Aurora’s POV “I heard she slept with someone high up to get the position.” I glance over my shoulder, and the group of women go silent. They scurry away to gossip somewhere else as I take the last sip of my tea and look around the staff room. The few people that remain also stare at me, a strange look in their eyes. Whispers follow me as I leave the small room. Were those women talking about me? “Her,” I hear someone say. “Trading s****l favors?” A female voice whispers. I barely catch her words, but they make me stiffen. “Yeah, but I don’t know who with,” the original voice says. I quicken my pace, lower my head, and try not to let their words get to me. I haven’t done anything to cause people to think I’m sleeping with Thorne; in fact, while we’re at work, I keep as much distan