Not A Small-Town Girl

Chapter 7-1

A sleek luxury car rolled to a smooth stop outside the Treeside Villa. Ivan quickly rushed over, bowing with respect as he opened the door.

He greeted, "Welcome home, Miss Audrey Darling! It’s so good to have both you and Miss Danielle Darling here-your parents are gonna be over the moon to see you!"

Audrey stepped out of the car like a movie star, her salon-perfect hair framing porcelain features. The staff materialized to handle her designer luggage while Ivan hovered attentively.

"Are Dad and Mom home?" Her casual tone masked the tension in her shoulders. After the maid, Skylar Sanders, dropped the bombshell about her newly found "sister" yesterday, she had caught the first flight back.

"They went shopping for Miss Danielle Darling. They should return shortly," Ivan replied respectfully.

’Already playing favorites, she thought, acid burning her throat.

know when they get back," she told Ivan, before heading upstairs to

suit. His cool gaze swept across the

into a cold sweat

his penetrating gaze betraying an undeniable authority that seemed to pierce

this quarter’s new product lines and market share reports before the close

behind. "Your fiancée has been found. The Darlings will

forgotten about that arrangement." David’s handsome features hardened with cold indifference. "Cancel it."

luxury cars pulled up to the Darling residence. Ivan rushed to open

spent the morning shopping with her

Darling has returned,"

week? Perfect timing for her

them to come home for a surprise. The boys had scoffed, joking that their