My Extraordinary Wife

He still ended up throwing a birthday banquet for her.

Men.

Penelope’s determination to seduce Dixon was reignited at the thought of possibly becoming the next Mrs. Haddock.

With that thought in mind, she smiled at Jenny haughtily. In her head, it was a graceful and elegant smile. “Jenny, thank you so much for coming today. It means the world to me.”

Jenny felt a sense of unease at Penelope’s words.

Why is she acting all high and mighty? Just because she got welcomed back into her rich family doesn’t mean she’ll become the queen overnight. Dixon wouldn’t have needed to throw her a banquet if she were so powerful.

She didn’t show any of her disdain on her face. Instead, she plastered a fake smile on her face as she asked, “Is that a branded necklace? It looks so expensive and classy!”

Penelope’s eyes glinted maliciously despite her gentle smile.

“Oh, this old thing? It’s just a regular necklace. It wasn’t expensive at all,” she said in a casual tone. “It’s a design by X called Azure.”

She instinctively began to stroke the pendant hanging from the delicate chain. “This is a pretty rare blue diamond, too. I’ve always loved her work. You know what a big fan of hers I am.”

However, Azure wasn’t a recent design. In fact, it was quite an old design⁠—a classic from X’s earlier years.

Her older works hadn’t been as well received before as they were now. She wasn’t as famous and had much fewer fans then.

been so perfect. Some still had their

designs weren’t as expensive either. After

on the necklace at some random pawn

the chance to buy any of X’s designs because they were now insanely

been the beloved daughter of the Holt family, but they still weren’t well-equipped enough to spend so much money on just

persistent with the idea that X’s designs had to

the anger and envy she felt toward Penelope and said with an extremely false smile, “You’re so lucky. You’re never going to want for anything ever again at the Count’s

envy and respect behind her words still made Penelope feel as though she had spent her money wisely. She silently patted herself

remained calm and said modestly, “My uncle truly is a nice person. I’m really

when you belong in the Yates family anyway. You were born

force herself to gush out the most shallow, fake compliments

kept going, she might

who were standing not too far off as she spoke to

them over so they could promote and brag about how well the mother-daughter

also wanted to show off how many people wanted to get

worry about suitors. All the handsome, rich young bachelors would come and find her on their

was a prime

was practically glowing with

the reporters too and was starting to wonder why

her elegant stature. She silently promised herself that she would not lose to someone

was determined not to show it. “Penelope, the banquet Mr. Haddock is throwing

such a thing! Our families are just business acquaintances, that’s all,” Penelope said shyly. However, her blushing cheeks betrayed