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Sadie always said, “Know yourself and your enemy, and you’ll never lose a battle.”

To keep Natasha from getting bullied, she went to great lengths to dig up all the dirty secrets on the most devoted simps around Olivia.

The whole Lawson family drama was prime material for one of their late–night gossip

sessions.

Natasha remembered it clearly, since Sadie had spent half the night roasting Don’s grandpa, Bryant Lawson, with extra enthusiasm.

The current head of the Lawson family, Bryant Lawson, married the Snider family’s only daughter, Rachel Snider.

While Rachel was alive, Bryant was widely praised as a devoted husband, always managing the household and supporting her in every way.

Rachel, grateful for his dedication, went out of her way to support the entire Lawson family.

It was a classic case of one person making it big and taking their whole family along for the

ride.

But when Rachel hit her forties, she got cancer, and left the family business in Bryant’s

hands.

As Bryant started calling the shots, word got out that he already had a bunch of illegitimate kids.

Luckily, the Snider family wasn’t totally out of the picture. There were still some old–timers in the company keeping a close eye on Bryant, making sure he didn’t get too wild.

Both sides kept each other in check, holding onto a fragile balance. The bottom line was that no matter what, the Snider Group would never become the Lawson Group,

Back in the day, it was Rachel and her father who built up the Snider family’s business empire.

Bryant was just the caretaker who maintained what was already there. Even so, the fortune Rachel left behind was still substantial.

In Scrushire, it was always the Snider name that truly carried weight.

Even after Bryant made it to the top, he could never shake off the stigma of being

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overshadowed by his wife’s accomplishment, nor his reputation for being ungrateful and opportunistic.

The respectable families in Scrushire preferred to keep their distance from him.

the room and suggested changing

of fighting Bryant’s illegitimate kids to protect the Snider family legacy his grandmother left

move caused an uproar

trying to talk him out of it, but deep down, he was

Don, who was the real Snider family heir, voluntarily change his surname

from those in the know, Bryant even decided to move the company’s headquarters

after the move that the Snider

he was already going by Don Lawson. Nobody cared enough to ask if he’d ever

the past had

to dream of being an investigative journalist and never let anything slide, they

That’s just shameless!” the girl with the baby face blurted

all looked disgusted. After all, any one of them could’ve

the ultimate backstabbing social climber, but Don was

as she watched the girls cursing up a storm, each one

behalf.

enough, by the end of tonight’s party, Don’s original surname would

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pale

He was finished.

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today just to show him

after tonight, it’d be the

about their daughter would ever let her marry into

his surname was

some ways, the upper crust of Andphis City cared even more about saving face and keeping their reputations

had tried so desperately to keep hidden got dragged out into the open because of

of hard work were down

off in

crowd of girls gathered around Natasha, gossiping, Olivia locked eyes with her

Olivia’s second blade was

a deep breath, knowing she

a polite nod, and turned to walk away in the

thought, ‘It’s

to use, but not really that

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an ice pack to

couldn’t stay with him forever, so once she was sure he was okay, she headed back to the garden to help

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that she’d already taken the bracelet out and given it

the butler.

cake–cutting and gift–giving part of the evening

Natasha that she and Lucas would have