Sophie's POV
The doorbell rang and I threw it open quickly to see Warren standing there with a nervous look on his face.
He stepped in and I grabbed his collar roughly, locking lips with him.
He pulled me away breathlessly, the nervous look still on his face. "Did she take it?" He demanded with curiosity.
I smirked mischievously, wondering why he was now interested in getting rid of my sister. All along, I was the only one enthusiastic about getting rid of Anna.
"She did," I replied, stepping away from him. I moved to the couch and slouched in with relief.
The drugging was done to ensure that the accident became too fatal for her to survive.
Everything was working as planned and all we were waiting for was the news of Anna's accident which wasn't on the TV yet.
After the accident and her supposed death, my mother and I needed to make some preparations to get the company.
A dangerous smile played on my lips as I grabbed the glass of wine and took a sip.
"Anna caught us sleeping together," Warren muttered, looking guilty as he raked a hand through his hair.
But that was the least of my problem.
That had always been my plan A. Getting Anna to catch Warren and me in bed before having an accident was another plan. If I happened to be questioned about Anna's accident, sleeping with Warren would be my alibi.
At the end of the day, everyone would assume that Anna had an accident due to the rage she was feeling from the betrayal of her fiancé. No one would think it was murder.
If Warren became a suspect and went down with her, it wouldn't affect me or my mother.
"How did you manage to get her to take it?" He finally settled beside me with curiosity written all over him.
Warren always acted like a coward.
I told him to tamper with her brakes, but he didn't have the balls to do so. I had to do it myself.
I rolled my eyes at him and replied. "You know Anna has a knack for coffee. She can't resist my coffee."
He nodded in agreement. What about the car brakes? Are you sure you did the right thing?"
I turned to face him squarely, slightly upset. "Who do you take me for, uhn? You think this is my first time?"
Horror filled his face immediately. "You mean you've done this before?" I nodded. "Successfully?"
"Yep." I replied proudly and turned away from him. I had no desire in discussing the details with him. "Anna will be dead already so calm your nerves. I'm just waiting for the news of her accident and death."
I hated Anna with passion and I just couldn't wait to get the news of her death. She always acted like she deserved the best things in the world, while I had to deal with whatever she didn't want.
Warren and I had a one-night three years ago and never saw each other anymore, until father brought him home one day, and introduced him to Anna. Warren turned out to be the son of Father's friend and he wanted Anna to marry him.
Warren ignored me like he didn't recognize who I was. But I was relieved when Anna told me she didn't like him. Our plan was for her to ditch him after going on two dates with him if she didn't see any future with him.
Surprisingly, Anna told me just two days after she went out with Warren, that she was in love with him. I was enraged.
I knew it was impossible to do anything about it then, to avoid arousing suspicious. All we had to do was get rid of the first obstacle, and now the second obstacle was Anna.
When Father died a year ago, we got to know Anna needed to be married to get the company. And now was the best time to finally get rid of Anna for ruining our lives by being my father's favorite child.
Perhaps Father should be blamed for making it so glaring to the eyes that Anna was his favorite.
Anna would never get the company. Not while I was alive. Not when my mother was always there to support me.
My phone rang and my mother's name flashed across the screen.
"Sophie?" She muttered from the other end. "Is Anna there?"
"She's gone," I chuckled softly, enjoying the thrill of knowing I caused her death.
There was silence at the other end and I assumed she was getting up from a group of board members and going to her office.
"What happened? She isn't at work yet." She questioned, her voice a bit low.
"Well," I stood up from where I was seated beside Warren and moved to the kitchen. "She caught Warren and I having sex this morning."
I was aware my mother knew about Warren and me but she pretended not to have noticed anything. Warren and I have been having an affair behind Anna's back since Father died.
There was complete silence from the other end.
"You need to come home, Mom, so we can celebrate. Warren is here with me."
"What exactly did you do, Sophie? Was it according to the plan? And does Warren know what you have done?" She asked and I nodded, raising a brow in confusion. She sounded surprised and I didn't expect that. For a year, we have planned and replanned the exact way to get rid of Anna.
Today, the opportunity came up and I did it.
"Is everything okay, mom?"
"Don't be stupid, Sophia. Because you are sleeping with him doesn't mean you need to trust him 100%. Cut him off your plans henceforth. What if he betrays you? What if he turns his back on you after getting his father's company?"
