The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 954

As she said that, Ellinor picked up her glass of water, took a gentle sip, and then looked at the visibly tense Patricia with a slight smile.

She began to theorize, “Let me guess, that black suitcase is stuffed with cash, right? Why would Ms. Howard give my stepmother such a huge amount of money? You’re not trying to play the good Samaritan and help me fulfill my filial duties, are you?

I believe there is only one plausible explanation: Ms. Howard intends to bribe my stepmother, who has never liked me, to frame me and try to have me expelled from the Blanchet family. But their plan didn’t work. Then, Ms. Howard had my stepmother guide that mother-daughter duo to stir up trouble online. Those country bumpkins clearly don’t know much about the internet. Obviously, someone is pulling their strings. My stepmother is a pro at creating buzz online. That’s how she made her daughter, Sheila, a star. No one is better at stirring the pot than

her!”

alone is not enough. To maintain sufficient attention online, it needs money to drive it. The Mendoza family is broke now, with no connections. They could only make a small ripple online, nothing more. Especially with the Blanchet Corporation putting pressure on the media, they couldn’t

to insult the Blanchet family and support a mother-daughter duo that falsely accuses me online? Well, only the

made Dean and Alyssa feel a bit wronged. They

the Blanchet family, but they wouldn’t do things that harm others without benefiting

understood that Ellinor was not accusing the whole Howard family but hinting at two specific

of water, “What I’m saying is, the puppet master behind the online slander against me is Ms. Howard! She is the one manipulating

and Alyssa looked at their granddaughter in