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.

that the once timid girl who followed behind her

out like this.

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

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

café again, thinking this was the end of the road for them both. She would try to avoid her other friends in Hawford as well.

that Marie couldn’t handle such occasions, but she

Achilles heel.

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arrive in Hawford, and

a naive sheltered

had

Marie got married, Aleena had intended

the company.

dynamics in Hawford better than Marie. Perhaps

her eagerness to

the Whitman family, wanting to avoid her, might make

make. They might

if all conditions were equal.

made her breathing quicken, and

and anxiety.

her to experience the aftereffects after

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

was an exception.

bag and, pressing her hand to her

as she was about to sit down and rest for a while, a black Rolls- Royce