In the Lap of Luxury by Unsweetened Chestnuts

There was a woman standing beside Joshua. She looked like she was trying to keep a low profile, but anyone could see that she was dressed from head to toe in branded attire.

It was obvious that she was afraid that no one would notice her.

She took Joshua's arm and smiled sweetly. "Ms. Noelle, you're as beautiful as I imagined."

Noelle had been talking to Joshua, but the woman had interrupted them. The people around them looked at her strangely, and Joshua pulled his arm away.

In answer to Noelle's previous question, he said, "No."

The woman's expression darkened.

Noelle's lip curled. "No wonder. Since we haven't met for so many years, I thought that perhaps your taste in women got worse."

She was young and very charming. Joshua couldn't look away from her. "You're all grown up now, and you've got a sharp tongue. Do you have a boyfriend?" Noelle was about to speak when Anthony stopped her. "Not yet. She's still young. We're not in a rush about these things."

"She's reached the age for marriage."

Noelle hadn't seen Joshua for many years, and his rude behavior made her temper flare up.

Grace couldn't hold Timothy back any longer. He strode directly toward them.

"You haven't married, even though you're already 40 years old, Mr. Iverson. Why are you rushing a young lady in her 20s to do so? That's rather rude of you."

Timothy had a roguish air to him, and he swaggered over with a glass in his hand. He clinked glasses with Joshua.

him, then at Anthony.

glass tightly. He was a gifted trader, and he was well known not just in Pamore but also on Bull Street, which was

investment bank, and I'm also the heir of the Global Chamber of Commerce. You can address me

"You're a Donegan. You've grown so big. I first saw you when your

a dangerous look in Timothy's eyes, which was at odds with his usual

elder, please

of them, and the woman with

at the event

Since

didn't like Joshua to

she hadn't

glance up, and she froze

next to her with the same expression on

disbelief as he stared at the woman

walked with her

It was Celia!

time since they'd last seen her. Benjamin had exiled

here? Why was she

amused. She had never imagined that she would meet Celia again and that the latter would've latched herself

were facing Grace.

passed by, she bumped

who only