Chapter 22

With April and Oliver leading the charge, along with hotel staff and curious guests, the suite was packed tight like rush hour on a subway. Everyone's eyes were on Celeste lying on the bed, like she was some rare animal on display at the zoo. "This is all your doing!" Sophie snapped, fury simmering under her calm tone. "Someone told me you were sneaking around with a man. Even if it ruins my reputation, I have to clean up the mess for the Shaw family." "What?!" Celeste's face went pale as paper. "Who even said something like that? It's pure slander!" "I saw you myself-getting handsy with some guy and walking into this room together. Everyone else stayed down in the banquet hall. Why'd you sneak off here by yourself if nothing shady was going on?" April's bridesmaid chimed in, arms crossed, looking ridiculously smug. The crowd's reaction was instant-gasps, murmurs, all kinds of noise. "You... you shameless thing! Get down here this instant!" Sophie was shaking with rage, like she wanted