A False Heiress's Guide to Love and Power

Alessia nodded, handing the phone back to Stella before calmly returning to her

food.

“Lessie, you didn’t leak it, did you?” Queenie asked, scrolling through the comments as she glanced at Alessia.

Even though Stella was living abroad, she often shared stories from her life in their group chat, so Queenie was well aware of her heroic moment at the bar.

“Nope.” Alessia arched an eyebrow. “I figured from the start someone would try to spin this story, so I had Lillian talk to the bar owner right away. We made a copy of the security footage, too. In a few minutes, Lillian will have the PR team release a statement.”

“But whoever started this rumor isn’t stupid, right?” Queenie said. “They must know the full video could surface and expose them.”

“That’s why I made sure to clear things with the owner first.” Alessia shot Queenie a look, and Queenie instantly understood.

This trending scandal was nothing but a move in Alessia’s plan to quickly build up Liam’s reputation.

“If that’s the case, why didn’t you just shut it down from the start?” Stella was puzzled. “I mean, your brother just debuted. Even if the rumors aren’t true, having them out there can’t be good for him, right?”

“That’s exactly why I wanted him to respond however he liked,” Alessia replied,

unfazed.

“Huh?” Stella blinked, confused.

chuckled and pushed her phone toward Stella so she could see the screen.

words–enough to confirm the incident happened, but

where Liam stood.

Entertainment’s

came so fast it left everyone reeling–and the

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going on? Am I supposed to be shocked or not?

Thought it was just a bar brawl, turns out he was the hero! Love it! What

owner came forward to clarify. I take back everything I said and I’m officially

he’s upset,

thread quickly filled with laughter, leaving everyone unsure whether to feel bad for Liam or just laugh at the diehard

scrolled through a few more comments and shook