Ready to Rule: The Real Heiress Strikes Back novel Chapter 772

Blake’s eyes narrowed and his voice came out cold. “Bring up the security footage. I want to see exactly what happened in this house today.”

He’d known for a while that Grace was trouble. She loved to boss people around, bully the staff, and was always whispering in Lucinda’s ear, trying to turn her down the wrong path. Blake had wanted to fire her before, but Lucinda kept begging him to let Grace stay. He’d even warned Grace to behave, but how long did that last? Now she was stirring up trouble again. Did she really think she ran the Norwood household, that she could do whatever she wanted and no one would stop her?

Lucinda’s face turned pale. Her hands clenched tighter, knuckles white.

Kylie looked around, feeling the tension in the room. Things were completely out of control. They had to get to the bottom of what happened today. She wanted to know what the staff got up to when she wasn’t around. “Go get Ryan,” she said.

“Yes, ma’am.” A maid hurried off to find the butler.

Ryan was the Norwood family’s head butler. He managed everything in the house, but he hadn’t been around when Lucinda and Grace took things too far with the maids. So he had no idea what went down. When he heard they needed to check the cameras, he went straight to the security room, but came back with bad news.

“Sir, ma’am, the security staff said there was a problem with the system today. All the footage has been erased.”

Lucinda let out a slow, silent breath. She hadn’t expected Grace to cover her tracks so well. Without the video, even if Tina pointed her out, she could just deny everything. What could a maid do? Thinking that, Lucinda straightened up, her confidence returning.

“Then bring everyone involved here,” Lydia said quietly.

Ryan nodded. “Yes, Lydia.”

Grace bit her lip, cursing Tina, Judy, and Alexis under her breath. They had better know when to keep their mouths shut. If they didn’t, she’d make sure they regretted it. She couldn’t believe she’d spent eighteen years carefully keeping her head down in the Norwood house, only to get tripped up by Tina. And deep down, it was all Lydia’s fault.

A few minutes later, Ryan returned, leading Tina, Judy, and Alexis into the room.

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