Chapter 148

After being backstabbed by her so-called besties, Sophia was clearly rattled. She knew she couldn't go head-to-head with Caitlin. Left with no other choice, she changed her tone. "Caitlin, please, you've misunderstood. I... I'm Mrs. Perkins's goddaughter. I promise, from now on, I'll treat Alex like a brother..." "Brother, my ass!" Samantha sneered. "If you really saw him as your brother, huh? You knew damn well he was married, and you still threw yourself at him every chance you got, trying to edge me out as Mrs. Perkins. That's not love, that's plotting—and everyone sees through it." "I didn't—" Smack. Samantha slapped her hard, making Sophia stumble and fall to the floor. "Say that again, and I'll give you another one!" she barked. "From the second you walked into the Perkins family, you've been stirring up drama—fanning the flames so Henrietta would force us to split, even dragging Nicholas into your mess to frame me! Plot after plot, just trying to kick me out, and the way you go