Chapter 139:

Aimee’s eyes reddened slightly as she murmured,

“And then… I became the target of nasty rumors for months.”

“Don’t let their lies get to you,” Allison said firmly.

“As long as you stay true to yourself, treat their words like trash — worthless and irrelevant.

You have nothing to fear.”

Allison could deeply relate to Aimee’s pain.

She had been the subject of gossip herself — whispers about her and Kellan that had spread like wildfire through the company.

She knew all too well how disgusting people could be when rumors took root.

The underhanded tactics hadn’t changed.

“It wasn’t all baseless…” Aimee’s voice dropped to a near whisper, almost lost in the breeze.

Her eyes shifted downward, as if she wanted to disappear, afraid that Allison might see her differently.

“One night, a client invited me out for drinks.

I let my guard down… and I was drugged.”

Allison’s expression darkened instantly, fury rising in her chest.

She swallowed hard, forcing herself to stay calm.

“What happened after?” she asked, her voice rough with sympathy.

“The client didn’t succeed,” Aimee said, her voice cracking.

“But Marc and some others found out what happened.

Instead of helping, they took photos.

blackmailed the client and used the photos to

up in

myself, but they said they’d show the photos to

my little sister is

them

Allison’s frown deepened.

people would go to exploit someone’s

strong Aimee had been, holding

she hadn’t

could’ve left Charisma after that,” Allison

you could’ve found a better job somewhere

I couldn’t,” Aimee hesitated, her voice

“My family is poor.

Mr.

us — he’s not like the

the holidays, and even sponsors

per family, so I gave that

Aimee’s eyes, and her voice

my sister

have to

want her to go through what I

her chest, a bitter feeling she couldn’t quite

herself,

situation

this moment, she felt an unexpected kinship with

“Fear not.

said gently, placing

make sure you get

isn’t

she added, the

paused, slightly surprised at

familiar — then

like that once, back in

she’d thought it unusually wise

time, though, she had come

ruthless reputation, he was more compassionate

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