Not A Small-Town Girl

Chapter 3

Danielle stood motionless, surveying the explosion of pink surrounding her.

"If this isn’t your style, darling..." Vivian twisted her hands. "I’ll have a designer come immediately to redo everything exactly as you’d like."

"It’s fine," Danielle said quietly. The princess theme made her want to run screaming, but her mother’s hopeful expression stopped the words in her throat.

"We’ll let you have a little rest in your room," Vivian said, stroking Danielle’s hair.

The couple went downstairs to prepare their daughter’s gift, anxiety gnawing at them as they worried whether it would meet her expectations.

Once alone, Danielle unpacked her few belongings and called Emery. "I’m in Soufield now. Meeting the Charrington family tomorrow."

"Wait, what? When did you- Where are you staying? Let me pick you up! I should come with-" Emery shot questions at her.

have a place. Going alone."

next call was equally brief. "Need more Heart Elixir Pills. Stock

female squeal answered, "Danielle! I’ll deliver them right now! When

stay. No delivery." She disconnected before her eardrum

in treating heart disease, using an ultra-rare herb from Valley of Healing. Their scarcity

phone buzzed again at that

entire Soufield inventory-clothes, shoes, bags, and jewels. Everything. They specifically requested custom designs from

sketch something soon," Danielle replied

Can’t wait to see what Daddy’s Little

"You’re delivering personally?"

drops that kind of cash in one go? Absolutely

up. A complete inventory buyout seemed excessive. No wonder Jason had

converged on the Treeside Villa, their stores stripped bare by a