Lilliana comforted her daughter Sherlyn. “Don’t worry, Sherlyn. I’ll find a way to clear your name! Don’t cry…”

Corinne stood relaxedly to one side with a mocking smirk, and she even chuckled a little at the sight of Lilliana and Sherlyn in shambles.

Sherlyn ceased crying the second she heard that little chuckle from Corinne. A frown appeared on her face, and she glared at Corinne while pointing resentfully at her. “It was you! You did this to me, Corinne!”

Corinne cocked an eyebrow and spread her hands innocently. “How can a small-time maid like me be capable of doing that to you? It’s expensive to pay for a headline slot in the news, and I can’t afford to do that at all.”

Indeed, money was not involved, only certain tech-savvy skills.

Sherlyn nonetheless stared unhappily at her. “Even if you didn’t pay for the news to be in the headlines, you came here to add fuel to the fire in front of Dad. He wouldn’t have known about the news if you weren’t here!”

Corinne frowned. “Weren’t you the one who asked Dad to demand that I come home?”

Sherlyn was speechless.

of advice: if you don’t want anyone to find out that you’re engaging in

was so angry that she was incapable of

maintain the kind expression. on her face. She said, “Enough with your sarcastic remarks, Corinne! Do you think you’re any better? You’re a

I know exactly what kind of despicable people

two of you right now? Karma’s coming back to bite you for all the evil things you’ve done!” said Corinne, then immediately turned around and went upstairs to look for Marvin. There were several

at Corinne’s calm figure from behind. ‘How dare this

out of the Carew home had never been successful. Though the Carews were not a very wealthy family, their ancestors divided a lot of real estate between them, and collecting the rent from all that property was more than enough to sustain

share of the spoils! She initially

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