Cassie awoke late the next morning to the sound of her phone buzzing violently on the nightstand. Blinking sleep from her eyes, she reached over and squinted at the screen. Seventeen unread messages. Six missed calls. Fourteen notifications from Twitter and i********:.
Her stomach twisted.
“Cassie!” Kate called from the kitchen. “You might want to check the internet. Like—now.”
Cassie sat up, dreading what she was about to see. She opened the first message, a link from one of her classmates. Then another from her cousin. And then one from her mom.
Her heart sank as she clicked one of the articles:
THE MYSTERY FIANCÉE – Billionaire Luke Hudson Spotted with Stunning Unknown Woman at High-Stakes Investor Dinner
A blurry but clearly incriminating photo shows Hudson, dressed in a tux, esc
