A False Heiress's Guide to Love and Power

Chapter 381

“Of course I’ll remember, but you need to take care of yourself too, you know.” Carla muttered, slightly stung by Vera’s words.

“Don’t worry. Today was just an exception. Have you ever seen me like this any other time?” Vera replied, a faint smile in her voice.

Carla thought about it and realized Vera had a point, so she let it go. She picked up her phone, then paused as if something had suddenly struck her, and set it down again.

“Oh, right! That video came in handy, didn’t it?”

Carla spent her days in the hospital with nothing to do but browse the internet. Vera often talked about her boss, so when Carla saw Alessia’s name online, she immediately called Vera.

Vera had been busy coordinating with suppliers at the time and had just mentioned it in passing. She hadn’t expected Carla to remember the very first video she’d sent, urging her to check at home to see if she’d thrown it

away.

That was what led to this morning’s events.

But Carla had spent the whole day in treatment and physical therapy, so she’d forgotten all about it until she picked up her phone and everything came rushing back.

used it,” Vera

a sweet girl–she shouldn’t be targeted by those

Rumors like these can’t

chuckled softly. The two women had never met Alessia in person, and yet Carla followed her every move online. “Fan” barely did her fixation justice; nearly everything she read on the

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was the old story: you care about the things and people your

barely out of high school–no wonder kids born with

respond, turning her attention to her dinner

with him. After coming home, she’d gotten

Alessia about dinner with Fortune. It wasn’t that she worried Alessia would misunderstand–Alessia simply wasn’t that kind of person–and besides, Vera had

about.

had only wanted to lure her over to his company. He needed a reliable right hand, and if he

well–known in the industry, that plenty of others had tried to recruit her with high salaries, but money alone wouldn’t tempt her. So, he’d dangled a different, more enticing carrot: free treatment for her mother’s leg, from the top specialist in the country.

just her boss anymore. Their relationship had long since gone beyond something that could be