The Darling of the Paranoid Tycoon by Cheryl Rice

Chapter 5 Messing with Them

“In…”

Harriet giggled, deliberately drawing out the suspense to pique the curiosity of Clifton and the others.

“Where?”

The three conniving people chorused in unison.

Clifton, Bessie, and Nora were all in a state of anxiety.

Despite the Munoz family managing to stand firm in Meawood City, they had been struggling financially for some time. Apart from the substantial wealth left by Harriet’s mother, their only hope lay in the marriage alliance with the Carlson family.

Unfortunately, the bridegroom was Delbert, the least favored son of the Carlson family.

keen on marrying off his youngest daughter, Nora, who still held

plan to have her foolish sister marry

under the expectant gazes of the three, Harriet blinked, grinned, and clapped her hands to

up

kidding me?”

rage, grabbed a bowl and hurled it at the still singing Harriet.

quite often in this house.

the table,

to hit her forehead, causing a gash that started

groaned in

ex-wife, who was such a dignified and virtuous woman. How could she have given birth to

had forgotten the cause of Harriet’s mental problem. A decade ago, to make Miriam divorce him, he left Harriet in the cold for an entire night. It led to a high fever that permanently damaged

didn’t make him feel much guilt towards Harriet. On the contrary, he became

sneered inwardly, counting

servant arrived soon and reported, “Sir, the Carlson family’s butler

aside, allowing the butler to approach and deliver the message from the patriarch of the Carlson

on the ground and