Chapter 117

AnastasiaFramed #RhodesGlobalStandsUpForTruth

Rumor Monger Arrested By Police

Anastasia sat in her office, looking at the flood of clarifications on her computer screen, and let out a quiet breath.

Sharlene burst in excitedly. “Ana! This is amazing! The truth finally came out!”

Anastasia smiled slightly, but her eyes remained calm and calculating. “This isn’t over yet,” she said softly, her fingertips drumming on the desk like she was plotting something.

Sharlene blinked. “You mean… there are still people who haven’t been caught?”

Anastasia looked up, a cold smile playing at her lips. “Yeah, whoever got arrested was obviously just a fall guy. But that’s fine – let them keep playing games. Next time, they won’t be so lucky.”

Sharlene nodded like she kind of got it. “Right, good always wins over evil. Karma’s gonna get them next time.”

Everyone thought the drama was over, but Valeria’s life was about to get very uncomfortable.

Sharpson had summoned her home.

The Kingsley family living room was tense as hell right now.

Valeria sat on the couch like a scolded child, barely daring to breathe. She had no idea what this was about. Sharpson had just ordered her to come home immediately.

Valeria glanced at Whitney, hoping for some clue about what was going on. Whitney just shook her head.

Sharpson sat there looking deadly serious.

“Valeria, you ungrateful brat! Is there anything you won’t do? Do you realize you almost destroyed this entire family?”

Valeria was completely stunned. “Dad, why are you yelling at me? What did I do wrong?”

Her heart dropped. Did he know about the Twitter thing?

“You still don’t know what you did wrong? No matter what, Anastasia is still your sister, and you went after her? You think I don’t know? And you were stupid enough to expose yourself – are you trying to get us all killed?” Sharpson pointed a shaking finger at her, furious.

Sharpson hadn’t known initially, but the scapegoats Valeria had hired got scared when Rhodes Global came after them and showed up at the Kingsley house looking for her.

This fucking idiot had given away her identity when hiring people to do her dirty work.

Dumber than a box of rocks!

Valeria hadn’t thought it through when she used her backup phone to contact them. She didn’t carry it regularly and had agreed they’d only contact her for emergencies.

But when Rhodes Global went nuclear, everyone panicked and tried calling Valeria. When she didn’t answer, they came to the house.

Sharpson happened to be home, and when he learned what had happened, he nearly had a heart attack.

This psychotic daughter of his had pulled this shit?

And she’d been stupid enough to leave a paper trail?

If these people ratted her out to Cassian, the Kingsley family would be finished.

What an absolute moron!

Even though Sharpson didn’t like Anastasia, she clearly had some connection to Cassian. Despite her denials, Cassian’s reaction today proved there was something there.

Especially since Sharpson still wanted to do business with Rhodes Global, he couldn’t let Valeria fuck that up.

“Honey, calm down,” Whitney tried to soothe him.

She’d never seen Sharpson this angry before, and it was genuinely scary.

“This is your fault for spoiling her rotten!” Sharpson turned on Whitney next.

Whitney felt hurt but didn’t dare fight back. Damn that Anastasia – why wouldn’t she just disappear?

Valeria stood there silently, but her hands were clenched into fists, nails digging into her palms, eyes burning with resentment and rage.