From Sneers to Cheers: Anthea’s Ascent (Anthea ) novel Chapter 516

The Morris Family

Rebecca couldn’t tear her eyes away from her phone, anxiously waiting for a call.

Minute after minute ticked by, but her phone remained silent.

What’s going on?

It was already past two in the morning.

Could those guys have failed to get the job done?

Rebecca paced restlessly around her bedroom, worry etched across her face.

Could something have gone wrong?

Carole was just a middle-aged woman with no real strength to speak of, and Rebecca had specifically told Clara to bring eight men along for this. Surely nothing could have gone off track.

She just needed to wait quietly for the good news.

This time, she would make sure Carole and her daughter were utterly ruined in Cloudcrest. No one would ever look at them the same way again.

Thirty minutes later, Rebecca’s phone finally rang.

It was them.

They must have succeeded!

Rebecca’s eyes lit up. She grinned and hurriedly answered, “When are you sending me the photos?”

Whatever the person on the other end said, the blood drained from Rebecca’s face. Her smile froze, then crumbled into a furious snarl as she hurled the phone against the wall. “Useless! Every last one of you is worthless!”

Failure was never part of Rebecca’s plan.

And yet, Carole had escaped from eight men? How was that even possible?

She had been so sure this would be the final blow—Carole would be ruined, her reputation destroyed beyond repair. But now, all her plotting had come to nothing.

Rebecca’s features twisted in rage, her whole body trembling.

It was a long time before she finally yanked out the SIM card, tossed it into the toilet, and flushed it away.

Watching the card disappear, Rebecca narrowed her eyes.

Carole might have escaped by a stroke of luck this time, but next time, she wouldn’t be so fortunate.

“System, find out what Carole’s up to right now, and get me her schedule for the next few days!”

Silence. No response in her mind.

Rebecca bit her lip, only then remembering—the system was gone.

When would it come back?

No. She couldn’t lose the system. She absolutely couldn’t!

Nanson nodded in agreement. “Annie’s right, sis. At the end of the day, you can’t always depend on us. What if there’s a day when Annie and I can’t be at your side?”

Carole hesitated, then nodded.

After last night, she was still shaken. If Anthea and Nanson hadn’t arrived in time, she didn’t dare imagine what could have happened. As a mother, it was one thing not to protect her daughter—but she couldn’t be the one holding Anthea back either.

She would have to get stronger.

So after breakfast, Anthea took Carole to sign up for an adult self-defense course.

Nanson wanted to tag along, but Carole smiled at him. “What are you coming for? Go handle your work—things at the company must be hectic.”

Anthea chimed in, “Uncle, I’ll go with Mom. You coming along just wastes your time.”

Last night’s incident had left Nanson uneasy, but he relented. “Alright, Annie. Call me if anything happens.”

Anthea nodded. “I will.”

…

With Daniel Robinson’s help, Morris Group had just gotten back on track—only for disaster to strike overnight. Major investors began pulling out one after another. Worse, a mysterious force seemed to be working in the shadows, trying to crush them.

“Mr. Morris, bad news! ZC Group just snatched up that property on the south side!”

“Sir! PG Group suddenly canceled this afternoon’s meeting—the deal’s off!”