Billions.
Billions of people watching livescreamed into their screens.
Social media crashed as the weight of realization slammed into the public consciousness.
"Wait. WHAT?!!""Vincent Blackwood… BLACKWOOD?!!""THE SECOND RICHEST FAMILY ON EARTH?!!""He—He's the son of a MONSTER?!""How did we NEVER know this?""He HID IT FROM US FOR YEARS?!"
The world was spiraling.
The Vincent they thought they knew—
The idol. The actor. The mysterious heartthrob with no background.
He had never needed any of it.
He had played them.
He had let them think he was an untouchable star—when in reality, he had been a king in hiding.
For years, the world had believed he had climbed to the top by talent alone.
But now they understood.
Vincent Blackwood had never been climbing.
He had simply been playing.
And tonight, he had finally revealed his throne.