Chapter 54 – Rose Aprice
Vivian was taken into custody by the police officers despite her protests.
Her reputation went from bad to worse.
She has hurled abuses online and people boycotted her Design firm offline.
She had destroyed herself with her bare hands. Even so, she was the lady of the Stone family and was released on bail. She did not have to suffer in the police station even for a night.
The night ended a lot more positively for both the Smith group and L&L Design.
The party went on after Vivian, Lester, and Lydia were escorted out.
Even though it did not go as planned and there was a lot of sensation, it was publicity after all and they had come out on top without any mud on them.
Liliana’s dynamic with Aprice family went under scrutiny but no one found anything about it and it was eventually regarded as slander.
Jonathan received word as soon as Vivian was released. He called to tell Liliana about that only to find out that she already knew and gave permission for her to be released.
Jonathan was once again curious about her background but held himself back.
Lydia and Lester were thrown out of the venue after the issues with Vivian were resolved and Jonathan blacklisted all of them from the Central mall entirely.
Their embarrassment was only exceeded by their anger towards Liliana and they all vowed to teach her a lesson.
Rose Aprice was Lester’s mistress when he was married to Liliana’s mother, Anne Petrova. She had managed to wrap Lester into her fingers and eventually established herself as Mrs. Aprice merely weeks after Anne’s death, even turning her daughter into the housemaid.
Rose being the smartest of the bunch knew Liliana was not as simple as she looked.
But her limited knowledge of the upper class, unwillingness to think of Anne as someone powerful or anything really other than a doormat, as well as the low-key manner of Petrovas prevented her from connecting the dots.
Even so, she urged Lester and Lydia to keep a low profile for the next few weeks and let the rumor die down.
She also asked Lester to hire paid trolls to suppress any negative news about them from the media while hyping up the few charities they had done to whitewash their image.
Eventually, the rumor did die down as is the case with all rumors.
In the meantime, Rose had asked someone to dig up on Liliana.
She was both angry and relieved on seeing the information.
Liliana did not seem to have made any connections during her stay in Maple city, which was quite a relief as it meant she was easy to deal with.
But on the other hand, she had managed to establish L&L Design by herself and brought it to unattainable heights. Which means she was not to be underestimated.
However, Rose knew Anne’s daughter was probably a goody-two-shoes like Anne was. Hence she could not compare to Rose’s cunning.
Moreover, Liliana had two sick children. They would always be her weakness.
She looked over the information once again and asked another firm to dig up on her to ensure there were no mistakes.
Looking at Liliana’s address, her eyes flashed a dangerous gleam.NôvelDrama.Org content rights.