Counterback of the Despised Luna by Diana West

Chapter 30 The Dress Showdown

“Go ahead, cat up. Don’t starve yourself, Richard said kindly to me.

I nodded and quietly started eating.

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“Mr. Richard, here, have some drumstick. It’s good for your health” Wendy eagerly offered a drumstick to Richard.

Richard responded with a faint “Min but didn’t take the chicken leg she offered.

Wendy froze for a second, feeling awkward. She quickly turned to look at Caden.

Today, Caden was dressed in a white shirt, his blue checkered the slightly loosened, and his cuffs rolled up. He looked more relaxed than usual, with less of the meticulous, sharp–edged aura he often carried. His handsome features still held a calm, distant vibe.

With his long fingers, he was delicately peeling a shrimp.

He looked so elegant, so regal–perfect in every way.

His natural aura of power and authority was undeniable even in such a simple action. It was as though he exuded the essence of a king effortlessly.

Wendy couldn’t help but gaze at him with a bit of admiration.

I took a big bite of my chicken wing and thought, How can this woman be so infatuated even while eating?

The next moment, Wendy quickly peeled a giant shrimp and placed it in Caden’s bowl, speaking softly. “Caden, try the shrimp I peeled for you.”

But Caden moved his bowl aside, his expression cold and detached. “No need. I’m not used to eating shrimp peeled by someone else.”

Instantly, the shrimp fell onto the table and rolled off onto the floor.

Wendy froze for a moment. Here she was, the eldest daughter of the Crawfords, with everything at her disposal–yet she had humbled herself to peel shrimp for Caden, only to be rejected.

She looked utterly dejected. “Caden, I did it just for your

“Yes, Caden, Wendy is doing it out of kindness.” Eleanor said, trying to support her.

Caden silently took the shrimp he had already peeled and placed it on my plate.

don’t like shrimp. You can have it,

except for Richard, was

frozen, too.

shrimp

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man like him, so high and mighty, how could he posibly peel shrimp for someone else? He had rejected Wendy’s

and anger slicing throughone like

his way of thanking me for

a faint smile, accepting his rare kindness. “Thank

to the company, I was left with nothing to do, so I decided to wander around the

earlier. my clothes got a bit dirty and wrinkled, so they weren’t to wear again.

had just signed a contract with Loe Studio, so this season’s Alice Signature Collection was

as I walked in, I saw one of the Alice Signature Collection dresses I designed displayed

designed to see how

that dress for me to try on I

up and down, and then a disdain flashed across her face. “I’m sorry, this dress is designed by Loe. It’s the

my brows, looked at my clothes, and finally understood

clothes were a mess–wrinkled and stained from eating. I probably looked like

prestigious women from Rivemon. I was a total stranger here, and as an Alpha from

associate.

to myself. Even if I bought the whole store, it would be nothing more than a drop

people who

try it unless I buy it, huh?” I casually pulled a black card from my

a globally limited–edition VIP card with no spending limit. Only people with extremely prestigious

there was no way she

with suspicion, then her face immediately turned respectful. She hurriedly took the dress

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