Chapter 424

---- Chapter 424, On Tuesday afternoon, after wrapping up a day of important work, Giselle drove to an upscale private club. A server escorted her upstairs to a reserved suite on the second floor. When she pushed open the door, a young woman was seated inside, scrolling on her phone. At the sight of Giselle, the woman gave her a quick once-over before complaining with clear irritation , "About time. I've been waiting for ten minutes. Don't you have any manners?" Giselle closed the door and smiled. "Ms. Mitchell , hello.

My apologies for being late." "Spare me the niceties ," Sophia Mitchell said coolly. "Order whatever you want. It's on me." "Oh, no. I can't allow that," Giselle replied lightly. "I asked you out today, so of course I'll treat." "Whatever. Do as you like, I can't eat much anyway." They placed a perfunctory order. Then Giselle reached across the table to pour water into Sophia's glass. "Ms. Mitchell, it's been a while. You've grown even more beautiful -I almost didn't recognize you." "Really?" Sophia's lips curved slightly. She had just gotten a round of skin boosters and an eye lift.

Recognition was exactly what she craved, and Giselle's earnest praise struck the right ---- note. Giselle barely knew her, having met her only once last year. Back then, when Giselle had first entered Zachary's social circle, Sophia was his girlfriend. Later, as Giselle and Zachary grew closer, Sophia had shown up to warn her off, insisting she stay away from him. From that encounter, Giselle learned a few things. Sophia was a genuine heiress . Her family was wealthy from their clothing business and was well matched with the influential Kane family.

She claimed to have loved Zachary since she was a teen and that by the age of 20, she had already slept with him and become his official girlfriend . But their romance lasted less than two years before Zachary grew tired of it and ended things. Sophia , however , had never let go. For four or five years, she clung to him relentlessly-breaking up and reconciling in cycles, never willing to surrender her claim. "Let's get straight to it," Sophia said now, her eyes bright with impatience . "On the phone, you said something about helping me get Zachary back. What did you mean?

Can you really help me?" Giselle adopted a solemn expression. "It's not about helping you win him back. Love can't be forced, But lately, Zach's been tangled up with a crazy woman who's playing with his feelings, and it hurts to watch. I know you truly care for him, ---- so I felt compelled to reach out." "A crazy woman? He has a new girlfriend?" Giselle shook her head. "Not exactly. To be honest, she's the one clinging to him." "What?" Sophia immediately grew agitated. "Who is she? How did she get involved with Zach?" With a trace of shame, Giselle admitted, "It's my half-sister- Anne.

She's my father's illegitimate daughter." "anne?" Sophia paused, then asked, "Is she the one who plays the violin? Her mother runs that pharmacy, doesn't she? Ms. Moore, right?" "That's right." "So, it's her." Sophia, the cherished princess of her own powerful family - wealthier by far than Renee -saw no reason to take Anne's background seriously, not even in the slightest.