The Darling of the Paranoid Tycoon by Cheryl Rice

Chapter 8 A Slap in the Face

Some sharp-eyed guests recognized her as the infamous simpleton of Meawood City. They exclaimed in disbelief, “Oh my, is that Harriet?”

The collective gasp and shock from the guests were palpable.

‘Harriet? That simpleton?

‘The notorious girl, who always paints her face deathly white and adorns herself with gaudy accessories? The one who believes that she is a celestial being?’

No one knew that when Harriet dressed up, she looked so stunning.

“Come on, you call that beautiful? Just wait until you see her sister, Nora, the top beauty in Meawood City,” someone scoffed.

Nora’s adorers echoed his words.

However, when Nora, dressed in a maid’s outfit, came in afterwards, those people felt as though they had been slapped in the face.

just praised Nora as a rare beauty Meawood

could such a woman, dressed so plainly and untidily, be considered the most beautiful woman in

most beautiful woman in Meawood City? What a joke!”

Harriet. The gap in their

and the harsh ridicule toward Nora didn’t stir any feelings in Harriet’s

for Delbert in the

last night’s happening, he wouldn’t come to

this lifetime, didn’t want to

turning white and her nails digging

inwardly. ‘I have been played by a fool. This

for a moment and

a fool like you deserves to make a spectacle

in mind, Nora picked up a glass of brandy and walked toward the

intended to pour the alcohol all

thin dress, once wet,

the

the triumphant smile

drew closer and