"What will happen to her now? I heard the board don't want her as the chairman."
"No one would want a boss with tainted dignity."
"My guess is Marga or Fred will take over Capital Cars."
"Yeah, that's my guess too. But the Martins need to do it now. I heard from my husband that Capital Cars is going down."
"With a loose woman as its heir, it surely will."
Cassie took a deep breath and gently closed her eyes— reminding herself not to turn her head to the group of ladies indiscreetly gossiping on her back. She had decided a week ago that she needed to defend herself from lowly people who lived and breathed just for the purpose of gossiping about her life. But right now, she's too weak and broken to even do just that. Because right at that very moment, a part of her soul is going to the
