The Year I Was the Other Woman To Myself novel Chapter 254

"No, no, no!" Zebulon waved his hands frantically.

Anna shot Zebulon a disgusted look, then turned back to Louis. "You have your fun first. We'll come back to clean up later."

With that, she grabbed Zebulon and started to leave, but just then, Penelope sat up.

Her eyes were clear, and a mocking smile played on her lips. She looked anything but drugged.

She tossed a small plastic bag onto the table—the one she had spit the drugged liquor into.

"I knew the drink was tainted," she said, standing up and fixing the three of them with a cold stare. "Of course I wasn't going to swallow it."

"But I truly never imagined," she continued, her voice laced with contempt, "that you were capable of something like this."

Anna's eyes narrowed. "You were pretending to be unconscious… you…"

Penelope took out her phone and pressed the stop button on the recording app.

"You were recording!" Anna gasped, a cold sweat breaking out on her skin as she realized what they had said while Penelope was "unconscious." "Quick, get her phone!"

Louis and Zebulon, realizing the gravity of the situation, lunged at Penelope. She took a few steps back and then smashed her phone on the ground. It shattered into pieces.

The three of them stared at the wreckage, confused by her move.

"That phone was synced to my network before I even walked in here," she explained calmly. "Which means that entire recording has already been uploaded."

"You dare set me up!" Louis snarled. "You don't know who you're dealing with! My men are right across the hall—"

He gestured to the other room, only to see his men slumped over tables and on the floor.

"They're…"

"I had someone put a little something in their drinks."

He clutched his face. "This wasn't my idea, I—"

"I was done with you, Zebulon," Penelope interrupted, her voice dangerously low. "But after today, I will make sure you are utterly and completely ruined."

With that, she delivered another kick that sent him flying out of the room, unconscious.

Seeing that the tables had turned, Anna made a run for it. But Norton, with surprising speed, grabbed a vase and hurled it at her back. She stumbled and fell, hitting her head hard on the floor.

"How dare you touch me… I'm Ms. Flores… My brother is friends with Theodore… I…" She passed out before she could finish.

Norton scoffed. "Is she trying to scare us with Theodore's name?"

Penelope walked over to Zebulon and slapped him awake.

"I have the recording," she said, her voice like ice. "You know what you need to do."