A False Heiress's Guide to Love and Power

“What?” Stella’s voice shot up in shock.

Queenie quickly brought a finger to her lips, and Stella clapped a hand over her mouth, ducking her head.

“What’s going on? No way, we need to go confront her right now!” Stella hissed, keeping her voice low.

“Don’t lose your cool. This is their turf. If we make a scene, it’ll only backfire.” Alessia reached for Stella’s hand, her tone calm as ever.

“So what do we do?” Stella didn’t doubt Queenie for a second. In her mind, if Queenie and Alessia were saying it, then someone had definitely stolen their design. No question.

“We don’t even know if she copied the whole collection or just one piece,” Alessia said, her gaze flicking from Sienna back to the group. Sienna must have sensed the attention–she lifted her chin, a smug smile playing on her lips.

“I do have a suspect,” Queenie said, “but I need to check before I accuse anyone. If she managed to get her hands on our flagship piece, odds are the others aren’t

safe either.”

“Nobody’s seen the limited edition one, right?” Alessia double–checked.

only one I showed,” Queenie answered

“Do you

have

any backup plans?”

Sienna out for plagiarism now, it was too late to redesign. And if their main piece had already been copied, the launch

tuck a stray strand of hair behind her ear, flashing the matching earring from their

collection.

flipping Sienna the finger without

didn’t stop her. Sure enough, Sienna’s smile slipped. She clenched her jaw and turned away. “Coward,” Stella muttered, pulling a face

08:02

The second one looked the best–it. was

has that factory we’ve worked with

Group has one too. Let’s get

as well. I’ll reach out on