Let Me Stay The Night

Victoria couldn’t believe what she had just heard. She widened her eyes in shock, her face turning as pale as a sheet.

“What did you just say? Say that one more time!”

That was when Brenda realized she had said something she shouldn’t. Not wanting to look like a coward in front of Victoria, she decided to admit to her doings.

“You heard me! I hired someone to set Christina’s studio on fire! Now that her studio is no more, you’ll have to go back to managing your own studio! You’re the heiress of the Lesley family, so why would you give up on your position as a boss and work for someone else? You may not be ashamed of yourself, but I am! Christina had the audacity to show up at my house and threaten me. She thinks she can get away with anything simply because she married into the Hadley family, but I’m no pushover either! Anyway, she is responsible for your relationship with Sebastian, so she deserves to be taught a lesson!”

Victoria had never thought her mother would be the one who set fire to the studio. Her chest tightened with anger, and she found it a little hard to breathe.

“What you did is illegal! Do you know that two people have died in that fire of yours?”

The look on Brenda’s face changed when she heard that, and a sense of panic began to well up within her. “That’s impossible! I told them to clear the place before setting it on fire, and my men were there to keep an eye on things! There’s no way that fire would’ve killed anyone!”

Brenda was panicking so much that her mind was a mess, and she didn’t even know what to say anymore.

As for Victoria, she sank into despair and slumped weakly against the seat. There was a lifeless look in her eyes as she stared blankly at the scenery outside the window.

Brenda whipped out her phone and dialed a number, but it was no longer in service.

“What should I do, Victoria? I only wanted to teach Christina a lesson! I didn’t mean to get anyone killed!”

with the lawsuits she faced, so she couldn’t imagine what

so could you please tell her to let this slide? I’ll agree

and set her studio on fire. Now that

I wouldn’t have tried to teach her a lesson if she hadn’t messed with me! Victoria, are you seriously going to just sit by and

go to prison, but she couldn’t

cried in agony. “I don’t know! I don’t know what to do! Why must you guys force me to

to her usual domineering self by

room. Do not let her leave her room without my permission, and do not let anyone visit her either,” she told

looked up at her in shock. “Are

will leave this country with me,”

excellence, which was something Preston. had done a

precisely the reason Brenda’s position in the Lesley family was unaffected even though her husband, Soren

bit down on her lip. “What do

consequences of setting

about it. All you have to do is stay

the car

Brenda wiped the cold sweat off her forehead before telling the driver. “Help me contact the

to find

severe?” Christina asked

weeks to recover. According to him. Ms. Lesley and Mrs. Lesley had