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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.

shares, Don started reading the room and suggested changing his surname

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

an uproar

trying to talk him out of it,

many people watching, having Don, who was the real Snider family

decided to move the company’s headquarters to Andphis City, starting over in

that the

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

past had been wiped

it hadn’t been for Sadie, who used to dream of being an investigative journalist and never let anything slide, they probably would’ve pulled it

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

other girls all looked disgusted. After all, any one of them could’ve been in Rachel’s

the ultimate backstabbing social climber, but Don was just

cursing up a storm, each

behalf.

by the end of tonight’s party, Don’s original surname would be the hottest topic among

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looked as pale as a

He was finished.

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just to show him off

ways to dodge proposals because of Olivia, but after

would ever let her marry into a family

change his surname was a total

crust of Andphis City cared even more about saving face

worst part was, the past Bryant had tried so desperately to keep hidden

those years of hard work were down the

ran off

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

that Olivia’s second

a deep breath, knowing

composure, gave a polite nod, and turned to

thought, ‘It’s

not really

*****

holding an ice pack

sure he was okay, she headed back

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tell Natasha that she’d

the butler.

Andrew had moved the cake–cutting and gift–giving part of

clear to Natasha that she and Lucas would have to go up on stage

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