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.

to marry that inhumane and impotent

a brief contemplation, she went back to her room, removed her makeup, and

stand out, she cheerfully took

to show her

did she know that she

engagement party. Nora had used various schemes to make her look foolish, recording

and even her deceased mother had suffered condemnation from

this life, Harriet vowed to humiliate Nora in the

reminded Harriet to behave herself and not act eccentrically in front of Milton and Delbert.

smart, and I

giggled, nodding dully.

anyone else to attend this engagement

as long as that woman called Yvonne hadn’t

…

Golden Joy Hotel was lively.

an island and was the least valued son of his family, Milton’s presence attracted many prominent

came not to bless the couple but to