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.

so perfect.

her designs weren’t as expensive either. After all, they used to be worth much

got her hands on the necklace at some random pawn

of X’s designs

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

was so persistent with the idea that X’s designs

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 Mansion. In fact, I bet that uncle of yours

snide tone, the envy and respect behind her words still made Penelope feel as though she had spent her money wisely. She silently patted herself on the back for choosing to wear it today,

remained calm and said modestly, “My uncle truly is

in the Yates family anyway. You were born into it,”

force herself to gush out the most shallow, fake compliments

she kept going, she

glancing over at the reporters who were standing not too far

invited all of them over so they could promote and brag about how well the mother-daughter duo were doing

wanted to get in their

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

was a

was practically

and was starting to wonder why they had all shown up. Is Penelope

She silently promised herself that she would not lose

how frustrated she was, she was determined not to show it. “Penelope, the banquet Mr. Haddock is throwing for you is a pretty huge affair. Is he trying to pursue

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