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.

the client and used the photos to

up

about myself, but they said they’d

in good health, and my little sister is still in

couldn’t let them go

Allison’s frown deepened.

would go to

struck her most was how strong Aimee had been, holding on

somehow, she hadn’t let

after that,”

found a better

couldn’t,” Aimee hesitated, her

“My family is poor.

Mr.

us — he’s

employees, gives bonuses during the

person per family, so I gave that

Aimee’s eyes, and her

I leave, my sister will lose that

to start working

her to go through what I

chest, a bitter feeling she couldn’t

many memories of family herself, and

her mother’s situation meant so

this moment, she felt an unexpected kinship

“Fear not.

is behind you,” Allison said gently, placing a hand on

you get the justice

woman’s virtue isn’t measured by

character,” she added, the words

slightly surprised

familiar — then

had said something like

the time, she’d thought it unusually

had come to

cold, ruthless reputation, he was more

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