A: Why did the mayor step down?

B: There’s rumor that he paid his young secretary hush money to keep their affair secret.

A: How was such a story found out?

B: His wife wanted a divorce and told the story to some media outlets.

Note: “Hush money” refers to a sum of money paid so that someone will keep information secret, ie., money that a person pays someone to hush something up. “Hush” means “to calm, quiet, suppress.”