From Sneers to Cheers: Anthea’s Ascent

Chapter 514

That's right!

It had to be Anthea.

Relief washed over Rebecca at the thought.

Yes, of course-how could she have forgotten about Alex?

With Alex around, Anthea wouldn't get a moment's peace. In fact, Alex would probably destroy her completely.

Rebecca glanced anxiously toward the door. Alex's figure had vanished, but just in case he was still nearby, she lingered in the restroom for another ten minutes before finally stepping out.

Back at the Morris family estate, Rebecca summoned her assistant upstairs.

"Yes, Miss? Is there something you need?"

A cold, venomous gleam flickered in Rebecca's eyes. "Find a few thugs and send them to pay Carole Yeager a little visit. Make sure you take some photos and send them to all of Carole's friends and family."

She couldn't deal with Anthea directly, but Carole was another matter entirely.

Why should that mother and daughter get to live so well while her own life fell apart?

If a mother owes a debt, let the daughter pay it.

She would see to it that Carole became the town disgrace—a woman scorned and ruined in Cloudcrest.

Just picturing it filled Rebecca with wicked satisfaction.

With a scandal like that hanging over her mother's head, Anthea would be too ashamed to show her face ever again.

Have some thugs "pay her a visit"? Take photos?

assistant hesitated. If she remembered correctly, Carole was Rebecca's adoptive mother. For all their history, they'd once been family. What Rebecca was

monstrous.

she was just an assistant. Orders were orders. "Understood, Miss. I'll

coolly. "Carole's been a widow for years. She must be

assistant nodded, unsettled by the cruelty

all. Go make the

Let me know if you need anything else," the assistant

...

Midnight.

the restaurant and headed home. Usually, she made it back by eleven-thirty,

ten-minute walk through a

needed to get her driver's

hour, the streets were nearly deserted. As she entered the familiar alley, a chill

but something felt off. The

unease grew. Her pace

men sprang out from the shadows, blocking her path. "Hey there, beautiful, where are

echoed bl

or seven more men closed

Carole

you company," one of them sneered, reaching out to lift her

mocking-broke out

would've been a

but Carole

shoved the man's

and

I'm calling the police!"

call them!" someone

unlock her phone, but before she

away.

phone rang. The