Not A Small-Town Girl

Chapter 17-1

As soon as Vivian and Howard sent out the texts, the group chat was flooded with messages. The brothers couldn’t wait to return home. Vivian and Howard didn’t reply. Instead, they turned their phones off and prepared for bed.

Danielle got up early as usual the next morning. She had finished the designs for the new launch that season and sent them over to Jason before making her way downstairs for breakfast.

In the dining room, a great fuss was being made.

Elliot said, "I came back as soon as I heard, so I couldn’t prepare any gifts. Danielle won’t hold it against me, will she?"

Matthew asked aloud, "Look at my outfit. Would Danielle approve?"

surgeries so that I could let Danielle see

Should I go get her? Never mind. Let’s

Vivian and

chided him for not telling them earlier

their questions and continued looking through the newspaper, stealing glances at the

soon as he caught sight of Danielle, he tossed the newspaper aside and walked towards her, saying, "Oh, Danielle, you’re up so early. Come and

with a sweet smile. The rest of the brothers turned green with envy. They wanted Danielle to call

only knew you were back last night, so I didn’t have time to prepare any gifts for you." He paused before fishing out a card from his pocket. "This is a supplementary credit card. You can use it for anything

around as well. It was Matthew’s turn next. "Danielle, I’m your third brother, Matthew. this bank card is for you. You can use it to buy