The Comments Told Me to Fight the Fake Heiress but I Chose Her as My Sister Chapter 08

The Comments Told Me to Fight the Fake Heiress but I Chose Her as My Sister Chapter 08

For the next two weeks, everyone in the Voss Estate knew Elowen and I didn’t get along.

I started accepting Silas’s invitations regularly.

He took me riding at the stables, to gallery showings, to meet so-called “friends in the circle.”

Every time, he’d work Elowen in without seeming to.

“Elowen has a real talent for PR.”

“Caspian trusts her a lot.”

“If you want to hold your own at Voss Holdings, you can’t keep letting her outshine you.”

The crimson lines were busy too.

[YES! Outshine her!]

[Take the project! Take shares!]

I hit the exact right note every time.

Uneasy. Jealous. Desperate to prove myself.

Silas grew more and more pleased.

Then one day, he steered the conversation toward Voss’s new project.

“Heard Voss Holdings is partnering upstate on a battery storage site.”

I gripped my coffee mug and looked wary.

“Why are you asking me that?”

He smiled gently.

“I just want to help. Lila, you can’t be the Voss family’s lost-and-found forever. You need everyone to see

you’re capable of running this place.”

I looked down.

“But I can’t even read the reports.”

“I can teach you.” His voice went softer, “Bring me the project prospectus. I’ll walk you through the key points.

Then you present it to your father. They’ll finally take you seriously.”

I was quiet for a long time.

“Really?”

He took my hand.

“When have I ever lied to you?”

I almost threw my coffee in his face.

I held it back.

The next day, I took a “project prospectus” from Caspian.

There was truth in it. The framework was real. The core parameters were all rewritten.

Every single page had a different watermark. If it leaked, we could trace exactly where.

When I handed it to Silas, my hand even shook on purpose.

“Don’t tell anyone.”

The light in his eyes was almost impossible to hide.

“Relax.”

On the other side, Elowen was performing too.

After I’d “frozen her out,” she started running into Silas by accident.

Coffee shops. Galleries. The charity foundation.

Silas thought she was heartbroken, so he played the old flame.

“Elowen, honestly, I always thought you were more suited for the Voss family than Lila.”

Elowen looked down.

“Stop. She’s the blood daughter.”

“Blood doesn’t mean ability.” Silas said, “If you want, I can help you.”

Elowen never agreed, never refused.

Just showed a crack of doubt.

Then she sent the recordings to our little group chat.

I’d named it.

Is Hale losing his cool yet?

The first time Caspian saw the name, he went silent for half a minute.

Then he sent a single period, a silent signal that he was in.

Everything went smoothly. Too smoothly. Until Caspian found the first leak.