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.

up!” Opal, unable to bear it

knife, ready to confront them Unable to bear

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a small hand

her eyes

cleverness.

her

returning to cooking as Harriet continued chopping vegetables,

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

dominance today, she wouldn’t be

her name.

twirled the sharp

and all the resentment and hatred she had accumulated

look

time, her other hand into action, swiftly picking up a fruit knife from the shelf and thr init

seemingly light movements carried

instant, the fruit knife flew straight toward Colleen’s face, ccussing her to scream in fear and retreat repeatedly.

lightness in her head. She looked up in hooraponly to find that her ponytail had been