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

aring a previously worn dress was a huge embarrassment in high society. If it were true, the reputation of the Chambers family’s Yvette, who had just been found in the countryside, would be ruined, and she’d be utterly humiliated.

Nellie and Winona stood by eagerly, watching Lana. ‘It’d be great if she really had seen it before. That would mean Yvette is just wearing a hand–me–down dress, and there’d be some real drama to watch!

Winona’s lips curled into a mocking smile. Her previously gloomy mood had lifted. She thought maybe Sienna had just grabbed a second–hand dress to deal with Yvette: ‘If that’s the case, today… Yvette will be the biggest joke!‘

All eyes were on Yvette, who stood in the center of the garden.

Yvette looked up slightly, her expression calm. Her deep eyes were cold and mysterious, like dark ink hiding a vast whirlpool. Her long, veil–like lashes cast shadows, and she swept her gaze lightly over the crowd without saying a word.

Once again, her beauty stunned everyone. However, some thought her silence meant she was admitting the girl’s accusation, that the dress really was second–hand.

Holding back her excitement, Winona stepped forward. “Wearing a second–hand dress is a big taboo at our high–society events. How about this, I have an unworn dress in my room. Why don’t you come with me and change into it?” Winona spoke with sincerity, acting as if she was doing Yvette a huge favor.

Yet, the people around her found her words odd. She claimed to be helping her sister, but if Yvette wore one of Winona’s dresses, she’d be even more humiliated, always a step behind Winona. The girls who usually got along with Winona knew who to help, urging Yvette to go change.

being so thoughtful of her sister

think you should go

“Yeah, go on, change.”

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offending the Chambers

now, when will I?‘ So,

need for me to get involved when these people are doing it for me.

Lana, who had started all of this, was sweating profusely, trying to speak but unable

to break off the engagement with Yvette early and switch to Winona. Otherwise, our whole Carter family would’ve been

she thought it was Yvette’s own fault. ‘She’s

Sienna might’ve just grabbed some dress that had been worn before to deal with Yvette. ‘If it weren’t for me, Yvette wouldn’t be so humiliated. “Enough! My daughter from the Chambers family can wear whatever she likes! There’s no need for

with Yvette again,

began to feel uneasy. Though the Chambers family had declined, they were still one of the four major families, and not someone these small families could mess

slightly furrowed her brows, then turned her blank expression toward Lana, who had claimed to have