Corinne picked up the cooled water and drank before turning to smile at the guilt-stricken Anya.

“But if I were to guess, that black leather case must be filled with cash, right? But why would Anya give my stepmother so much cash? Was she trying to be a good daughter in my stead? No. There’s only one reason: Miss Anya bribed my stepmother, who never liked me, to bring Josephine and her mother to the Holdens’ mansion to malign me so that I’d be kicked out of the house.

“But their plan failed, so Miss Anya asked my stepmother to teach Josephine and her mother to bring the matter online. Both Josephine and her mother don’t look like people who know their way around online, so it was obvious someone must’ve guided them. Who’d be more qualified to do that than my stepmother? She had honed her skill of creating a buzz to make her precious daughter famous back then.

one surefire way of making sure the buzz doesn’t die down is to use money to fuel the flames. Though, the Carews don’t have any money or connections. The most they could do was to create a little buzz before the news died down again. Plus, there were not many things they could do since the Holdens had issued stern warnings to all the

Someone must’ve given them the resources to do that. And who else would dare to risk crossing the Holdens

but frown when they heard the accusation. The Riveras might not get along with the Holdens, but they would never kick someone when they were down or participate in something that

however, knew Corinne was not really talking about everyone in the Rivera

took another unhurried sip of her water. “The mastermind behind the online slandering is none other than Miss Anya! She was the one

and Beatrice looked at Anya

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