Scandalous Synonym Novels & Stories

"Don't be. I have no regret for what I've done and of anything that happened." "I know, I have no regret either." She stopped walking and touched his arm lightly. "I'm sorry you have to suffer such a scandal and humiliation. It's terribly unfair." "There are much worse things than being embroiled in a scandal." "But your reputation, your family honor, they are everything to you." "There are more important things than that too..." "Don't you think it is too great a sacrifice to make? The price of being with me could be putting so much at stake."

The thought made her uncomfortable. Maya softened. “I just think you deserve to feel wanted.” There it was again. Wanted. Alessandra folded her arms over her chest, suddenly still. That word had teeth. Wanted was messy. Wanted led to mistakes. Wanted led to needed, which led to loss of control. You teach political scandals for a living. You know how this ends. She straightened, letting her voice sharpen slightly. “I am not blowing up my career for a hypothetical.” “Good,” Maya said lightly. “Because scandals follow attractive people.”

Hundreds of heads turned in a synchronized snap of curiosity and horror. I saw the "offensive proximity" of our bodies reflected in the wide eyes of the city's elite. I wasn't walking three paces behind a husband; I was anchored to a man who was Adrian’s greatest rival, my body draped in silk that highlighted the child Adrian claimed was his—but whom everyone in this room would now begin to doubt. The scandal wasn't just that I was here; it was how I was here. "Look at them," I whispered, my voice barely audible over the sudden, frantic murmurs rising like a tide. "They’re terrified."