Booktok Scandal Novels & Stories

"Don't say I didn't offer. What are we going with?" "I say truth," Law states. Jeremiah and Jackson nod and Ezekiel reaches into the bowl. He unfolds the paper, smiles when he reads what's on it. "What in your web browser would be embarrassing if someone saw it?" he reads. "Okay, guess I'll go first. Um, I have a folder in my bookmarks bar titledHands." We all burst out laughing. "What the hell does that even mean?" Laury asks. "Hey, hey. I just had to tell the truth. Not explain."

"What? What's wrong?" I turned the phone toward her. Her entire face went pale. "No. No, no, no. That's not... Riley, that's not possible." "It's already everywhere," I said, still scrolling. The video was on every platform. T*****r was having a field day. My publisher was having a meltdown. **A BELOVED AUTHOR'S SHOCKING LEAKED VIDEO — one headline read.** **SCANDAL: Bestselling romance novelist exposed in explicit footage with two men — another.**

"What do I possibly lack compared to that trash?" … Zoey frowned and turned toward her assistant. "I want you to reinvestigate the scandal from back then. Every last detail. "And no one can know about this." Night fell. The assistant returned with a pale face and handed over a file. "Ms. Sanders… you need to prepare yourself for what's inside." Her hands trembled as she opened it. The very first page contained evidence that Ronald had bribed a wealthy woman to stage the explicit photo scandal. Her face instantly turned white.

POV: ELISABETH “Several reports continued to appear in the newspapers, along with notifications on my phone. I increased the TV volume upon hearing Patrick's name: “The renowned and youngest CEO, Patrick Morgan, a businessman and owner of Seattle's most respected publisher, SoundStory Press, became embroiled in controversy that divided opinions. An intimate photo surfaced showing him with his ex-wife, skirts lifted, depicting an act clearly not consensual. Miss Heloise Forbs gave statements to the press to clarify the events, shocking the public with her words:

He thought that would be the end of it, but the next day, the video of me confronting Lisa went viral. Of course, the hottest topic was the scandal about David and Henry.

Then: “There are financial records tied to the university.” “I know.” “No,” he snapped. “You don’t.” His voice lowered immediately afterward. Too much emotion. Too much honesty slipping through. Tobe exhaled slowly. “The scandal around you was supposed to bury another story.” The room became still. Not dramatically. Precisely. Amara turned slowly. “What?” Tobe swallowed hard. “There was an audit risk. Missing allocations. Media contracts. Political money routed through student programs.” Everything Damian told her suddenly rearranged itself into clearer shape.

And I thought she was real. ‘The book is a scam. Every word is stolen.’ ‘What a fraud! I can't believe she did that to poor Elijah.’ "Eliora?" Kian was moving toward me now, the spatula forgotten on the counter. His face was etched with immediate concern. "They’re pulling my books," I whispered, the phone nearly slipping from my numb fingers. "The publishers, the investors... they're saying I’m a scam. They’re saying I plagiarized everything." "What?" Drew barked, reaching for his own phone. "That’s impossible. You wrote those yourself."

I don’t even know how long we stood there. Not talking. Just… breathing. For the first time that morning, I didn’t feel like I was being watched. Before Lunch – Same Day He found me again. Just before lunch. I was closing my locker, and there he was, already. He stole my books from my hands. I hadn’t even seen him coming. “You don’t have to—” I started. He raised one brow, like, Really? We’re doing this again? I shut up. We started walking. He didn’t say much. Didn’t need to. Just kept beside me, hands in his pockets now that I had the books.

Helios was stunned as he looked at her in confusion. Barbara said drunkenly, “Because I knew Katrina was with your uncle. I wanted to get revenge on her, so I exposed the scandal between her and your uncle. Also, I was the one who leaked the news to your mother about the gem-hunting event.” “I see,” Helios replied half-heartedly. If Barbara had not exposed the scandal, not only him, the entire Boucher family wouldn’t have learned that Eugune had been keeping a woman outside behind everyone else’s back.