\u201cAnd make sure Kitty doesn\u2019t have any dirt on you,\u201d Finley added sharply. \u201cMoney is no object. Pay her whatever she wants to take the fall, but your name cannot be tied to this. You\u2019ve just started to make it big; your reputation is everything.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Leopold\u2019s jaw tightened. \u201cI know.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
After hanging up, he immediately opened Twitter. Even though his brother had paid to have much of it scrubbed, some posts remained, though their traction was low.\u00a0<\/p>\n
[Is Leopold an idiot? Instead of making it up to his REAL sister, he plots against her with his adopted sister to ruin her own welcome party?]\u00a0<\/p>\n
[IKR! You\u2019d have to be brain\u2013dead to pull a stunt like that!]\u00a0<\/p>\n
[He\u2019d frame his own sister. Can\u2019t believe people actually stan a celebrity with such a rotten character. His fans must be trash too!]\u00a0<\/p>\n
[He\u2019s got a decent face, but his music is mediocre at best. Some influencers are better singers!]\u00a0<\/p>\n
[AGREED! His fans call him the most talented young artist of his generation? LMAO! He\u2019s nothing compared to the legends from twenty years ago. The nerve to even compare himself to them is disgusting.]\u00a0<\/p>\n
[Did you guys see his sister\u2019s piano performance? It was insane! Heard it was improvised. That\u2019s real talent, way more than so\u2013called \u2018genius\u2018 Leopold.]\u00a0<\/p>\n
Leopold\u2019s face grew darker with every comment he read.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Honora leaned over. \u201cWhat is it, Leopold?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He put his phone away, his expression grim. \u201cThe story about me and Kitty tampering with Larissa\u2019s dress got leaked online.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOh no,\u201d Honora said, feigning concern. \u201cIs it bad? Will it affect your career? You\u2019ve only just become\u00a0<\/p>\n
famous.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s fine,\u201d he said, shaking his head. \u201cI\u2019ll handle it.\u201d His eyes glinted with malice. \u201cThis has Larissa\u2019s fingerprints all over it. Does she really think paying for a few online posts can ruin my reputation? She has no idea how popular I am. It\u2019ll take more than this to bring me down. How naive. I\u2019ll show her that no matter what she tries, it will be useless.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He couldn\u2019t believe that just last night, he had actually felt a flicker of admiration for Larissa, a brief hope that they could be brother and sister. After this morning, and now this, his disgust for her had returned, stronger than ever.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe thinks she can leak my secrets? I can do the same to her. I have plenty of money. Digging up dirt from her past will be easy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBut Leopold, are you sure it was Larissa?\u201d Honora asked, feigning hesitation. \u201cThere were so many guests there last night.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Leopold wasn\u2019t listening. He was convinced. \u201cWho else would want to destroy my career? None of the\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
13:10\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 131\u00a0<\/p>\n
guests would risk making an enemy of the Judson family over something so pointless. Do they want to get on my bad side? On the family\u2019s bad side?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Honora pretended to think for a moment before conceding. \u201c\u2026I suppose you\u2019re right.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf she wants a war, then she better be prepared to have her reputation utterly destroyed,\u201d Leopold snarled, his knuckles white as he gripped his phone.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A flicker of triumph crossed Honora\u2019s face. In truth, she had also paid trolls to fan the flames of Leopold\u2019s scandal, amplifying the backlash. Her goal was to make the situation explode, driving an irreparable wedge between him and Larissa.\u00a0<\/p>\n
So what if Larissa had outshone her at the reception? She had now alienated the entire Paxton branch of the family. Her days as a Judson were numbered.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She had a bit of talent, sure, but where did Larissa get the confidence to think she could take down them all by herself?\u00a0<\/p>\n
2\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
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