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.

always been so perfect. Some still

expensive either. After all, they used to be worth

on the necklace at some random

buy any of X’s designs because they were

been the beloved daughter of the Holt family, but they still weren’t well-equipped

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

made Penelope feel as though she had spent her money wisely. She silently

she still remained calm and said modestly, “My uncle truly is a nice person. I’m really just lucky to

family anyway. You were born

gush out the most shallow, fake

kept going, she might actually

stop glancing over at the reporters who were standing not too far off as she

them over so they could promote and brag about

how many people wanted to get in their good books

perfect, rich image had been curated, Penelope no longer had to worry about suitors. All the handsome, rich

a

practically glowing

and was starting to wonder why

to smile graciously and maintained her elegant stature. She silently promised herself that she would not lose to someone like

was determined not to show it. “Penelope, the banquet Mr. Haddock is throwing for you is a pretty huge affair. Is

just business acquaintances, that’s all,” Penelope said