The Darling of the Paranoid Tycoon by Cheryl Rice

Chapter 7 A Grand Entrance

It was seven o’clock in the evening.

A fully-dressed Harriet was led downstairs by Bessie. They were ready to attend the engagement party at the Golden Joy Hotel.

Harriet suddenly stopped halfway, refusing to go any further. She pointed at Nora and pouted.

“You can’t dress up so beautifully. Otherwise, Delbert won’t fancy me, and I won’t be able to marry into the Carlson family and live a comfortable life.”

Nora was annoyed by the fuss, but then she found some truth in Harriet’s words.

Nora was lauded as the top beauty in Meawood City, and she outshone everyone else at every party.

If she appeared so dazzling at the engagement party, Milton might despise the plain-looking Harriet and choose Nora as the bride. That would be disastrous.

didn’t want to marry that inhumane and impotent

brief contemplation, she went back to her room, removed her makeup, and changed into a

confirming that her appearance would not stand out, she cheerfully

Nora decided to show her a little

she know that she had

very engagement party. Nora had used various schemes to make her look foolish, recording it and posting it online.

it had tarnished the little reputation Harriet had, and even her deceased mother had suffered

to humiliate Nora in the same

herself and

in mind. I’m smart, and I know what

giggled, nodding dully.

than anyone else to attend this engagement party and stand

didn’t love her in this lifetime, as long as that woman called Yvonne hadn’t appeared, she still had a

…

atmosphere around the Golden Joy Hotel was

on an island and was the least valued son of

not to bless the couple but to