刚刚下班回来的林潇潇有点不淡定了，因为她听到了卧室里的男友在接听女人的电话，打电话的女人不是别人，而是男友的上司。明知男友是在和上司交接工作，但自己也是心生醋意。男友陈泽言发现女友的不对劲，简单聊了几句就匆匆挂断电话。为了弄清马素对自己男友有没有爱慕之意，林潇潇决定跟踪男友，通过网络渠道，她找到一名有经验的私家侦探跟踪男友。她完全不知，私家侦探就是男友上司安排的，原来林潇潇的一切，都在马素的掌握之中。在马素的精心安排之下，侦探教唆林潇潇策划了一场假绑架，目的就是为了试探陈泽言的真心，林潇潇欣然答应。最终陈泽言与林潇潇执着的爱情打动了马素，在马素的操办下，陈泽言向林潇潇求婚成功。
半年间，SNK剧变，总监余英飞离职、门外汉古肇华空降。张家妍虽掌权却难服众。刘艳的公开平台崛起，动摇传统媒体地位，连已入官场的许诗晴亦被卷入新旧媒体的角力。文慧心于此时复出，昭告世人：新闻女王的地位永远不可撼动！
故事讲述讲述1897年时一位高官从西班牙来访，但他的女儿被绑架后令美西局势升温，在古巴的战争似乎已无可避免。
As Leo's replacement Thomas Chamberlain arrives Nikki investigates the murders of Rachel Freedman, shot in the head, and her little autistic son Nathan, who was poisoned. Nikki rejects policewoman Anne Burchett's theory that Rachel killed them both but is perturbed when an impostor, claiming to be Rachel's sister, visits the morgue. At the same time the disfigured corpse of Eva Liron is discovered, killed with the same poison as Nathan. She had been the nanny to French hot shot footballer Isaac Dreyfus and was planning to blackmail him over a sex tape of them both. Jewish Isaac is a controversial figure due to his anti-Muslim sentiments but he denies ant part in the murders. Then another victim, Isaac's agent Mousa, is discovered dead.
