensating for damages.” 

“As for my relationship with Gabriel, beyond saving his life, there was never any inappropriate relationship as rumored!” 

Just as she finished, the conference doors burst open with a crash. 

“Skylar! You fucking bitch!” 

Seven Years Together. And I Was Just His Plan B