Masked In Nobility: Secrets Of Mrs. Chavez by Selina Gorges

Lucas bent slightly, dazed, and under everyone’s expectant gaze, said one sentence. “Mr. Lewis, I think I just saw a goddess”

Zachary’s face darkened, his lips tightening into a straight line. What kind of occasion is this? How could Lucas, a representative of the Chambers family, speak such nonsense? A goddess? What on earth?

Lucas, seeing Zachary’s expression, suddenly snapped back to reality, realizing what he had just said. Glancing at the perplexed faces around him, Lucas blushed slightly and quickly added. “Mr. Lewis, Miss Zeller is almost here-she’s at the second gate now

Zachary nodded, his expression easing. Now that Yvette was arriving, it meant nothing had gone wrong, and his mind finally settled. “As long as Yvette’s here, that’s fine. What nonsense were you talking just now?”

Lucas didn’t explain his earlier words but looked like he had more to say. “Mr. Lewis, you’ll understand in a minute. I really can’t describe it.”

Zachary was completely baffled, but he didn’t think Lucas had lost his mind-he’d been perfectly fine just ten minutes ag

sago.

As they spoke, Nellie, helping Richard, along with Robert, Yulia, Winona, Zeke, and Victor, all gathered around Zachary. They had overheard what Lucas said and were just as confused.

reached the second gate, and she knew right away that Tony must have messed something up. That incompetent fool-useless as always! He couldn’t even handle such a small task. But it’s fine. I’ll take

everyone around them had suddenly frozen, all staring toward the garden entrance. Confused, they followed suit, and soon they, too, were left

ground. The trees and flowers, shadowy and indistinct, were like they’d been draped in a veil of

her slightly curled lashes resembling a wisp of fog drifting from the mountains. There was a hint of coldness in her gaze, commanding both respect and fear. Her white fringed gown swayed gently in the breeze, and with every step she took, the dress seemed to change with the light, emitting a rainbow

she drew closer, everyone realized her white fringed dress was adorned with hand-sewn diamonds. Those with at discerning eye immediately recognized that they were real diamonds. There must

rippling with a touch of

girl, rough and uncouth, the supposedly plain and rustic Ms. Zeller from the Chambers family? Who

who saw it. Her pale lips trembled slightly, and her left hand was clenched so tightly that her nails dug painfully into her palm. Winona lowered her head, saying nothing. She had already noticed the crowd’s enraptured and mesmerized gazes directed at Yvette-even Victor had been momentarily stunned. She knew she couldn’t compete with

to Winona, pulling her aside and, with a stern expression, whispered coldly. “Winona, you better pull yourself together. Don’t make a fool of yourself. Tonight is your moment. You may have lost in the looks department, but if you don’t put up a light now, you’ll lose everything. As long as you’re accepted

I can only rely

Nellie relaxed and returned to

crowd was buzzing, and

full of affection, completely ignoring the stares of those around him. “Come on, Yvette let’s go sit over there with Dad. The banquet will start soon. Have you eaten anything yet? Are you hungry? Don’t skip meals to maintain

all. The people present were all businessmen-they could read between the lines. The rumors. outside couldn’t be further from the truth. Zachary hasn’t shown this much affection even toward Winona, who’s about to become Mrs Griffin’s student. Yet, with his newly found daughter, he’s