Chaos Girl Rewrites the Script novel Chapter 523

Vivienne arrived at the cafe first. By the time Mina rushed in, her coffee cup was already half empty.

Mina hadn't expected the vicious harpy to be this reliable, but when it mattered, Vivienne actually showed up.

Mina hurried to the table and cut straight to the chase. "That woman said if I didn't meet her, she'd come straight to the house to find my mom. So..."

Vivienne glanced at her, her tone indifferent. "She's openly blackmailing you. Think carefully about this. If you let her extort you once, there will be a hundred more times after this. Or, you could just come clean to the Blackthornes. Technically, you're a victim in all this. No matter how angry Elder Blackthorne gets, he won't blame you."

Mina looked miserable. "But I can't bear to leave them. I don't want to lose them."

Vivienne didn't reply. It was human nature to hold on.

"But..." Mina's tone shifted, and she clutched her designer bag tightly against her chest. "I came up with a plan on the way here."

If that woman really had ulterior motives, Mina was ready to fight her to the death before letting her succeed.

Vivienne pointed to the adjacent booth. "Let's sit separately. You want to know what her endgame is, right? If she sees me sitting here, she definitely won't tell the truth."

Mina realized she had a point. She hugged her bag and moved to the next booth.

Half an hour later, Rowena finally arrived, strutting in on a pair of garish leopard-print stilettos. She scanned the room, spotted Mina sitting in the corner looking heavily guarded, raised an eyebrow, and sashayed over.

"Sorry about that. Traffic was a nightmare. Have you been waiting long?"

Mina stared at the unbelievably tacky woman in front of her, a whirlwind of conflicting emotions tearing through her chest.

"Excuse me, ma'am. This is a non-smoking area."

Rowena rolled her eyes and shoved the cigarette back into her bag. Once the server was gone, she picked up right where she left off.

"I know this is hard for you to accept, but this is reality, and you just have to deal with it. You don't need to be so defensive, and you definitely don't need to look at me like I'm the enemy. I'm your mother. Why would I ever hurt you?"

Mina didn't believe a single word out of her mouth.

She kept her face frozen. "Why exactly did you ask me to come out here today?"

"Why else?" Rowena smiled. "My daughter is the heiress to the Blackthorne family now. Naturally, I want to share a little in that good fortune."