The Day I Kissed An Older Man

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.

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

resources to do that. And who else would dare to risk crossing the Holdens by backing Josephine

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 did not bring any

was not really talking about everyone in the Rivera

is none other than Miss Anya! She was the one who planned the whole thing,

looked