Chapter 954

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.

"But having my stepmother guide Josephine and her mother wasn't enough. The one surefire way of making sure the buzz doesn't