The Cherished Wife

Annie was on the warpath, scolding Winter, who was too shocked to speak. Her face drained of color. "Annie, just hear me out. I swear I didn't know about this until now. I don't know why they-" "You had no idea? Really, Winter? After everything Annie and I did for you, you ditch us when it counts, and now you've leaked those private photos and videos. How can you expect me to trust you?" Suzy grabbed the phone and screamed at Winter, her calm shattered by this morning's headlines. She was like a wild beast, lashing out at Winter. "Do you really want to do me dirty like this?"

"Suzy, hear me out. I swear I didn't do this! I never saw this coming. It's all that snake Noelle's fault. She was the one who was supposed to be in the hot seat yesterday, not me."

"Cut it out, Winter." Suzy, fed up with Winter's excuses, felt a wave of disappointment. "You're the one with the paparazzi on speed dial, but you're blaming Noelle? Do you really think I'd buy that? Why drag me and Annie into your feud with Noelle? Listen up, Winter. If you don't clean up this disaster, I'll spill the beans myself. You're the one who tried to set Noelle up."

Suzy was pissed off, her mind blank except for the burning need to get back at Winter.

were getting dragged through the mud too, now that the scandal had broken. Shaking

stop crying," Annie said, tears streaming down her own face. She was torn apart inside, caught between her anger at

nothing else worked, Annie slipped away to call Cody, desperate for advice on

hour later, the swarm of reporters and camera-flashing paparazzi had vanished from the hotel entrance, and Cody arrived to get Annie and

it, throwing her arms around him. "Big

pat, signaling for her to take a deep breath, then asked,