The Darling of the Paranoid Tycoon by Cheryl Rice

Chapter 107

Harriet and Opal were busy in the kitchen.

While Delbert was still slumbered, Colleen had orchestrated a group. of supportive servants to mock and taunt Harriet outside.

“Madam, you’ve done all this cooking yourself. Don’t go complaining to Mr. Delbert låter, saying we mistreated you!”

“Yeah, everyone saw it. We didn’t bully Miss Harriet on purpose. She insisted on cooking!” echoed a maid

Colleen deliberately spoke in undertones, avoiding direct malice. She aimed to ensure Delbert couldn’t accuse her of mistreatment, thus preventing her eviction from the villa

She planned to hold out until her daughter arrived on the island. Eventually, she hoped Harriet would be ousted, while she would rise to wealth and power.

Colleen puffed up with pride, pleased with her scheme. Her chattering voices irritated Harriet, disrupting her work.

Harriet, assisting Opal in vegetable cutting, intended to make chicken soup to nourish Delbert.

Initially not skilled at cooking, she struggled now due to Colleen’s

harassment.

Outside, the onlookers laughed, disregarding Harriet’s position as the

household’s hostess.

you shut them up!”

ready to confront them Unable

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a small hand

her eyes filled with

cleverness.

indicated her anger.

her actions, returning to cooking as Harriet continued chopping vegetables, her

recent rift with Delbert seemed to have given them the idea that she’d soon be out of

her dominance today, she wouldn’t be worthy

her name.

her neck, she skillfully twirled the

had accumulated from

look

light, continued t aand dance at her fingertips. At the same time, her other hand into action, swiftly picking up a fruit knife from the shelf and thr init with tightning speed.

light movements carried an

flew straight toward Colleen’s face, ccussing her to scream

looked up in hooraponly to find that her ponytail had been neatly cut off by the hovenog