Chapter\u00a09<\/p>\n
Nancy\u00a0ignored Timothy\u2019s\u00a0crying\u00a0and\u00a0focused\u00a0on\u00a0Sydney\u2019s\u00a0face.\u00a0\u201cMs.\u00a0Wilson,\u00a0are\u00a0you\u00a0alright?\u00a0You\u00a0know\u00a0how\u00a0nasty\u00a0the\u00a0Internet\u00a0can\u00a0be.\u00a0Those photos\u00a0could\u00a0be\u00a0fake.\u00a0Just\u00a0wait\u00a0for\u00a0Mr.\u00a0Hampton\u00a0to\u00a0come\u00a0home\u00a0and\u00a0talk\u00a0to him\u00a0in\u00a0person.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sydney\u00a0hummed\u00a0softly,\u00a0spooned her\u00a0stew,\u00a0and\u00a0took\u00a0slow,\u00a0careful\u00a0sips.\u00a0Real\u00a0or\u00a0not,\u00a0it\u00a0didn\u2019t\u00a0matter.\u00a0She\u00a0had\u00a0seen\u00a0it\u00a0all\u00a0with\u00a0her\u00a0own\u00a0eyes\u00a0last\u00a0night.\u00a0There\u00a0was\u00a0nothing\u00a0left to\u00a0ask.<\/p>\n
Only\u00a0then\u00a0did\u00a0Nancy\u00a0notice\u00a0the\u00a0swelling around\u00a0her\u00a0eyes.\u00a0After\u00a0a\u00a0brief\u00a0pause,\u00a0she\u00a0turned\u00a0and\u00a0went\u00a0upstairs\u00a0to\u00a0call\u00a0the\u00a0Hampton\u00a0residence.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes,\u00a0Madam.\u00a0Ms.\u00a0Wilson\u00a0probably\u00a0saw\u00a0the\u00a0news\u00a0already.\u00a0She\u00a0skipped\u00a0lunch,\u00a0and\u00a0her\u00a0eyes\u00a0are\u00a0swollen\u00a0from\u00a0crying,\u201d\u00a0she\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n
No\u00a0one\u00a0at\u00a0the\u00a0Hampton\u00a0residence\u00a0had\u00a0been\u00a0following\u00a0celebrity\u00a0gossip.\u00a0But\u00a0once\u00a0the\u00a0news<\/p>\n
reached\u00a0them,\u00a0chaos\u00a0erupted.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0younger\u00a0brother\u00a0and\u00a0the\u00a0widowed\u00a0sister\u2013in\u2013law?\u00a0What\u00a0kind\u00a0of\u00a0scandal\u00a0was\u00a0that?\u00a0How\u00a0was\u00a0the\u00a0family\u00a0supposed\u00a0to\u00a0face\u00a0society\u00a0now?<\/p>\n
Dorothy\u00a0popped\u00a0two\u00a0heart\u00a0pills,\u00a0but\u00a0they\u00a0didn\u2019t\u00a0help.\u00a0Furious,\u00a0she\u00a0fainted\u00a0on\u00a0the\u00a0spot.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0entire\u00a0household\u00a0was\u00a0in\u00a0disarray.<\/p>\n
In\u00a0contrast,\u00a0Sydney\u00a0seemed\u00a0strangely\u00a0calm.\u00a0She\u00a0finished\u00a0her\u00a0soup\u00a0at\u00a0an\u00a0easy\u00a0pace,\u00a0then went<\/p>\n
upstairs\u00a0under\u00a0Nancy\u2019s\u00a0watchful\u00a0eye,\u00a0her\u00a0swollen\u00a0eyes\u00a0adding\u00a0to\u00a0her\u00a0pitiful\u00a0air.<\/p>\n
As\u00a0soon\u00a0as\u00a0her\u00a0bedroom\u00a0door\u00a0shut,\u00a0a\u00a0call\u00a0came\u00a0in from Tiffany.<\/p>\n
\u201cOkay,\u00a0listen,\u00a0it\u00a0wasn\u2019t\u00a0me!\u201d\u00a0Her\u00a0voice\u00a0was\u00a0tense,\u00a0desperate\u00a0to\u00a0clear her\u00a0name.\u00a0\u201cDid\u00a0you\u00a0see\u00a0the\u00a0angle of\u00a0those\u00a0pics?\u00a0Completely\u00a0different\u00a0from\u00a0the\u00a0ones\u00a0I\u00a0took.\u201d<\/p>\n
1\/3<\/p>\n
5:34\u00a0AM\u00a0Sun\u00a024\u00a0Aug<\/p>\n
Chapter\u00a09<\/p>\n
91%\u00a0<\/p>\n
