Shalma Hughes narrowed her charming eyes. "You risked being cursed out by me to call and tell me this explosive news. I figured only something like this could get a great writer like you so excited, Wanda... See? I know you pretty well."
Wendy Quinn's voice came through, her tone feigning coyness. "Tch! You're terrible."
But in the next moment, her tone turned dead serious. "I'm telling you, Shalma, this isn't a joke. The current Jasper Hawthorne is no longer the big lug from college who got your meals every day and bought you tampons. He's worth over a hundred million now, with a long line of women clamoring to climb into his bed. Plus, he just recently got divorced, and there's already been a ton of speculation about it. To make matters worse, you decided to come back right at this time, and someone snapped photos of you two kissing... You need to be prepared to be pushed into the center of the storm."
