Seeing Susanna approach, Lemira's expression immediately hardened. "Whatever you're about to say, don't."

Susanna adopted a remarkably submissive posture. "Lemira, please, I'm begging you. Can you just ask the Everharts to let my dad's company go? He's already divorced my mom. The Sinclair Group has absolutely nothing to do with her anymore."

"Then you've come to the wrong person. I've never personally targeted your family's company."

"But the Everhart Group is ruthlessly suffocating us! If you just say the word to Orion, I know he'll listen to you."

Lemira stared at her coldly. "Your family is truly something else. Your sister is currently humiliating me online with fabricated garbage, and you expect me to do you a favor? The fact that I haven't come after you myself is mercy enough. Where do you get the nerve to make demands?"

Susanna froze, completely blindsided. "What did my sister do?"

Janice furiously shoved her phone into Susanna's face. "You might want to take a look at this. Your sister is still hallucinating about marrying Orion."

As Susanna watched the livestream footage, the color completely drained from her face.

She shook her head repeatedly, her voice trembling. "No, that's impossible. Why..... why would she do this?"

"Isn't it obvious? I've already contacted my attorney to issue a cease and desist. As for the rest of your family's self-inflicted ruin, you only have yourselves to blame."

Lemira turned and walked away, refusing to waste another second on the Sinclairs. Every single person in that bloodline seemed to be missing basic common sense.

Left standing alone, Susanna felt like she was on the verge of a total breakdown.

With shaking hands, she dialed Sophia's number. When the call finally connected, Sophia's voice drifted through the speaker, accompanied by a lazy yawn. "What do you want? I'm trying to get some sleep here."

"Sophia, what the hell was that garbage you were spouting on your livestream?"

"Exactly what it sounded like. Orion checked into a hotel with me. What about it?"

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couldn't keep your mouth shut, the Everharts are obliterating us Dad's company is going to be bankrupt in a matter of days. Are you happy now?"

Susanna genuinely couldn't understand it. How had her beautiful, seemingly clever

sister devolved into this self-destructive lunatic?

Sophia actually laughed. "So what if he goes bankrupt? Without the Everharts throwing him a bone, how long did you honestly think his little empire was going to fast anyway? He's divorcing Mom, and he has a bastard kid with his mistress. Did you seriously think he was going to leave you a massive inheritance?"

Susanna screamed into the phone. "Even if that's true, you don't just pour gasoline on the fire!"

"My brand is none of your business. Back off."

Sophia coldly terminated the call. She had zero leverage left in the real world, and she no longer cared about the Sinclair family's survival.

Back at her dorm, Lemira received an update from Stella Waverly regarding the Sinclair Group's impending collapse.

Stella explained, "Matthew Everhart is personally spearheading the financial assault. The Sinclair Group is projected to declare bankruptcy within the week. There's zero chance of recovery this time."

Thinking back to the hospital, Lemira nodded. "It's almost certainly collateral damage from what happened to Amanda. Sophia destroying the organ donor match was the final straw."

Janice ground her teeth. "How can someone be so incredibly toxic?"

Stella was equally disgusted. "Amanda treated Sophia like a daughter for years. How could she even consider doing something so vile? I guess the apple doesn't fall far from Amelia's tree."

"Exactly. Everything happening to Sophia right now is entirely her own fault."

Previously, Lemira had felt a tiny sliver of pity, thinking Sophia was just a pawn manipulated by her mother. But now, she realized Sophia was the architect of her own misery.

Stella was still seething. "No, I can't just let this go. I have to find a way to get her banned from streaming entirety. The fact that she's trying to profit off this scandal as an influencer makes me sick. I won't let her succeed."

By that evening, major media outlets began dropping explosive exposes detailing

the Sinclair Group's fraudulent financial practices, seamlessly tying in the scandal of Wade Sinclair's illegitimate child.