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Of course mine was real.
Everyone knew you couldn’t buy this stuff anywhere, so I asked my adoptive father who owns a distillery to help me get the genuine article.
Too bad Viviana, who was used to being the pampered princess of the Sterling family, had no clue about any of this.
Looking at that fake liquor, Old Mrs. Ravencrest was furious. “How dare you bring me bad luck at my birthday banquet with fake alcohol! Throw her out!”
Security immediately stepped forward, ready to kick Viviana out along with her fake booze.
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Viviana stood there biting her lip, her eyes suddenly welling up with tears.
“I know what happened!”
“It was my sister–she switched my liquor and swapped it out!”
That one sentence put me right in the crosshairs.
I opened my mouth to explain, but no one would listen.
Camden was the first to mock me. “I was wondering how a pure, kindhearted girl like Viviana could possibly bring fake liquor. Turns out you were behind it all along.”
“Brielle Sterling, you’re the one who should be thrown out of this banquet.”
Just as everyone was pointing fingers at me, someone suddenly stepped forward.
“I can vouch for her.”
I slowly turned around to see a stunningly handsome face with a cold expression and a hint of mockery.
Murmurs immediately erupted around us.
“Isn’t that Sebastian Cross, the heir to the Cross family empire?”
“If he’s vouching for her, that means the eldest Sterling daughter’s liquor really is authentic.”
Even Old Mrs. Ravencrest was shocked and personally stood up to greet him.
“Mr. Cross, I had no idea you’d be attending my birthday banquet. What an honor.”
I’d heard the name Sebastian Cross before in my past life.
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He was born into the elite Cross family dynasty. They said one decision from him could shake all of the Boston.
I never expected him to show up here, much less personally vouch for me.
“Miss Sterling, you picked some excellent liquor. Think you could get me a couple bottles sometime? I’d pay top dollar.” .
I nodded slightly. “Of course, no problem.”
Sebastian’s intervention solved this crisis for me, and even Old Mrs. Ravencrest started treating me like an honored
guest.
“Brielle, I had no idea you had connections with the Cross family heir. You simply must come visit us more often.”
Mom and Dad immediately switched to sucking up to me too.
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“Brielle, we had no idea you had such good connections. Since you know the Cross heir, you should cultivate that relationship. If you could bring us useful information, the Sterling family would be set for life.”
They’d even forgotten about Viviana, who’d been kicked out.
After the banquet ended, I was about to hail a cab home when someone threw a burlap sack over my head from
behind and knocked me out cold.
When I opened my eyes, I found myself in an abandoned warehouse with Camden glaring at me with pure hatred.
“Brielle Sterling, after you humiliated Viviana in public at that banquet, you should’ve known there’d be
consequences.”
After Viviana got kicked out of the banquet, she’d cried and threatened to throw herself in the river.
Camden kidnapped me to get revenge for her.
I found it absolutely ridiculous.
“What are you laughing at?”
Camden stared me down. “Don’t think I don’t know what you’re up to. Think buttering up my grandmother will get you married into the Ravencrest family? Dream on.”
“I told you, I don’t want to marry you at all.”
Camden sneered. “Is that so?”
He smashed a liquor bottle hard on the ground, shattering it into pieces.
“Pick up every single piece with your bare hands, and I’ll believe you.”
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I didn’t want to do it. “Let me go. I don’t need to prove anything to you.”
“I can just stay out of your way from now on…”
Camden grabbed my throat in a death grip. “If it wasn’t for you, Viviana wouldn’t have run off and cut her hand. I’m going to make you pay double.”
“Now pick up every single piece, and I’ll let you go.”
He forced me to pick up the glass shards bit by bit. My hands were covered in blood, so numb I couldn’t feel the pair
anymore.
But my face stayed calm. “Can you let me go now?”
“Release her.”
The bodyguards immediately cleared a path. I walked away without looking back.
But I could still feel Camden’s complicated gaze burning into my back.
Thanks to Sebastian stepping in, my parents thought I was tight with him and could score perks from the Cross family.
When I asked for the fifth time about doing an internship at the company, they readily agreed.
This was something I never would’ve dared dream of in my past life.
Back then, Mom and Dad had been terrified I’d use my position as the Sterling family’s ‘real‘ daughter to take over the Sterling enterprise and compete with Viviana.
They’d been desperate to marry me off, but this time I was grabbing what’s mine.
I started with small projects, worked my way up, and racked up a multi–million performance myth in three months.
Mom and Dad were over the moon, promoting me to project manager.
Viviana shot me a jealous glare: “Let’s see how long you can keep this up.”
To bring me down, Viviana collaborated with outsiders to steal company secrets.
I caught her red–handed, showed the security footage, and called the cops.
Shoving the proof in her face, I said: “Viviana, you’re not even a real Sterling daughter. We kept you out of kindness,
but you stabbed us in the back. Even if Mom and Dad beg, they can’t keep you around now.”
When the cops arrested her, she freaked and tried calling my parents for backup–but I cut her off.
I brought Grandma along–she’s the only one in this family who’s got my back.
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She knew her stuff, too–knew who the real Sterling heir was.
She’d even said that everything in our family would end up in my hands one day.
Right now, Grandma nodded in agreement: “Viviana, you’re not fit to work here. If you pull another backstabbing stunt, don’t blame me for kicking you out of the Sterlings.”
Viviana instantly pulled the pity card, sniffling: “Sis, you want me gone? Fine, I’ll leave…”
“Hold it,” I cut in cold. “Leave the Sterling family’s things here.”
Viviana bit her lip hard, her face pale as paper. She threw down her purse.
“Sis, Every damn thing I’m wearing is Sterling’s! Since you can’t stand me, I’ll give it all back!”
With that, she started yanking off her coat.
One layer after another, till she was in a sexy little camisole underneath.
Before she could actually go through with it, Camden panicked and quickly took off his jacket to cover her.
He glared furiously at the onlookers.
“What the hell are you staring at? Scram!”
Then he turned on me, teeth gritted: “Brielle, I never thought you could be this vicious–can’t even stand your own
sister?”
“Since you don’t want Viviana here, I’ll take her to the Ravens.”
As Camden left, he hot me a freezing look on his way out.
“You’ll regret this, Brielle. I told you I won’t let you hurt her again.”
“I told you I’d never give you another chance to hurt Viviana.”
That night, he bought every rose in the city and knelt downstairs to propose to Viviana.
He even swore to give her the grandest wedding ever–saying it’d outshine anyone else’s.
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