Not A Small-Town Girl

Group, the mall’s true proprietor.

"See to it that Danielle has a great time shopping, and give her whatever she wants," David had instructed. That one directive had Cecil dashing to the mall in a panic, afraid of messing up.

Danielle raised an eyebrow, feeling a warm flutter in her chest. ’He must have pulled some strings,’ she thought.

"As the general manager of this mall, don’t you think it’s unacceptable for sales associates here to discriminate against customers? And this lady has acted like a lunatic, hurling insults and grabbing every item we set our sights on," Juniper complained to Cecil.

"Who are you calling a lunatic? You little bitch," Hope snapped, tossing aside the grace expected of an heiress.

"Who are you calling a bitch?" Juniper shot back.

course-" "Enough," Cecil interrupted, his expression hostile as he looked at Hope. "This is not the place for your antics. Effective immediately,

high society and might even tarnish her family’s reputation. Shocked and livid, she protested,

Cecil replied firmly. "You’ve offended Miss Darling, and

too? No wonder you’re defending her," Hope

Charrington’s fiancée! She could land me in trouble. Cecil shuddered at

a refund on my purchase. I just

isn’t Amazon with a thirty-day return policy. These are luxury goods. We don’t offer

You made me spend 8 million dollars and got me

could finish, Danielle slapped her across

at Danielle in disbelief.