Her Cancellation of the Engagement

Chapter 18 Gianna Is a Thief

Chapter 18 Gianna Is a Thief

In the Geller's villa...

Alisa rushed back and said in a hurry, "Granny, Dad and Mom have rented a house in Fallingwater Community."

"No way!"

Brenna, Enrique, and Chace rose from their seats immediately and stared at Alisa in surprise.

After a while, Brenna was the first to collect herself and asked with a shocked expression, "Are you sure? Fallingwater Community doesn't offer rentals to just anyone."

Alisa replied with a serious face, "I asked the security guard, and their house is indeed rented. The rent is very low, only 85 dollars a month."

Brenna fell silent and furrowed her brows. After a few minutes, finally, she spoke up, "Enrique, find out who owns that house. No matter what it takes, we must kick them out of the house. The engagement party arranged by the Finley family is just two days away, and we must make sure everything goes as planned."

Enrique said, "I'll take care of it right now."

Alisa frowned and after hesitating for a moment she said slowly, "Granny, I have an idea, but..."

"What is it? Spit it out." Brenna urged.

Alisa bent over and whispered a few words into Brenna's ear. Hearing what she said, Brenna said with a pleasing smile, "Good, that’s an excellent plan. Let's do it."

"But... this might hurt Gianna." Alisa hesitated.

"Who cares? She's just an outsider who will never be recognized as one of our family.

If this engagement falls apart, Gianna won't have anything to do with the Geller family." Brenna replied with a cold glimmer in her eyes.

"Then I'll do what you said, Granny." Alisa lowered her head and no one noticed the venomous look on her face.

The next day...

Gianna got up early for her morning run.

It had been a daily routine she had adhered to for the past decade.

Gianna had just walked outside the neighborhood when she ran into Alisa and her two classmates, who had invited Alisa over.

Seeing Gianna, Alisa quickly approached her and asked, "Gianna? What are you doing here?"

Gianna glanced at her and asked, "What's up?"

What kind of game was she playing?

Didn't she already know they lived here?

"No, nothing," Alisa put on a frightened expression and asked in a low voice, "Aren't you staying at a motel? Why are you here?"

"Oh, I live here." Gianna looked at her and found it interesting.

If Alisa wanted to put on a show, she decided to play along.

"What?" Alisa didn’t expect Gianna would cooperate and was surprised. Quickly, she regained her composure and said, "Are you saying you live here? Gianna, do you even know where this is?"

Gianna raised her eyebrow and replied, "Fallingwater Community?"

"Don’t you know that outsiders aren't allowed to enter Fallingwater Community?" Alisa chuckled, "Gianna, I know you're new to this place since you just arrived in the city, but this neighborhood isn't where you belong. You should just leave. If someone loses something, it'll be hard for you to explain."

Gianna smiled and asked, "Where do you want me to go?"

"Aren’t you staying at the motel? You should go back there of course." Alisa retorted.

Before Gianna said anything, one of Alisa's classmates standing beside her asked, "Alisa, who is she?"

The one speaking to Alisa was Amari, the daughter of the Harper family.

The Harper family was not so powerful as the Geller family in Rheinsville City.

But they were still influential and Amari's elder brothers were both politicians.

Alisa looked down on Amari, but she couldn't ignore the influence of the Harper family.

"She's my sister, Gianna, the eldest daughter of the Geller family." Alisa introduced.

"Oh, so she's that girl from the countryside." Amari giggled, "Well, she's a total bumpkin. Just look at her outfit, probably worth only ten dollars in total. Alisa, she looks nothing like you."

Alisa's gaze dropped, and she said softly, "Amari, please don't say that. She's still my sister, and I'm just the adopted daughter of the Geller family."

"What's wrong with being an adopted daughter?" Amari immediately refuted, "Even though you are adopted, Brenna likes you. It's because you're exceptional. Though she's the Geller family's eldest daughter, she got kicked out anyway."

Just after Amari said those words, the other girl chimed in, "Exactly! You're renowned as the talented girl of Rheinsville City. How can this country girl even compare with you?"

With her hands in her pockets, Gianna cast a side glance at them and smiled.

These people were showing off in front of her?

"But didn't your foster parents get expelled from the Geller family? How did she manage to enter the neighborhood?" Amari asked.

Alisa sighed and pretended to defend Gianna, "Maybe she just wants to take a look around the fancy neighborhood since she's never been here before. She's just here for a quick visit!"

She told Gianna in a serious tone, "Gianna, once you're done looking around, just go back. This place isn't open to everyone. If any valuable is lost, you will get into trouble."

Gianna was amused and stared at her with her hands in her pockets.

Somehow, Alisa felt uneasy under her gaze.

It seemed as if Gianna could see her through, but could she know her plan?

No!

It couldn't be possible!

Gianna was only a girl who had grown up and lived in Lancaster Shrine since childhood, and it’s said that she had stayed there for over a decade. How could such an ignorant person see through her?

"You sneaked in?" Amari raised her voice, "No way! Let me make a call and check if anything's missing from my house."

She immediately called home.

After hanging up, Amari suddenly exclaimed, "My mother's bracelet is gone! She had it custom- made recently, and it’s worth 850 thousand dollars. It must be her who took it. Security! Catch the thief!" Ccontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.

"Amari, calm down. It's surely a misunderstanding. Gianna wouldn't do such a thing. If we involve security guards and she gets taken to the police station, it'll ruin her life." Alisa said while secretly gloating.

Gianna gave her a cold, distant glance.

So, that was her plan?

"Alisa, don't be so nice to her!" Amari snapped, shrugging off her hand, "Your sister Gianna is a thief, and she didn't steal something worth only several hundred dollars. It's worth millions! She'll end up in prison."

Alisa opened her mouth but said nothing.

They were not far from the gates, and two security guards rushed over here as soon as they heard the noise.

"What's going on, Ms. Harper?" One security guard inquired.

They knew Amari.

In fact, they knew all the residents here.

Amari said angrily, "How could you let strangers in our community?"

Pointing her finger at Gianna, she accused, "She stole my mother's bracelet."

The security guard looked over at Gianna and said in surprise, "Ms. Geller?"

Gianna had been standing behind Amari and the other two girls, so they didn’t see her just now.

Now, seeing that it was Gianna, the voices of the two security guards trembled slightly.