The Heiress They Couldn't Break novel Chapter 127

hapter 127 Scapegoat

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Gianna wasn’t about to admit she had anything to do with it, so she shoved all the blame onto Zoe.

“What? Gianna, you were involved?” Maxwell’s voice was full of shock.

His eyes went wide, and he froze like he’d been hit by lightning.

Just a few minutes ago, he’d been backing her up, even scolding Amelia for her.

Now, it felt like he’d been slapped in the face.

“No, not me! Zoe was jealous of Amelia and told me all about it. I didn’t agree. I even tried to stop her, but she wouldn’t listen. What else could I do?”

Luckily for Gianna, she’d planned it–nudging Zoe to do the dirty work while she stayed clean.

Now that Zoe was being questioned, Gianna acted completely innocent.

Zoe panicked as everything blew up. With Maxwell staring daggers at her, she wanted to explain herself, but he cut her off with a harsh tone.

“Zoe, what’s wrong with you?! Don’t drag Gianna into this just because you’re jealous. Stay away from her!”

“I-” Zoe tried to speak, but nothing came out.

“Maxwell, don’t be too hard on her. She just got carried away. She didn’t mean it,” Gianna jumped in, pretending to be the peacemaker.

“Don’t bother defending her. People like that are trouble. You should stay away from her!”

Maxwell immediately believed Gianna and turned back to Zoe. “Stay away from Gianna. Got it?”

No way he’d let those scheming girls get close to Gianna. Otherwise, she’d get dragged down for

sure.

Zoe wanted to argue, but she knew it wouldn’t matter.

No one would believe her, and she didn’t want to make a fool of herself.

Maxwell was crazy. Staying away from a guy obsessed with his sister was the safest move, or she’d just get herself into more trouble.

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She’d even had a tiny crush on him before, but that was completely gone now.

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Amelia, standing off to the side, had seen everything and was pretty pleased with how it played

out.

She smiled at Zoe. “Forget it. Since we’ve always kept our distance, and you got pulled into this, I’ll let it slide. But from now on, pay attention–learn to see people for who they truly are.”

Zoe caught the meaning right away.

Gianna noticed Amelia letting it go so easily and felt uneasy.

Her head was spinning, and she couldn’t think straight.

“Gianna, you knew what was happening. You should’ve warned Amelia so she’d be prepared.”

Vincent, who’d been quiet the whole time, piped up to call out Gianna, probably hoping to win back Amelia’s favor.

Gianna was already fuming, and now she was angrier when he was defending that bitch.

“Yeah, I know. My bad. I didn’t think it through,” she muttered, barely holding it together.

Too bad Amelia wasn’t buying it. With what she wanted already done, she turned to Patience. “Let’s go, Patience. We’re heading back.”

“Amelia, I can walk you-”

“Don’t even think about following. If you drag the Desters into this, that’s on you.”

Jeremy cut him off, sounding harsh.

Vincent froze, unsure whether to go or stay. It was super awkward.

Amelia’s group said goodbye to the hosts, exchanged a few polite words, and skipped the afterparty. They headed straight home.

“You’ve got your friends and staff with you. I guess I don’t need to walk you,” Jeremy said, a little disappointed.

Amelia didn’t catch the hint. “Are you asking me to walk you home?”

He was speechless.

“Amelia, that was so satisfying just now. We completely fooled her. Well, not really fooled–she pushed herself into it.”

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