Chapter 321

She used to cozy up to Penelope, but after Penelope was forced to leave by Anastasia, she’d been on her own. Ever since Anastasia’s reputation turned around and she started getting along with everyone in class, things had gone downhill for her.
Back when everyone despised Anastasia, she’d milked every benefit she could from her, and not only did no one call her out, people even applauded her for it.
But now, it was a different story. Everyone realized they’d misunderstood Anastasia, and as for her-someone two-faced enough to betray her friend-no one had any patience left.
No one wanted her in their group projects anymore.
Now that Penelope was back, she’d thought about latching onto her again, but quickly realized Shirley was an even better choice.
This was the heiress from Riverton, after all. If she could win her favor, there was no end to the perks she could get.
So when she saw Shirley plotting her revenge against Anastasia, she jumped at the chance to get involved.
When she mentioned she used to be close with Anastasia, Shirley glanced over at Penelope for confirmation.
Penelope’s face was still swollen, her stomach still aching from where she’d been kicked, but she forced a smile and said, “Yes, Helen and Anastasia used to be good friends.”
Only then did Shirley turn to Helen. “All right, tell me. What dirt do you have on Anastasia?”
“Anastasia was kept by a man!” Helen blurted out. “That guy even came to our school once. A bunch of people envied her for having an older, powerful boyfriend,
but that’s not the truth. He was her sugar daddy, not her boyfriend!”
“And I found out that the man is actually married! So Anastasia is a homewrecker!”
At that, Penelope’s expression flickered, and she opened her mouth as if to speak, but said nothing.
“Ms. West, if we spread this around, Anastasia’s reputation will be in shambles!” Helen said eagerly.
Shirley narrowed her eyes at her. “Are you telling the truth?”
“Every word of it! I swear!” Helen said, desperate to convince her. Fınd the newest release on.net
She’d discovered Anastasia’s secret a while back. The man had shown up at the school during the anniversary celebration-publicly whisking Anastasia away in front of everyone. Helen had been jealous for a while.
But then she’d learned, quite by accident, that the man was already married.
The moment she found out, she’d been thrilled. If the guy was married, that would make Anastasia the other woman, wouldn’t it?
No way could Anastasia actually be his wife. That would be insane.
With this secret in hand, she’d planned to get her own revenge on Anastasia.
But then Shirley showed up.
Now, she could kill two birds with one stone-get in Shirley’s good graces and settle the score with Anastasia.
Shirley let out a sly smile. “Perfect.”
She turned to Helen. “I’m putting you in charge of this. Do it well, and you’ll be rewarded.”
“Remember, I want Anastasia’s reputation ruined.”
Helen could barely contain her excitement. “Yes!”
Just then, someone spoke up. “Shirley, isn’t this a bit much? I heard Anastasia
has some pretty powerful connections.”
The speaker was another girl from Riverton who’d come with Shirley.
Shirley scoffed. “So what if she does? There’s no way her connections are bigger than mine.”
Everyone turned to look at her, curiosity piqued.
Shirley had never sounded so arrogant, not even when she’d first announced she was from the prestigious West family of Riverton. Did she have even more powerful backing?
“Do you know what my connection to Mr. Harrison Lancaster is?” Shirley said, her tone dripping with contempt. “You think I’d be scared of someone like Anastasia?”