A False Heiress's Guide to Love and Power

Chapter 456

“Hello, teachers! The journey must have been tiring, right?”

“Quick, set your bags down and get ready for dinner.”

“All the vegetables are homegrown-fresh and organic, no chemicals here!”

“That’s right! And the meat? My husband and the mayor went down to the market first thing this morning to pick out the best cuts. It doesn’t get fresher than this.”

“You must be hungry. We weren’t sure what you all liked, or if you had any allergies, so we just made a little bit of everything.”

The villagers crowded around, their voices tumbling over one another, their warmth as overwhelming and relentless as the tide. The visiting group, flustered by such enthusiastic hospitality, waved their hands in protest, fumbling through polite refusals and reassurances.

“No, no, we’re easy to please-really, we eat anything.”

“We’re the ones bothering you, staying here for so long. Thank you for all this trouble.”

get

to the back of the group, quietly distancing herself from

Holt glanced up at her. “Ms. Morton,

people.

spirit. “I don’t like noise

the outgoing one. She’s not here-she lives

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they’ve saved up enough, they’ll bring me to the city too. But for now, I’m the oldest at home, so I help take

said nothing, just reached out

fresh fish, and an array of meats. The children eyed the spread hungrily, but

kids, such a meal-four dishes and a soup-was nothing out of the ordinary. In fact, they often picked at their

at the villagers’ own well-worn, mismatched dishes made it obvious. Still, while the villagers’ old plates showed their age, they were spotless, none of the grime or stains you might expect from TV documentaries about rural

buy new tableware for their guests from the city-money

thoughtfulness didn’t