Chapter 109
He stepped closer, his tone mocking his face cold. “Penney, d forget how you used to suck up to me?”
See, even to this day, he still treated her like a dog
But she could be a person, so why did she have to be his dog?
“You know that was before, Rodrick, people change, didn’t you change
too?”
Her voice suddenly got softer, so soft it was almost nothing
So light, people couldn’t catch it.
“So, you were planning to use the same tricks you used to please me on Federico?” Rodrick said bluntly, as mean as ever.
But this time, Britney didn’t get upset because of his meanness.
It wasn’t the first time he treated her like this.
She didn’t even bother to explain, just said, “Think whatever you
want.”
Turns out, doing the opposite and handling things with a player’s killer mindset was super satisfying and efficient.
She didn’t even have to tell him to leave, Rodrick just left on his own.
Slammed the door and left.
Britney wasn’t bothered by his appearance, and even spent the night like nothing happened.
The next morning when I went out to throw out the trash, the cleaning lady was cursing again in the emergency stairwell
“Who was so rude? Threw so many cigarette butts again!”
When Britney came back from taking out the trash, she got a call from Katheryn.
In a hurry, looking really worried.
“Britney, did you see the news?”
“What news?”
Katheryn paused for a second, “You didn’t know yet? Better check it out.”
Britney hung up the phone and got a group chat log from Katheryn.
I clicked in and almost got pissed off.
Someone with the WhatsApp nickname Spring Breeze spread news in a well–known financial group in Riverton.
They said Britney latched onto Gnome Bank’s new CEO Federico, quit Royarch Capital without hesitation, and was getting ready to jump ship to Gnome Bank.
The content was extremely suggestive, describing Britney as someone who liked to climb the social ladder and use her looks to get ahead.
What’s worse, they even made up stories saying Britney tried to force Rodrick to marry her but failed, so she turned around and did everything she could to get close to the Ortega family.
In short, everyone looked down on it.
Katheryn sent her a message. “These people were way too much, they totally mixed up right and wrong! I tried to add that person as a friend but she didn’t accept it Otherwise. I would’ve totally cursed her out!
“Forget it, no need.”
Britney left the messy chat, and she still felt pretty down.
Last night Rodrick just mocked her like that, and today the scandal was everywhere
It was hard for her not to make associations.
If it really was Rodrick
Then she really was blind all these years!
Britney was going to check with Rodrick, but Federico called first.
She probably did it because of the rumors online.
Britney guessed right, Federico called Britney because of the rumors online.
“I’ll take care of this, you don’t need to worry about it or get involved.” Federico spoke up first, “After I took office, I fired two shareholders who had corruption issues, so they’re holding a grudge and spreading these rumors online on purpose.”
“So that’s how it was.”
“Didn’t expect to get you involved, really sorry.”
Britney didn’t care either, “It’s fine.”
After all, these years, she hadn’t exactly been spared from rumors like this.
She made a lot of enemies to get projects for Royarch Capital
