Chapter 293
“Oh, she made a killing on those first two new media projects. She’s burning cash to enjoy the splash.”
“But for her to hear a splash, she’d have to actually make one. Just a fearless novice. That girl is still so green.”
“So much for the so-called ‘genius.’”
“Utterly idiotic!”
Scathing remarks from so-called industry experts began flooding various social media platforms.
Carmen was ecstatic when she heard the news. She thought, “This is a golden opportunity. Aubree practically handed it to me on a silver platter.”
Carmen always aimed high. When she first launched the MindDrift project, she refused to believe she was any less capable than Aubree. She crammed financial knowledge like crazy. With Ronald personally coaching her, she actually learned quite a lot during that time.
“Aubree has completely lost her mind, actually trying to break into e-commerce!” Carmen scoffed.
Those past few months had been absolute hell for Carmen. At the Wilson family, only Daxton and her mom were still willing to stand by her. Trevor’s attitude was unpredictable, and everyone else treated her worse with each passing day.
The stark contrast to her past was enough to drive Carmen mad.
Carmen was desperate for a chance—any chance—to turn things around!
After the SAT, Carmen got into an art college near Rithol Art School, as she wished. But to her shock, Alvin didn’t apply to Rithol Art School. Instead, he went to the Fine Arts School of Rithol University. The two schools were on opposite ends of Rithol City. It would take considerable time to get from one to the other by taxi.
Carmen was livid. ‘I’d looked into this. Alvin’s dream school is Rithol Art School. His sudden decision to apply to Rithol University? It had to be because of Aubree,’ thought Carmen.
However, she had plenty of tricks up her sleeve. After all, Alvin still applied to the Art School, and her school had partnerships with both Rithol Art School and Rithol University.
She had people planted at Rithol University to keep Aubree and Alvin apart. And of course, when necessary, she’d pull some strings to turn the Turner family against Aubree.
Right, Carmen thought with disdain, ‘Aubree is no different from me in my eyes. What’s she got to be so smug about? If I’m riding on the Wilson family’s coattails, isn’t she just leeching off the Turners? Who knows what shady tricks she’s using?
‘Who’s really any better than the other, anyway?”
In Carmen’s eyes, Aubree’s so-called achievements were nothing but dumb luck. ‘It’s still early days,’ she thought scornfully. ‘Who knows who’ll come out on top in the end?
If Aubree’s venture flops, Bree Technology will surely take a hit. Then, with Daxton and Mom’s help, it wouldn’t be hard to make Aubree taste what it’s like to fall from grace.
Once Aubree loses everything and I manage to win Alvin over, won’t the Wilson family be within my grasp?’
Aubree couldn’t care less about what outsiders thought of her. “The louder they laugh now," she thought, 'the harder the slap in the face will be later.’
Besides, Aubree had more pressing matters to attend to lately.
Earlier, when Aubree discovered Alice had deliberately abandoned her, she was determined to uncover the truth and sent investigators to Kroit City to find Gordon Bender, the psychologist. They finally tracked him down.
After all, Kroit City was big. With so many years gone by and barely any leads, trying to find someone there was nearly impossible.
Upon receiving the news, Aubree felt she was finally on the verge of uncovering a piece of the truth from those years ago.
“Ms. Miller," Vincent reported, “Gordon is hyper-vigilant. He becomes extremely alert whenever new people or situations appear around him, and he’s been closely monitoring activities in Rithol City. We were almost discovered.”
Aubree’s gaze sharpened. There was no way to be sure that Gordon and Alice weren’t still in contact.
She flipped through her schedule. “Vincent,” she asked, “wasn’t Mr. Carr from Kroit City looking to collaborate with us before?”
Vincent hesitated. “About that. Didn’t you say Mr. Carr wasn’t genuinely interested in cooperation? Weren’t you planning to turn him down?”
“I’ve changed my mind. Book me a flight to Kroit City. I’ll go meet him myself.”