I chuckled softly. "Mom, I trust Warren not to spill. He doesn't have the balls to betray me, he was…."
"Shut up! You're not as smart as I thought you were," she muttered through clenched teeth and I shut my eyes. "I haven't seen her at work yet and there is no news yet, so stick to your TV and call me as soon as the accident is announced. We need to get to work, ASAP. Get rid of Warren now too. Let him leave."
She hung up the call instantly.
"Do you think she knows we are behind this?" Warren's voice jerked me back to life as I turned around to see him entering the kitchen.
I didn't want him to know my mother just asked me to get him to leave so I flashed him a smile and shook my head. "Anna is too naive for that. She can't suspect her precious sister and definitely not you, her precious fiance."
"But she's not stupid, Sophia. She caught us in the act and that speaks volumes of words." He disagreed and I thought about it for a while. He was right but I was so sure Anna would never suspect me.
She might suspect him though. But that was none of my business.
Besides, Anna should be dead by now.
To shut him up, I moved closer and kissed him. When he wrapped a hand around my waist, I knew he wanted me so I bit his lower lip in a seductive manner.
He moaned and groaned out at the same time.
"Anna is too much of a saint," he muttered in between my mouth.
I shut him up again.
I already knew what he wanted to talk about. Anna refused him sex, and that was how he fell prey to my pawns.
She was waiting for their wedding night.
The ringing sound of my phone made me pull away from him and he groaned at the interruption. I moved back to the counter to grab my phone. My mother's name flash across the screen again.
"What the hell have you done, Sophia?!" Mother barked at me.
Panic seized my chest at the tone. "What do you mean? What happened?"
Her breathing was heavy and my heart skipped a beat at her silence. "Mom? What is this about?"
"Shit!" She cursed out loudly. I heard the sound of something breaking and I knew instantly that something was up.
"What happened Mom?" I paced up and down with impatience.
"Did you do everything according to our plans?" She probed, her voice high-pitched.
"Is this about Anna?" I stopped dead. "Yes, mom. I did everything according to how we planned it, from the…"
"When you tampered with the brakes, did you check the CCTV before doing that?" She suddenly questioned, making panic and horror expand my chest.
I became confused for a moment before nodding again. "The camera didn't capture any of that, Mom. I made sure of it."
"What about when you spiked the coffee?"
"Same. I dealt with everything before the show," I explained to her, meaning there was no evidence.
The dashcam in Anna's car was destroyed beforehand. The coffee cup had been washed, and there were no traces of evidence to back up her claim even if someone suspected us.
Mom's silence was killing me, and I was about to ask what the hell happened when her voice boomed again.
"Check the goddamn news!" She shouted before cutting the call. Curiosity got the better of me as I raced out of the kitchen, pushing the curious Warren aside.
"Sophia!" Warren met up with me, grabbed my hand, and twirled me around to face him. "What happened?"
If any of this was about us being the suspect, we could easily blame it on Warren. I did it all because the idiot was too much of a coward to lift a hand and do something when he also wanted her out of the way.
Remembering that Mom asked me to check the news, I yanked my hands away and spun around, rushing into the living room.
I grabbed the remote and put on the Television before clicking on the news channel to see the headlines splashed across the screen.
"Lorenzo's heiress married in court today."
Which of the Lorenzo? I furrowed my brows in puzzlement.
Confusion clouded my mind as I continued staring at the screen until another one popped up, showing a picture of Anna in the same dress she wore this morning before heading to work. The same dress she had on when she caught Warren and me having sex.
I gasped.
Anna Lorenzo shocks the world with her sudden marriage, thereby claiming full rights to the Lorenzo Groups of Companies…
"What?!" Warren's exclamation made reality dawned on me.
It was indeed Anna. My sister. Not another Lorenzo. Not Delilah Lorenzo. Not Isabella Lorenzo. But Anna Lorenzo, my step-sister.
I stepped backward, the remote dropping to the floor from my hand. I clamped a hand over my mouth, still staring at the image of Anna on the TV, not only alive, but also showcasing her marriage certificate with a big smile on her face.
"No, no, no!" I shouted, moving forward to put the TV off when a wave of dizziness swept past me. "No!"
Warren rushed towards me but before he could grab me from falling, I fell to the ground, and darkness enveloped me immediately.