Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 9

Initially, Carla didn't have any idea what Sheila and Rachel meant. It was only later that she realized they thought Shannon was her daughter. It was the perfect excuse for her to explain why Shannon was supposedly framing her.

Sure enough, Carla's explanation that something had happened beforehand made Scott's gaze become even more disgusted as he looked at Shannon. "You're so petty! Did you have to go this far when Carla didn't even do anything to you? Look at the trouble you're causing on your first day back. You're such a—"

Before he could call her a troublemaker, a cold, overbearing voice rang out. "Scott."

It was enough to make Scott shut up. He looked at Hector and shrunk back when he saw the iciness in the latter's smile. He didn't dare to say anything else, but the displeasure in his eyes didn't fade.

Carla's confidence was boosted, knowing that Scott was on her side. She stood up straight, looking angered from being framed. "If you don't believe me, Ms. Shannon, you can have someone search my room.

"I haven't done anything wrong, so I'm not afraid of being put to the test. I may only be a maid here, but that doesn't mean I can allow myself to be framed and slandered!"

The commotion attracted the other household staff, but none of them dared to get too close. After getting an idea of what had happened, they couldn't help feeling a little resentful toward Shannon.

They'd heard she'd been raised by an affluent family; it seemed she was the high and mighty type who looked down on household staff. No one would like anyone who looked down on them, so their impression of Shannon immediately became bad.

Naturally, Adam noticed these changes. He looked at Shannon stoically and was about to put a stop to this mess when Shannon asked calmly, "When did I say anything about her stealing the Jensen family's money?"

Everyone was taken aback by her words. Scott was the first to break the silence. "You said it yourself—you framed Carla for stealing from us! What, are you changing your tune now?"

Shannon glanced at him. "I said she stole the Jensen family's financial fortune."

Cecily was the one who'd talked about Carla stealing money. Shannon didn't know whether she'd done it to mislead everyone or whether it was an honest mistake, but everyone had obviously gotten the wrong idea. Shannon continued, "Stealing financial fortune and stealing money are two different things."

A search of Carla's room wouldn't lead to anything, which was why she'd been bold enough to suggest it.

Scott didn't understand what she meant and thought she was just being argumentative. "How can you steal someone's financial fortune? Also, stop with all this mystical stuff. You're obviously just using it to make yourself sound scary!"

Hector gave him a warning look. So what if Shannon was lying to make herself look good? With her status, she could lie all she wanted! Besides, he had the feeling Shannon was telling the truth. Perhaps it was because of how calm and composed she was.

Members of the upper crust believed these mystical things to be more or less true—even Jensen Corporation was on good terms with some geomancy masters. But Shannon was only 18… could she really know anything about this?

Hector was doubtful, but the others merely thought she was spouting nonsense. Shannon couldn't be bothered to waste her time and breath on Scott. She turned back to Carla and pointed in a direction. "What have you buried there?"

She pointed at a flower bush in a corner of the garden. It was the spot Carla had subconsciously glanced at while working absent-mindedly earlier.