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Chapter 116 Talentless Celebrity Doesn’t Survive
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At the Sterling Mansion, Jackson and Cindy did everything they could to escape the place without anyone seeing them. Cindy’s body was sore from yesterday’s activity, but in her mind, pretending to Matthew that nothing had happened was more important.

“What you’ll say to him?” Jackson whispered.

Cindy rolled her eyes, “Now you ask me? You were the one who came up with the idea!”

So they leave. Cindy never suspected that Patricia was in the dining room, having breakfast with Matthew.

Patricia, on the other hand, felt like the next Mrs. Sterling. The employees served her breakfast options as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

Alice and Abner, however, felt that their vision was playing tricks due to their age.

“Huh?” Alice rubbed her eyes, “Honey, am I seeing it wrong?”

Abner removed his glasses and cleaned them with a handkerchief. Then he put it back and realized, “No, honey, we’re not seeing it wrong. Patty Borges is the one, apparently.”

Alice is stunned, “But... Matt, w
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