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.

marry that inhumane and impotent

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

that her appearance would not stand out, she

some insight after all.’ Nora decided to show her a

that she had fallen into a trap.

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

the little reputation Harriet had, and

life, Harriet vowed to humiliate Nora in

to behave herself and not act eccentrically in front of

I’m smart, and I

nodding

more eager than anyone else to attend this engagement party and stand by

he didn’t love her in this lifetime, as long as that woman

…

around the Golden

Delbert had lived in seclusion on an island and was the least valued son of his family, Milton’s presence attracted many

the couple but