The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Just then, someone hurried over to Skyler, leaned in, and whispered a few words in his ear.

Skyler's expression shifted almost imperceptibly. He nodded, acknowledging what he'd heard, and turned to Lauretta's father. "Something's just come up—I'll have to excuse myself for a moment."

Lauretta's father, remembering the commotion at the party earlier, nodded in understanding. After all, Simone was Leonard's younger sister-those compromising videos and photos needed to be dealt with quickly. They couldn't be allowed to spread. Someone had to track down whoever leaked them and give the Lerman family a proper explanation.

If people started suspecting the Williams family was behind it, there could be lasting bad blood between the families.

...

Rachel left the party feeling thoroughly satisfied.

Getting her hands on Simone's scandalous photos and videos had been a lucky break. She'd been tailing Simone for weeks, hoping to catch her doing something reckless. Lately, Simone had been receiving a lot of packages, and every time she picked one up, there was something odd about her expression.

Rachel suspected the packages held some secret and asked Colby Martinez for a favor: intercept one of Simone's deliveries. When Rachel opened the box, she found it stuffed with explicit photos of Simone.

contempt. So, Simone really was trash- sleeping around with so many

she kept a close eye on Simone, intercepting her packages whenever possible. It soon became clear someone was using those photos to blackmail Simone,

to meddle in the affairs of these powerful families. But just having Simone's dirty secrets in hand was

she could finally show Joshua

everyone. After tonight, she doubted Simone would ever dare

...

a sedative, she was rushed to the

heard the full story, he

out of control-how dare he target our family!

go without

genuinely seething.

tried to set up Jonathan and make him take the blame, had even recorded footage as leverage. What else could Shawn's intention be, if not to threaten the Williams

was so angry his