Chapter 284

Grace Carter curled her lips into a sly smirk, her tone leisurely and casual. “Master Carter, I’ve got an idea for a story. I’ll say Charles Hart always had feelings for me, but he just didn’t admit it because I happen to resemble Stella Johnson in a few ways.” “I’ll put together all the similarities between me and her, post it online along with some overly sentimental words about our so-called shared past. I want the public to buy it—make it so convincing people won’t even question it.” Who says you need an actual stand-in to make a stand-in story work? If there isn’t one, just pretend there is. No need to play by the rules all the time. Liam Carter stayed quiet for a beat on the other end of the line, clearly thinking over the plan. Then he spoke, “It’s a fresh idea, I’ll give you that. But if Charles catches wind of you making all this up, he won’t let it slide. And are you sure you can steer public opinion the way you want? Things might backfire.” After all, Charles wasn’t an idiot