Chapter 4

The villa living room was a complete mess.

Empty bottles, snack bags, fruit peels, and cigarette butts were scattered all over the coffee table, sofa, and floor.

The genuine leather sofa worth hundreds of thousands had cigarette burn holes all over it.

My mother's beloved Persian rug was covered in footprints and several wine stains.

The souvenirs hanging on the walls—some had been taken down to use as photo props, others were smashed and thrown in corners.

Seeing this scene, I instantly clenched my fists.

This villa was where my parents had lived for half their lives. Every piece of furniture, every decoration inside was carefully chosen by them.

I was always so careful when walking around, afraid of bumping into anything, yet now it had been ruined beyond recognition.

I scanned the room and found Lavinia sitting on the sofa directly facing the door.

Around her were college classmates from our class:

"Lavinia, your family is so rich! Even a random suburban villa is this luxurious."

"Right? I just looked it up—any random painting on this wall is worth millions!"

"Oh my god, your mom is so powerful. She truly deserves to be the billionaire female CEO!"

"For the sake of being classmates, after you graduate and inherit the family business, can you let us work at your company?"

Lavinia's lips curled up high from the praise: "No problem. Stick with me and you'll never lack money."

Hearing this, the classmates were thrilled, frantically flattering Lavinia.

Just then, Lavinia saw me standing at the door.

Her smile vanished as she walked over arrogantly.

Slap! Without a word, she viciously struck my face:

"You bitch, you even followed me here?"

The sudden slap left me stunned in place.

The classmates present all widened their eyes:

"Lavinia, what's going on?"

Lavinia pointed at me with utter contempt and disgust:

"This Alice is the freeloader I just told you about!"

"Living in my city house isn't enough—now she wants to stay in the villa my mom specially bought for me!"

I looked at Lavinia in disbelief:

"Who told you this is a house your mom bought you?"

Lavinia sneered:

"My mom told me herself, of course."

"You bitch, you're just after my mom because she's a company CEO, so you live at my house every day trying to get her attention, aren't you?"

"Living at my house and deliberately creating opportunities to be alone with my mom isn't enough—now you want to defile my villa too?"

"Let me tell you, my mom said she lets you live at my house because you're a pitiful orphan and she kindly took you in. Don't even think about taking my place!"

So this is what Levitt told Lavinia?

No wonder Lavinia treated me so badly before.

In her understanding, Levitt was the CEO who lived in a villa.

And I was the poor orphan Levitt took in?

So Lavinia always believed I was living in her house and trying to steal her position as the only daughter.

How absurd!

As Lavinia spoke, she turned to shout at the classmates:

"Do you know how shameless Alice is?"

"She stays at my house every day and won't leave no matter what."

"I specifically put up a note telling her not to live in my house anymore, but she got so angry she called the police claiming my mom was bullying her."

"My mom was worried she'd make a scene that would damage the company's reputation, so she made peace and bought me this separate villa to live in."

"Sometimes I really don't understand—I'm my mom's biological daughter, a legitimate heiress, and I often stay on campus. But she, a poor orphan, stays at my house all day long, acting like it's her own home.

Now if I want to wear my own clothes or drink my favorite wine, my mom has to secretly bring them from the city villa, just to avoid her saying we're bullying her."

"I've never seen such a shameless bitch in my life!"

My eyes widened.

No wonder things kept disappearing from my villa recently—Levitt had been secretly taking them for Lavinia to use?

What a Levitt.

Since you're treating me like a fool, don't blame me for being ruthless!