Chapter 17 How Ridiculous
Raquel was so furious that she almost wanted to tear Anastasia
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into pieces. She clenched her fists and said through gritted teeth,
“Anastasia!
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“This isn’t over!”
Out of the corner of her eye, she spotted Felton, which stunned
her a lot. She had no idea how long he had been here.
She hastily masked her anger with a smile, trotted toward him,
and wrapped her arms around his arm. “Felty, you… When did
you come back? I didn’t hear you.”
She said this timidly, praying he didn’t see her lashing out.
“Just now,” he said flatly.
Noticing the sullen look on his face, she presumed he had seen
the trending topic. “Felty, about the trending topic…”
Before she could finish, he wrapped his arm around her
shoulders, frowning tightly. “I believe you. I’ll make things right for you.”
She looked at him pitifully and said in a sobbing voice, “Felty,
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why would Ms. Carney do this to me?”
His gaze turned icy at once. “Anastasia was behind this?”
Raquel nodded. “She called me. Felty, I didn’t do anything
wrong. Why would she make things hard for me again and
again?”
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Her soft sobs broke Felton’s heart. He soon pulled out his phone
and called Arnoldo.
“If you still can’t find out about Anastasia’s real identity, don’t
show up in front of me again,” he said, his eyes burning with
rage.
After comforting Raquel, he went back to the company.
Sitting in the chair, he closed his eyes slightly and furrowed his brows tightly. He had had someone to deal with the trending
topic, and there would be no more relevant reports.
Still, he couldn’t stop thinking–was Anastasia really behind
this?
Suddenly, someone knocked on the door, snapping him out of it.
“Come in.”
Arnoldo came in with a document nervously. He put it in front
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of Felton cautiously, lowered his head, and stammered, “M–Mr.
Gutierrez, Mrs. Gutierrez… No, Ms. Carney… I still can’t find
anything about her.”
Felton glanced at him. “Get out.”
He waved his hand and used the landline to call the number on
the file.
Though Anastasia had blocked his number already, he didn’t
think she had also blocked his office landline.
Soon, the call was connected.
“Hello?” The voice that was so familiar to him rang out.
“Anastasia, kudos. You could actually pull this off.””
Felton’s tone was sarcastic as his eyes were laced with faint
anger.
Anastasia was briefly stunned before chuckling. “You knew I
was behind this so soon? Kudos to you, too.”
“Why did you smear Raquel?” he questioned coldly.
“Smear?” she said with a mocking smile. “What makes you so
sure? What if everything in that report is true?”
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“Raquel wouldn’t have left if it weren’t for you back then. How
could you make up something like this? Won’t you feel guilty?”
He frowned deeply, his hatred toward her more than obvious.
Hearing his accusation, Anastasia couldn’t help but feel a lump
in her throat. Back then, she had willingly chosen to hide her
identity and look after him when he was paralyzed. Yet, in the
end, he wasn’t grateful at all. Instead, he blamed her for Raquel’s
departure. How ridiculous!
Her expression changed as her gaze turned icy.
