A False Heiress's Guide to Love and Power

“I remember he was only seven at the time, right? That woman must be insane. Who does something like that to a little kid? And wasn’t he still her brother back then? As far as I know, the Mortons never treated her badly.”

“Jealousy can be a terrible thing,” Alessia replied, her tone far calmer than Stella’s. “That’s why I suspect she already knew she was actually a Tate before anyone else

did.”

“But if neither family knew, how could she have found out?” Stella frowned,

confused, but she never doubted Alessia’s instincts.

“That’s exactly what I can’t figure out.”

“So what are you planning to do now?” Stella lowered her voice.

“I’m going to play along for a bit.”

A glint of mischief flickered in Stella’s eyes. Her smile turned a little wicked.

“But…”

“But what?”

“But first, I need to find out exactly what she did to Ivan.” Alessia’s brow furrowed.

to tell

alone won’t

worried they won’t believe

just come back. Who

what if they do believe you?” Stella sounded

hide her awkwardness.

and patted Stella’s head. “I’d rather have proof than a

hearts are hard to read. If you can lay out the facts with evidence, there’s

something, you can’t see it clearly–even she hadn’t realized how attached she’d

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or doubt

there anything I can do to help?” Stella’s gaze was unwavering. At

head. “She’s not worth us

“Oh, by the way, Mr. Sanders started talking about the sports meet today. How many events are you signing up for this

“Is ‘none‘ an option?”

“If

skip out, Pierce will probably nag you for a month.

on a mock stern face. “No, I