Chapter 6 - Tyler Helped Create the Theft Story
The rooftop recording captured more.
Before Sophia approached the table, Tyler handed Vanessa the sapphire
bracelet.
Then he said quietly:
“Once it’s in her apron, nobody will believe anything she says.”
The elderly man’s phone microphone had caught the words.
Vanessa closed her eyes.
Tyler swore.
The plan was simple.
Humiliate Sophia.
Provoke her.
Plant the bracelet.
Then accuse her of stealing a family heirloom.
If Sophia reacted badly, Vanessa wanted witnesses.
A violent confrontation.
A dishonest waitress.
A public scandal.
Anything that could later be used to argue Sophia was trying to extort
the Whitmore family after discovering the trust.
Adrian’s hands curled into fists.
Sophia touched his arm.
“No.”
He looked at her.
She shook her head.
“They want me angry.”
Adrian understood.
Sophia had spent the entire evening being treated like someone beneath
them.
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Now she refused to become the version of herself they had planned to
record.
