A Fake Heiress’s Guide to Love and Power novel Chapter 377

Chapter 377

When the credits rolled, Tristan queued up another movie.

“We’ve already seen this one. Pick something else.” Liam tossed his empty soda can and nailed the shot straight into the trash.

Tristan rolled his eyes but obliged, scrolling through the options and switching movies.

“Don’t you have any work this afternoon?” Tristan stretched out on the couch, making himself more comfortable as the opening scene played.

“Nope. Once this is over, I’m heading home to catch up on some sleep.”

“By the way, your food delivery ended up at my place. Grab it on your way out.”

“That was on purpose. There’s stuff that needs to stay in the freezer-if I left it at my place, it’d go bad before I got back.”

Their conversation drifted lazily, neither of them bothering with much energy or inflection.

“Oh, by the way, that trending scandal died down-it’s been cleared up.”

The abrupt change of subject caught Tristan off guard. He paused.

“Really?” Since the company had called him yesterday, they’d confiscated his social media accounts. He hadn’t bothered to defend himself, just followed orders and switched off his phone.

“So, how’d they fix it?”

“Lessie’s assistant found a video of you with a whole group of people that day.” Liam pulled out his phone and handed it over for Tristan to watch.

“Well, that’s a lucky break.” Tristan handed the phone back, a half-smile flickering across his face, but he didn’t seem especially bothered.

“How did you and Lessie even meet?”

Liam couldn’t help asking; it had been eating at him for a while.

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“You don’t know? Makes sense, actually. Alessia’s never been one to talk

about stuff like that.”

Tristan looked puzzled for a moment, but then nodded as if it all made sense. He sat up, hugging a pillow to his chest, eyes still on the TV.

“I met her in the slums, believe it or not. I was bored, teaching a few kids some old songs, when she just marched right up to me and said she wanted to make me a star. Asked if I’d go with her. And I thought, well, she looked so clean and polished-obviously came from money-so she probably wasn’t going to kidnap me or anything. So I went.”

Tristan grinned, glancing at Liam.

“You know, it’s funny. You really can’t raise two kids in the same family and get the same personality. The look on her face was exactly the same as yours when you brought me soup that first time.”

Tristan coughed, then tried to keep a straight face as he mimicked Alessia’s formal tone. “My name’s Alessia. I run a company. You’ve got a great voice, and I want to help you become a singer. Room and board included, I’ll write your songs-interested?”

He nailed her expression and voice, right down to the business-like air.

Even back then, living in the slums, he could tell she was the real deal-a girl raised in comfort, not faking it. He didn’t think she could actually write good songs, but free food and a place to stay sounded better than scraping by. So, with nothing to lose, he packed up and followed her.

He never expected to become an overnight sensation, booking shows and interviews left and right. That was the first time it really hit him-he’d left the slums behind for good.

But Alessia didn’t rush to cash in on his fame. When he started getting a little full of himself, she pulled him out of the spotlight, hired tutors, and made him go back to finish high school. Even when he suddenly decided he wanted to try acting school, she didn’t blink-just got him an acting coach so he could catch up.

It was the first time in his life someone had believed in hirm, treated him

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like he could actually become something. Even Tristan, who’d always looked out for himself, couldn’t help wanting to prove to Alessia that she’d made the right choice.

And he’d been proving it ever since.

Liam listened, nodding. “That sounds exactly like Lessie.”

Tristan chuckled. “Doesn’t it? That’s why I never worry about these stupid rumors. I don’t know how, but Alessia always makes me feel like

everything’s under control. Like she can fix anything-even though she’s only nineteen.”