The Darling of the Paranoid Tycoon by Cheryl Rice

Chapter 7 A Grand Entrance

It was seven o’clock in the evening.

A fully-dressed Harriet was led downstairs by Bessie. They were ready to attend the engagement party at the Golden Joy Hotel.

Harriet suddenly stopped halfway, refusing to go any further. She pointed at Nora and pouted.

“You can’t dress up so beautifully. Otherwise, Delbert won’t fancy me, and I won’t be able to marry into the Carlson family and live a comfortable life.”

Nora was annoyed by the fuss, but then she found some truth in Harriet’s words.

Nora was lauded as the top beauty in Meawood City, and she outshone everyone else at every party.

If she appeared so dazzling at the engagement party, Milton might despise the plain-looking Harriet and choose Nora as the bride. That would be disastrous.

want to marry that inhumane and impotent man.

she went back to her room, removed her makeup,

not stand out, she cheerfully took Harriet to

Nora decided to show her a

know that she had

at this very engagement party. Nora had used various schemes to make her look foolish,

had, and even her deceased

vowed to humiliate Nora

car, Bessie reminded Harriet to behave herself and not act eccentrically in front of

I’m smart, and I know

giggled, nodding

else to attend this engagement party and stand by Delbert’s

lifetime, as long as that woman

…

around the Golden

an island and was the least valued son of his family, Milton’s

the couple but