When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

Chapter 0281

As Karen spoke, her sharp eyes swept over Edith from head to toe. “Ha, dressed like that, you definitely don’t look like a respectable woman. All dolled up on the surface, but who knows how many men you serviced last night!”

Edith was stunned. She hadn’t expected such vile insults, full of personal attacks and outright slander

“You! You” She stuttered, trembling with rage. She couldn’t bring herself to retaliate in kind, she simply didn’t have the stomach for such filthy language.

“You, you, you–what? Can’t even speak properly, huh? Bet you have to discount your overnight fees–50 bucks? 707 Definitely not worth 100, right? Do you think you’re worth that much?”

Edith’s cheeks flushed bright red. “I won’t stoop to arguing with a shrew like you. You’re utterly irrational and disgusting beyond belief!”

“Oh, trying to sound all sophisticated now? Well, I know some

hussy, you name it!”

Edith was simply shocked.

in words too–fickle, shameless, floozy.

“I-I refuse to lower myself to your level. It’s pointless. People like you are no better than pigs and dogs.”

her high

dogs are still better than a hussy like

high heels sunk into a mud puddle, ruining her

thousand dollars. Her mood

did Mindy live in? What sort of awful neighbors did she keep? Today

As for the contract…

dare not renew it. Over the

the

she was out of touch with the latest industry trends and had no connections or resources in

be willing to be her editor or help her publish books? There was no need for

to make this trip.

the contract expired, Mindy would come begging on her own, asking to renew. The more Edith thought about it, the more she felt that coming for a visit had been a mistake. Not only was she shut out, but she also got

She would make sure to hold

finally came crawling back, Edith planned to play hard to

you yelling at? Didn’t the Suttons already move out?” a neighbor

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trashy relative of theirs came early in the

going