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With the sound of things being smashed in her office, her coworkers were busy speculating.
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Most figured she was just furious that Easton had strung her along for years without ever making it official, and now, after all that, she still lost out to Sophia.
“You think Ms. Weston is about to go full classic breakup meltdown, crying, making a scene, and maybe even threatening to end it all? Word is, they’ve got a four-year-old kid together,” someone whispered.
“Whoa. Who even knows if that kid is really Mr. Foster’s? He’s never publicly admitted it. Mr. Foster is the Foster family’s real heir.
“If that child was truly his, Irene would’ve kept the kid and ditched the mother in a heartbeat. Honestly, I’ve always thought that kid isn’t his,” another scoffed.
“That woman is a real piece of work. Not only is the kid’s father a total mystery, but she was hooking up with the station director while she was still with Mr. Foster.
“If the director’s wife hadn’t stepped in and laid down the law, she probably would’ve wrecked another home,” someone else chimed in.
“Back when Ms. Roth and Mr. Foster split up, I was honestly shocked. Forget their family backgrounds, just looking at them, they looked like they were made for each other. It was such a shame,” another person added.
“Honestly, I never got why Mr. Foster would fall for someone like Ms. Weston. She’s got no real family, just some new money vibes.
“No way she could ever measure up to Ms. Roth, Jenston’s number one socialite. Back then, I even thought that Mr. Foster must’ve been blind,” someone else scoffed.
The whole office was gossiping up a storm when Stella’s assistant came back from her interview. As soon as everyone saw her, they instantly clammed up.
She shot them a glare, then knocked and went into Stella’s office.
“Stella, don’t be like this. Everyone out there can hear you,” the assistant said quietly.
Stella slumped in her chair, hands tangled in her hair. “Why? Why did Sophia have to come back? Why won’t she just disappear? Why did Easton have to go all the way to Redrock City and save her? Why?”
The assistant started tidying up the office, then walked over to her. “Stella, if Mr. Foster really cared about you, he would’ve married you ages ago. Clearly, he doesn’t, so why keep breaking your heart over him?
“You’re young, gorgeous, and the queen of Jenston News. Men are a dime a dozen; if you wanted, they’d be lining up around the block for you.”
Her assistant’s words hit a nerve again. Stella shot up from her chair and hurled all the files on her desk at her. “What do you know? Sure, men are everywhere, but none of them are Easton, and none of them are Jenston’s richest.
“What I want is to crush Sophia. I can’t stand seeing her flaunt her happiness. If Sophia wasn’t in the picture, Easton would’ve been mine.”
Worried she might snap again, the assistant hurried over to comfort her. “Stella, don’t stress. Maybe all that news is just smoke and mirrors. We’re in the media.
“We know how easy it is to stir up drama for clicks. You’ve still got a shot, let’s figure out our next move.”
Stella glanced at her assistant, then at the mess of her office.
‘She’s right. All this hot gossip can’t be true. After all these years, everyone knows I’m the real woman in Easton’s life, Stella reassured herself.
‘Sophia’s way too proud and full of herself; there’s no way she’d ever get back together with Easton, Stella sneered inwardly.
She sat back down in her chair, forcing herself to calm down. Teed to come up with a plan. Losing my
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temper isn’t going to help, she told herself.
An idea suddenly struck Stella. She quickly hopped on her computer, searched the web, and printed out some files in a rush.
The assistant didn’t ask any questions, but as she grabbed the papers from the printer, she snuck a peek at what was on them.
‘Brain specialist?’ she wondered.
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