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.

designs hadn’t always been so perfect. Some still

her designs weren’t as expensive either. After all, they used

on the necklace at

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

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

with the idea that X’s

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 Mansion. In fact, I bet that uncle of yours would even get you the stars in the sky if you asked for

her words still made Penelope feel as though she had

“My uncle truly is a nice person. I’m really

family anyway. You were

to gush out the most shallow, fake compliments

going, she

who were standing not too far off

could promote and brag about how well the mother-daughter duo were doing in the Count’s

people wanted to get in their good books after returning to

had been curated, Penelope no longer had to worry about suitors. All the handsome, rich young bachelors would come and find her

a prime

was practically glowing with

had spotted the reporters too and was starting to wonder why they had all shown

smile graciously and maintained her elegant stature. She silently promised

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

business acquaintances, that’s all,” Penelope said shyly. However, her blushing cheeks