Chapter 139: Chapter 139: Cunning Stepsister
Meanwhile, Matthias was still driving his car at high speed. He glanced at the luxury watch on his left wrist as he tried to contact his friend. Now, he could only rely on Ansel to protect his wife.
"Ansel, have you arrived at the venue?"
"Until now I’m still stuck in traffic."
"What?!"
"Am I not allowed to get stuck in traffic? Do I need to prove it to you by turning on my camera to make you believe me?" Ansel protested sharply.
"I should have let you pick up my wife directly from my house. She should not travel alone."
"But why did you suddenly contact me? Do you really not trust me?"
"Somehow I have a bad feeling about today’s party."
"What premonition?"
Matthias rolled his eyes. "This is why I don’t want to let you marry Victoria. You’re insensitive to the problems she’s facing right now."
"If you are so worried about her, I suggest you just accompany her."
"I’m actually on my way there now."
"What? Then, why did you tell me to keep looking after your wife? Are you playing me now?"
"Because I really want to do something bad later."
"Do you want to prevent Fransisca’s appointment as the primary heir?"
"That’s the main factor, really. I won’t let anyone bring my wife down!"
As Matthias ended the call, he immediately accelerated toward the company’s anniversary party. He could only hope that by the time he arrived there, there would still be time to reveal the truth.
However, his prayers weren’t immediately answered. Now he believed Ansel’s words about the severe traffic jam on the way to the location. Matthias could only surrender and pray that everything would go smoothly.
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Victoria wondered what her stepsister was up to, avoiding everyone. The event was due to start in about fifteen minutes, but her stepsister didn’t care. She also wanted to ask more questions about how Fransisca knew Amber. Furthermore, seeing Fransisca and Amber’s close relationship, she became even more suspicious of something behind the friendship between the two cunning women.
"What do you want to tell me?" Victoria asked, looking at the luxury watch on her left wrist.
"Actually, I want to apologize to you because I seemed selfish in front of you earlier."
Victoria smiled sarcastically, folding her arms. "I know you want to look good in my eyes and in everyone’s. But I still won’t let you have all of Father’s wealth. You should at least share some with me."
"Okay, I want some of your wealth from you. Are you satisfied?"
"Actually, I don’t want to use that cheap method. Don’t you know yet that I really don’t like anything that looks cheap?"
"So, what do you want me to do now? Should I announce you as the primary heir in front of everyone later?" Fransisca rolled her eyes. "Actually, I’d rather not be the primary heir. I have to manage a company that’s in a mess due to Matthias’s actions."
Victoria took a deep breath and then exhaled slowly. "Okay, I accept your apology. Besides, this isn’t entirely your fault. You couldn’t possibly go against the will my father drafted."
Fransisca smiled brightly and tightly embraced her stepsister’s hand. "I don’t want us to be enemies again just because of this."
"Me too. I don’t want to fight with you just because of a problem that hasn’t been resolved in the past."
"Then, may I ask about your relationship with Ansel? Why aren’t you dating him anymore?"
Victoria had expected her stepsister to ask this trivial question. She suspected her stepsister still disapproved of her relationship with Matthias. Should she really tell her the truth that she no longer loved Ansel and chose Matthias as her life partner?
"Why are you so curious about my relationship with Ansel? Do you like Ansel?"
"How could I possibly like him! I just think of Ansel like the best big brother ever. He cared so much for you back then that I was jealous."
"Then, do you want to pursue him now that you know I still like Matthias?"
"No. To this day, I still consider Ansel my older brother. I never considered him my boyfriend." Fransisca narrowed her eyes. "But why do you still want to be with Matthias? Haven’t you been separated for two years?"
"Even though we broke up, I still love him, and he loves me very much. That’s why it’s so hard for me to let him go."
Fransisca was furious at her stepsister’s words, which further fueled her already bad mood, even though today was her best day. She felt like ripping her stepsister’s hair out, but she had to maintain her professional demeanor.
"If only a man were interested in me, I wouldn’t be jealous right now. You’re very lucky to be liked by two men at once."
"It’s actually quite annoying to be liked by so many men. If another woman were experiencing the same thing as me, she’d definitely be confused. Unlike me, I already knew the answer from the start."
"You are truly a very lucky woman to be surrounded by so many good men."
Victoria patted her stepsister enthusiastically on the shoulder. "Then, would you like me to set you up with someone today? You’re quite pretty, and there must be a lot of single men attending this party."
"No need. Let me find my own soulmate." Fransisca spontaneously took her stepsister’s hand. "The party’s about to start. How about we go inside together?"
Victoria nodded as she followed her stepsister down the stairs one by one.
Fransisca actually had malicious intentions of inviting her stepsister to chat with her before the party began. She deliberately stepped on her stepsister’s dress, causing her to trip and fall down the stairs, rolling. Fransisca screamed as she watched her stepsister fall unconscious on the ground floor. Blood poured from her sister’s lower back.
Meanwhile, Amber, who witnessed the incident firsthand, smiled brightly. She glanced at Fransisca from a distance for a moment, nodding, signaling that their evil mission had finally succeeded.