A False Heiress's Guide to Love and Power

Chapter 59

ana had finally learned her lesson and stopped coming around to stir up trouble. Instead, it was Lucy who shot Alessia a glance.

Ignoring the two of them, Alessia quickly finished her lunch.

“I’m running to the store. You can head back without me,” she said.

“Okay, grab me a bottle of water, will you?”

Stella flashed her an okay sign and left, while Alessia gathered her things and headed to the changing room. Once everything was in order, she stepped out–only to find someone blocking her path.

Alessia wasn’t the least bit surprised to see Lucy standing there.

“The partnership fell through. That was you, wasn’t it?” Lucy’s words sounded like a question, but her tone left no doubt. She didn’t believe in coincidences.

“Why don’t you take a guess?” Alessia tilted her head and offered a small, innocent smile.

“I apologized to you. What happened that day was my fault…”

fault,” Alessia replied, calm and direct. Her bluntness threw

were constantly fighting, and with the failed partnership, the arguments had only worsened. If this kept up, her father would have every excuse to bring his

nothing.

frustration,

any way

Alessia cut her off without hesitation, making Lucy’s face

to go this far?” Lucy’s voice trembled with desperation.

jerk her arm away. She held

“I…I didn’t mean to…”

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Business isn’t about petty arguments–nobody’s foolish enough to lose money over a personal slight. We were just catalysts.

I can do?”

who isn’t worth your trust. If you want something, fight for it yourself. If you want respect, you have to work for it. And if you

speechless. Alessia had no patience for further discussion; she turned

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