The Heiress’ Return: Six Brothers at Her Beck and Call

Chapter 1178 An Old Acquaintance

The entertainment industry was a place where a person could learn quickly.

She could speak to one person in one way, and to others in another. Whoever was popular mingled with others who were as well while avoiding rivals who might suddenly rise to prominence.

Everyone might seem harmonious, but in reality, they were at odds with one another.

Marie might not have been so perceptive in the past. She had no interest in having

conflicts with other women.

In today’s world, it was probably what people called “female competition“. She had been this way since her school days.

As she didn’t care who stood out, she wasn’t aware of these dynamics.

However, things were different now. She had seen one too many acts people put on.

Just now, every word Lynette said in front of her had a hidden motive.

Marie suddenly realized that everyone seemed different from what she remembered after so many years had passed.

her own eyes, she would never have imagined that the once timid girl who followed behind her and was scared by the slightest loud noise

like this.

why Lynette had changed. But then again, the truth was quite straightforward.

all the things Lynette said, she got one thing right—even the person Marie chose back then had changed

for them both. She would try to

that Marie couldn’t handle such occasions, but she worried that she would

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to arrive in Hawford, and

not a naive sheltered

Madeline had overlooked one

intended for her granddaughter

the company.

dynamics in Hawford better

exploit her eagerness to mend her relationship with her

worried that the Whitman family, wanting to avoid her,

they wouldn’t usually make. They might choose

all conditions were

her breathing quicken, and she

and anxiety.

it was normal for her to experience the aftereffects after

time in the hospital. She used to have a driver with her when she went out, but

was an

her bag and, pressing her hand to

for a while,