+15\u00a0BONUS\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u00a0know,\u201d\u00a0Sydney\u00a0said\u00a0as\u00a0she\u00a0stepped\u00a0into\u00a0the\u00a0bathroom\u00a0and\u00a0switched\u00a0to\u00a0speaker.\u00a0She\u00a0took\u00a0an\u00a0eye\u00a0mask\u00a0from\u00a0the\u00a0mini\u00a0fridge.\u00a0\u201cYou\u00a0didn\u2019t\u00a0leak\u00a0them\u00a0right\u00a0away.\u00a0And\u00a0even\u00a0if\u00a0you\u00a0had,\u00a0you\u2019d\u00a0definitely\u00a0blackmail\u00a0Caleb\u00a0first.\u201d<\/p>\n
She\u2019d\u00a0already\u00a0looked\u00a0into\u00a0it.\u00a0The\u00a0photos\u00a0had\u00a0started\u00a0circulating\u00a0last\u00a0night\u00a0but\u00a0only\u00a0went<\/p>\n
viral\u00a0a\u00a0few\u00a0hours\u00a0ago.\u00a0The\u00a0spread\u00a0had\u00a0been\u00a0too\u00a0natural.\u00a0Too\u00a0clean.\u00a0Someone\u00a0had\u00a0planned\u00a0it.<\/p>\n
It\u00a0was\u00a0most\u00a0likely\u00a0a\u00a0business\u00a0rival\u00a0of\u00a0Caleb\u2019s.<\/p>\n
Tiffany\u00a0scoffed.\u00a0\u201cUgh,\u00a0don\u2019t\u00a0say\u00a0that.\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0a\u00a0lawyer,\u00a0alright? A\u00a0real\u00a0one.\u00a0I\u00a0don\u2019t\u00a0do\u00a0blackmail.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMm,\u00a0sure,\u201d\u00a0Sydney\u00a0said,\u00a0smoothing\u00a0the\u00a0eye\u00a0mask\u00a0over\u00a0her\u00a0face.\u00a0\u201cYou\u2019d\u00a0just\u00a0charge\u00a0a<\/p>\n
management\u00a0fee\u00a0for\u00a0proof\u00a0of\u00a0cheating.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cUnbelievable,\u201d\u00a0Tiffany\u00a0muttered\u00a0with\u00a0a\u00a0half\u2013laugh.\u00a0Then\u00a0she\u00a0paused,\u00a0her tone\u00a0shifting.\u00a0\u201cBut\u00a0won\u2019t\u00a0this whole\u00a0mess\u00a0ruin\u00a0your\u00a0plans?\u00a0And\u00a0seriously,\u00a0who\u00a0hates\u00a0him\u00a0enough\u00a0to\u00a0leak\u00a0it\u00a0now?\u201d<\/p>\n
She\u00a0added,\u00a0half\u2013joking,\u00a0\u201cIs\u00a0this a\u00a0love\u00a0triangle\u00a0revenge\u00a0plot?\u00a0Someone\u00a0else\u00a0in\u00a0love\u00a0with\u00a0Penelope?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDoubt\u00a0it.\u201d\u00a0Sydney\u00a0shook\u00a0her\u00a0head,\u00a0her\u00a0voice muffled\u00a0beneath\u00a0the\u00a0mask.\u00a0\u201cDoesn\u2019t\u00a0matter.\u00a0As\u00a0long\u00a0as\u00a0it\u00a0doesn\u2019t\u00a0get\u00a0in\u00a0my\u00a0way.\u201d<\/p>\n
If she\u00a0had\u00a0confronted\u00a0Caleb\u00a0and\u00a0Penelope,\u00a0she\u2019d\u00a0just\u00a0looked\u00a0bitter\u00a0and\u00a0emotional.\u00a0But now<\/p>\n
that\u00a0the\u00a0story\u00a0had\u00a0exploded\u00a0online,\u00a0she\u00a0was\u00a0the\u00a0wronged\u00a0wife\u2013the\u00a0victim.<\/p>\n
That\u00a0evening,\u00a0Nancy\u00a0prepared\u00a0all\u00a0of\u00a0Sydney\u2019s\u00a0favorite\u00a0dishes.\u00a0But\u00a0she\u00a0was\u00a0still\u00a0hungover\u00a0and\u00a0queasy.\u00a0She\u00a0barely\u00a0managed\u00a0half\u00a0a\u00a0bowl\u00a0of\u00a0rice\u00a0and\u00a0left\u00a0the\u00a0rest\u00a0untouched.<\/p>\n
