Revenge Of The Jilted Bride

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Rex took a deep breath, and his charming eyes immediately drooped. He looked so pitiful, like a little animal that had been abandoned

Whenever Ophelia saw Rex like this, she felt she shouldn't be so hard on him. "I believe if you put your heart into it, you'll pick things up quickly," she said, offering praise to keep his spirits up.

"Hmm?" Rex perked up right away, standing beside Ophelia as af showing off to the others, "See? Im the favored one."

Everyone in the room was curious about Ophelia. Anyone who had caught the eye of the Carnegie family had to be special.. and the guests were all eager to cozy up to her.

"Elia, do you remember me? I'm Max's mother. We've met before. I liked you the moment I saw you. I just knew you were blessed with good fortune" Aubrey gushed, grabbing Ophelia's hand with a wide smile.

Ophelia pulled her hand back, her lightly made-up face showing only a polite and distant smile. She never forgot the scene when Aubrey and Heather humiliated her when she was first brought to the Hastings family. Ophelia said, "How could I forget, Mrs. Lewis? The first time you met me, you told me not to cling to your son and said I was a jinx. You even made it clear that as long as you were alive, you'd never let your son be with me." "W-what? Did I say that? You must be mistaken, Aubrey stammered, her stile twitching awkwardly.

"Oh, well, it's all in the past now," Ophelia said casually.

Aubrey sighed in relief at Ophelia's words, thinking she could ease back into the conversation. But then Ophelia spoke again, her voice light yet pointed. "Well, Max's married now, isn't he? I'm sure you're very pleased with his wife."

Though Ophelia's words seemed innocent, anyone noticing knew it was a jab at the Lewis family's recent scandalous wedding.

With that, Ophelia turned and walked away, not bothering to glance back at Aubrey's face, which had gone through several shades of embarrassment.

Ophelia found a seat and settled down.

socialites and heirs were practically forced by their families to approach Ophelia and greet her. The girls looked on

like knights, taking seats beside Ophelia. They stared down

Marcus, in a burgundy suit, approached with a wine glass in hand, squinting as he sized up Ophelia. "Hello, Ophelia. I'm your cousin Marcus." He raised his glass

looking to

and Howard flanked Ophelia on

his voice cold. "She's part of the Carnegie

with saying hello? She's here to compete for your family fortune, and you're all treating her like some fragile flower. You're

trouble." Howard, younger than Rex by a

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puny by comparison. His presence in front

the slums in the West End. Who knows what tricks she pulled to get here? I'm just trying to warn you all. Don't be left with nothing when she's through with you" Marcus had heard rumors from Nathan and his group. Ophelia was just some random girl the Hastings family casually picked. He said. "She bankrupted the

Marcus, unable to bear the insults. He thought, No way my delicate angel

stumbled back a few steps, crashing into

their glances were filled

the Carnegie and Huxley families began to

stop spouting nonsense. Michael's deep voice rang

to Ophelia,"

unwilling to

down her wine glass and slowly stood. She walked forward with calm composure. "He's not wrong. I am from

place that bred degenerates-thugs delinquents, and the kind of people one must

done her research on Ophelia before, and nowhere had it indicated

was equally shocked, his gaze fixed on Ophelia. He thought "How could this be

This kind of prejudice was deeply ingrained. It wasn't just the nobility. Ordinary people reacted strongly to