Rising from the Ashes The Heiress They Tried to Erase

Chapter 635:

Spinning on her heel, Mariana looked over at her servants. “You there, gather all these outfits and take them outside. Burn every last piece!”

They traded uneasy looks but moved to follow her command. Some of those clothes could pay their wages for years, yet Mariana’s unpredictable moods were nothing new.

Anyone who disobeyed would pay the price, and it wouldn’t just be the garments at risk.

In no time, a fire blazed in the courtyard, devouring the luxury clothes. Pulling out her phone, Mariana captured the scene and proudly uploaded the photo to Instagram and Twitter.

She added a sharp caption, aiming at Maia. “Plagiarized clothes are beneath me. So are the people who steal them.” The post racked up likes almost instantly.

curled into a sly smile as she remembered how much more compliant Claudius had become after their father’s stern talk. With

glint in her eyes, Mariana fired off a message

still holding out hope for Maia, even after seeing her true colors? She’s not the perfect

was sent, she switched gears, pulled out her phone, and began flooding Twitter with reposts — stoking the

Claudius finally managed to connect with the elusive

admired the fashion line you created three years ago. Could you

on the other end answered firmly, “Mr. Cooper, I’ve never borrowed from another’s vision. Those pieces came straight from my dreams — literally. I dreamt of

leaned back, as if an unseen weight had collapsed onto his shoulders. He felt hollow, like the wind had been knocked from

didn’t want to believe