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.

hadn’t always been so perfect.

After all, they used to be worth

how Penelope got her hands on the necklace at some random

any of X’s designs because they

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

was so persistent with the idea

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 Mansion. In

respect behind her words still made Penelope feel as though she had spent

said modestly, “My uncle truly is a nice person.

belong in the Yates family anyway. You were born into it,” Jenny said, barely managing to hide her

disgust, she still had to force herself to gush out the most shallow, fake compliments she could

she

at the reporters who were standing not too far off as she spoke to

so they could promote and brag

many people wanted to get in their good books after returning

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

was a

was practically glowing

wonder why they had all shown up. Is Penelope that

continued to smile graciously and maintained her elegant stature. She silently promised herself that

banquet Mr. Haddock is throwing for you is a pretty huge

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