The Scorned Heiress: No More Mercy novel Chapter 298

"I'm serious. If a billionaire CEO is texting you every day, doesn't it just mean he has too much time on his hands? It means he's obsessed with you and itching to make a move," Tricia fires back, rolling her eyes.

Tricia might be single, but she has enough dating experience to spot the obvious. Men are incredibly transparent to outside observers. A fiercely arrogant, untouchable man like Danny Calhoun doesn't just hand out special treatment. What else could it possibly mean? You'd have to be blind not to see it.

"Your vocabulary is getting dangerously blunt," Tara teases.

Tara had only asked casually, but Tricia's aggressive confirmation steers her thoughts into dangerous territory. Before Tricia can further push her agenda as the captain of the Danny-Tara ship, Tara's phone buzzes with an urgent text. It's from Joey.

[Jade didn't contact anyone special. She just asked Jovani for a drug.]

[What kind of drug?] Tara types back, her curiosity piqued.

[A high-potency formula that instantly numbs pain and accelerates tissue regeneration.]

The revelation completely catches Tara off guard. She knows exactly how petty and vindictive Jade is. Jade only agreed to this public humiliation because her family cornered her. A venomous girl like her would undoubtedly blame Tara for her suffering. Tara had deployed Joey to monitor Jade, fully expecting her to concoct a vicious sabotage plot for the press conference. She also wanted to see if Jovani would make a move.

"We definitely need to be on guard. That girl is a textbook psycho. If she sees an opening, she'll sink her teeth in and won't let go," Tricia warns.

Having previously managed Jade, Tricia knows firsthand how twisted her mind is. She doesn't form real friendships; she only makes calculated transactions.

"Don't worry. I know exactly how to crush her," Tara says, a predatory smirk curving her lips.

Taking down Jovani and the syndicate behind her will take time. But utterly destroying Jade? That is going to be effortless. The only reason Jade has survived this long is because her loving family blindly shielded her.