Nancy\u00a0sighed.\u00a0\u201cDon\u2019t\u00a0let\u00a0this\u00a0eat\u00a0you\u00a0alive.\u00a0Madam\u00a0Hampton\u00a0was\u00a0so\u00a0angry\u00a0she\u00a0ended\u00a0up\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0hospital.\u00a0She\u2019s\u00a0determined\u00a0to\u00a0make\u00a0things\u00a0right.\u00a0She\u00a0asked\u00a0me\u00a0to\u00a0take\u00a0care\u00a0of\u00a0you\u00a0and\u00a0said\u00a0she\u2019ll\u00a0visit\u00a0once\u00a0she\u2019s\u00a0stable.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0hospital?\u201d\u00a0Sydney\u00a0frowned.\u00a0\u201cWhy\u00a0didn\u2019t\u00a0anyone\u00a0tell\u00a0me?\u201d<\/p>\n
2\/3<\/p>\n
5:34\u00a0AM\u00a0Sun\u00a024\u00a0Aug<\/p>\n
Chapter\u00a09<\/p>\n
91%<\/p>\n
+15\u00a0BONUS<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone\u00a0feels\u00a0awful\u00a0about\u00a0what\u00a0happened,\u201d\u00a0Nancy\u00a0said\u00a0as\u00a0she\u00a0cleared\u00a0the\u00a0table.\u00a0\u201cAnd\u00a0you\u2019ve\u00a0been\u00a0crying\u00a0so\u00a0much.\u00a0No\u00a0one\u00a0wanted\u00a0to\u00a0upset\u00a0you\u00a0more.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sydney\u00a0blinked.\u00a0\u2018I\u2019ve\u00a0been\u00a0crying?\u2018<\/p>\n
She\u00a0wasn\u2019t\u00a0heartbroken.\u00a0She\u00a0had\u00a0known\u00a0about\u00a0those\u00a0two\u00a0for\u00a0a\u00a0while.\u00a0What\u00a0was\u00a0there\u00a0to\u00a0cry<\/p>\n
about?<\/p>\n
Nancy\u00a0misunderstood\u00a0her\u00a0silence.\u00a0She\u00a0thought\u00a0Sydney\u00a0was\u00a0just\u00a0holding\u00a0in\u00a0her\u00a0pain.\u00a0That\u2019s\u00a0what\u00a0women\u00a0did\u00a0when\u00a0they\u00a0married\u00a0into\u00a0wealthy\u00a0families,\u00a0right?\u00a0They\u00a0swallowed\u00a0their<\/p>\n
tears\u00a0and\u00a0carried\u00a0on.<\/p>\n
Sydney\u00a0caught\u00a0the sympathy\u00a0in\u00a0Nancy\u2019s\u00a0gaze\u00a0but\u00a0didn\u2019t\u00a0bother\u00a0correcting\u00a0her.\u00a0She was\u00a0still<\/p>\n
Caleb\u2019s\u00a0wife.\u00a0With\u00a0her\u00a0husband\u2019s\u00a0affair\u00a0splashed\u00a0across\u00a0a\u00a0gossip\u00a0site,\u00a0it\u00a0made\u00a0sense\u00a0for\u00a0her<\/p>\n
to\u00a0look\u00a0devastated.<\/p>\n
She checked\u00a0the\u00a0time\u00a0and\u00a0stood.\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m\u00a0going\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0hospital\u00a0to\u00a0see\u00a0Grandma.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sydney\u00a0had\u00a0barely\u00a0reached\u00a0the\u00a0foyer\u00a0when\u00a0the\u00a0familiar\u00a0hum\u00a0of\u00a0a\u00a0black\u00a0Maybach\u00a0pulled\u00a0into\u00a0the\u00a0driveway.\u00a0Before\u00a0she\u00a0could\u00a0change\u00a0her\u00a0shoes,\u00a0Caleb\u00a0strode\u00a0in\u00a0swiftly,\u00a0his\u00a0presence\u00a0cold<\/p>\n
and\u00a0intense.<\/p>\n
Cedella is a passionate storyteller known for her bold romantic and spicy novels that keep readers hooked from the very first chapter. With a flair for crafting emotionally intense plots and unforgettable characters, she blends love, desire, and drama into every story she writes. Cedella\u2019s storytelling style is immersive and addictive\u2014perfect for fans of heated romances and heart-pounding twists.<\/p>\n
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