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

her room, removed her makeup,

appearance would not stand out, she cheerfully took

show her a little kindness before she met

that she had fallen into

had

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

to humiliate Nora in the same

herself and not act eccentrically in front of Milton and

keep it in mind. I’m smart,

giggled, nodding dully.

more eager than anyone else to attend

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

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atmosphere around the Golden Joy Hotel

in seclusion on an island and was the least valued son of his family, Milton’s presence attracted many prominent figures across the

the couple but to