Ready to Rule: The Real Heiress Strikes Back novel Chapter 306

If the target called the police and they started investigating the company, it would all be over.

Howard still couldn’t wrap his head around how quickly they’d been exposed. They had barely gotten started before someone caught on.

“We’ve already finished the job,” he said, trying to sound calm. “We got ‘Chief Lydia is a scammer’ trending. Go tell the troll group to stop everything, pay them, and then cut all ties with those accounts. If the police come sniffing around, there’s nothing left to trace back to us.”

Alfredo hesitated for a second, then nodded. It was the only move left. Losing a few fake accounts was better than losing their whole company.

“Got it. I’m on it right now.”

Right then, another message popped up from Lydia: Who hired you?

Howard glanced at his screen and muttered, “Ignore her.”

Alfredo just grunted and rushed off to handle the cleanup.

Howard took out his phone and dialed a number. The call was picked up almost immediately by a young lady. “You did well,” she said. “Now make it even more realistic. I want her completely ruined.”

Howard let out a short, dry laugh. “Miss, our job is done. Chief Lydia’s reputation has already taken a huge hit. We’re not getting involved any further.”

The woman’s tone turned sharp. “Done? Are you kidding me? Sure, she’s trending and yes, your trolls are attacking her, but her fans are fighting back even harder. And you idiots managed to expose your own company. Now everyone knows this was a deliberate smear. If this keeps up, she’s not just surviving, she’s gaining even more followers.”

She was paying to destroy Lydia, not to help her become more popular. These people were useless.

Howard tried to keep his voice steady. “Miss, we agreed on ten million. We’ll only take five. Keep the rest and figure out the rest yourself.”

Howard rubbed his forehead and replied:

[Ma’am, we are sorry. We never should have come after you. But we were just following orders, paid to do a job. That’s how this business works. I really can’t tell you who hired us, but I can say their IP address is in the Capital. We’re just a small company trying to get by. We’re not worth your trouble. We’ll stop doing things like this. Please let us go.]

Howard was nothing if not flexible. In this line of work, if you ran into someone tougher than you, you learned to apologize fast and hope for mercy. If the target was weak, that was different, but this time, he knew he’d picked the wrong fight.

He didn’t hesitate. He started deleting accounts.

As long as he was still around, he could always try again later.

Lydia watched as the profile picture went gray and couldn’t help but let out a cold laugh. He sure knew how to run.