Chapter 10

Gossip … If I'm being honest, I hated gossip , gossipy people; everything that was based on rumors or speculation. However, when it came to famous people, like Bradley Dempsey, the murmurs and comments came and went; some good, others totally bad.

When they approached me with gossip I tended to ignore them. But at social events I couldn't play the nasty girl because at the end of the day it was the name of my job that would be in question. They wouldn't say, "Chelsea is a rude piece of shit who doesn't fit in at gossip events," no. They'd say, "The girl who came in on her firm's name, well, she told me to go to hell for trying to be friendly."

I had to put up with my bad mood, smiling falsely; pretending I didn't care if they pried into the life of a man they didn't know.

"It is said that his wife cheated him because her family was bankrupt," whispered a girl who was with me receiving the donations.

My boss was the type that solved everything by giving more money. But since he wanted