From Ashes to Queen: Now I Call the Shots

Chapter 223 Dreame Gets It

Sophia didn’t want to put on a show for outsiders.

“Fine, if you think I went too far, so be it. So, can you get the heck out now?”

Chloe went quiet.

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Grayson couldn’t save face any longer, and clearly wasn’t going to get anything out of staying; so he grabbed Chloe and said with a look of heartbreak, “Sophia, I’ll exin everything to our brother.”

With that, he gave her no chance to respond and dragged Chloe out the door.

Atst, the room fell silent.

Only then did Ander present his own apology gift, an invitation card.

“This is a pass to the g. As a shareholder of the Imperial Hotel, Ms. Lane should attend.”

Everyone was stunned for a moment, then the realization hit

The Imperial Hotel was owned by the Houston family. Itbined entertainment, leisure, and hospitality, and had made obscene amounts of money over the years.

No one had expected they’d actually hand over a portion of the hotel’s shares to Scarlett.

That was a bold move.

Sophia didn’t take the invitation right away; instead, she looked at her daughter in surprise.

iWhat /iihas /iithis /iigirl /iibeen /iiup /iito/i? iHow /iidid /iishe /iimanage /iito /iishake /iiboth /iifamilies /iiback/ii–/iito/ii–/iiback/ii? /iiCould /iithere /iibe /isomething she’s hiding?

But in front of outsiders, Sophia didn’t show even a flicker of surprise.

She just kept that calm smile on her face, as if waiting to see whether Scarlett would ept or not.

Scarlett nced at the date on the invitation..

It actually worked out.

Though once she attended this g, she’d probably have to head back to Trenwyn for her graduation defense.

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“Alright,” she said, epting the invitation. Then she added, “Ms. Dreame was very sincere with her apology earlier; truth is, I already forgave her.”

Dreame blinked in surprise.

She didn’t know why, but she had this nagging feeling–like Scarlett had seen right through somethingi. /iiIs /iithat /iwhy ishe /iisaid /ithati? /i

Whatever the caseb, /bshe was genuinely grateful for those words.

The Kramer and Houston families had finished apologizing; naturally, they couldn’t linger. It was already

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Dreame deliberately slowed her pace to walk beside Scarlett.

“Scarlett, do you know something?”

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Scarlett replied with a question of her own. “Regardless of who actually nted that illegal item today, it

happened in your family’s hotel. Are you seriously telling me there’s nothing you could’ve done t

the fallout?”

Dreame was stunned.

mitigate,

“As for the Imperial Hotel shares,” Scarlett added with a faint smile, “giving them to me actually helps. stabilize things between the younger generation of your family. I’m an outsider, and yet I got sharesi. /iOf course, that’ll draw everyone’s attention.”

Dreame was honestly impressed.

She had already known she was in the wrong when she apologized earlier; but her opinion of Scarlett hadn’tpletely changed.

Now, she wanted to apud. iSharp/ii. /iiInsightful/ii. /iiBrilliant/i.

Still, it was hard to fully praise the situation when she was the one caught up in it.

A family power struggle that escted into life–threatening danger–what a disgrace.

An absolute family embarrassment.

On the way to the Lane residence, she hadn’t understood it. iEven /iiif /iithe /iiLane /iifamily /iiwas /iislightly /iimore /iiinfluential /iithan /iithe /iiHouston /iifamily/i, iwhy /iigo /iithrough /iiall /iithis /iitrouble /iito /iiapologize /iiin /iiperson/ii? /i

They’d all attended the same banquet. Scarlett wasn’t meless either.

But Ander had been patient with her and took the time to exin.

“First off, I already heard the Kramer family’s nning to apologize. Second, do you really think Scarlett calling the cops hurt you? If anything, she did you a favor. Now the hotel’s under investigation, and all those people who were using it to gather intel? They’re gonna lose their minds. And by giving Scarlett those shares, we’ve shifted their focus. That distraction buys you time to grow. By the time they realize what’s really going on, you’ll be strong enough to hold your own–and they won’t daree after you again.”

Dreame still didn’t fully understand. She looked at him in confusion.

“But aren’t we basically using Scarlett to do that?”

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She hadn’t liked Scarlett before, and she hadn’t been shy about saying so.

But doing something sneaky behind her back, it just didn’t sit right.

Her conscience couldn’t take it, Ander just smiled.

“That’s because you’re only seeing half the picture, not the whole, Yes, we’re using Scarlett. But who’s to say she doesn’t need this just as much?”

Dreame still didn’t get it.

So Ander spelled it out more clearly.

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“The Lane family’s noble lineage has officially returned. Every sector of society is watching their every move. If Scarlett only receives favors from within the Lane family, it doesn’t mean much. But getting recognition from other major families, and doing it in a short span of time, that’s what really proves bshe’s /bthe true heiress of the Lane family.”

And suddenly, Dreame remembered the rumors that had been circting…

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