The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2891

“Why do you have to be so rude? Can’t get pearls from a swine,” Madeline said, arms crossed, looking down on Regina as if marrying into the Harris family had elevated her to a different social plane altogether.

Regina let out a light chuckle, “That kind of narrow-mindedness is typical of a country bumpkin like you.”

Madeline’s face flushed red with anger. She loathed being called a country bumpkin, especially by someone like Regina.

“Who are you calling a bumpkin?”

“I’m just telling it like it is. Aren’t you a little bit of a hick? All rustic and unsophisticated.”

“You? You!” Madeline was beside herself with fury. “For your information, I am the trendsetter at school. Even the Redwood family heiress asks for my advice when she goes shopping.

You’re the real country bumpkin here. Look at yourself, all dressed up with nowhere to go, thinking you’re fashion-forward. And you have the nerve to call me unsophisticated?”

Madeline was sputtering with rage, but the more she lost her cool, the more composed Regina appeared.

proves the Redwood girl doesn’t know

you

for fashion tips.”

taller, made even the simplest outfit look chic. The sur backlighting her at the doorway

I swear I’ll get Dad to settle this! You’ve been nothing but trouble since you

thought of Regina getting a dressing-down from Francis, her face lighting up

couldn’t fathom what she had done to make them think she feared her father.

she was Francis’ flesh and blood, not like Madeline, who was as good as an adopted daughter.

carefully in this household, never daring to show her dislike for

who seemed to act with impunity, knowing that, until now,

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Francis’ only daughter.

out of his way to protect the adopted daughter at the expense of his own.