Not A Small-Town Girl

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Polly wore delicate makeup and high-end jewelry. Even though

she was forty years old, her face didn’t have a single wrinkle.

Her skin was well-maintained, and she had a delicate

appearance.

"Logan, Tara, Geoffrey is just feeling

a little wronged, and that’s why he

came to youto complain," Polly said.

"Don’t take it seriously. | understan:

why David won’t let Sebastian join

the company. Sebastian just wants

to besloser to his brother and help

himshare the workload. Sifite

Sébastian joining the company

upsets David, | won’t agree to let him

join. Sebastian can make a living

anywhere.

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“David has a deep misunderstanding of our family of three, so |

don’t want him to have any more misunderstandings. Sebastian

never intends to compete with David for anything." Polly spoke

softly, forcing a smile.

Her words shifted all the blame onto

David. She algo implied that David

couldn’t talerate his family, yet shes

pretendédto be considerate of hiny

ande aphasized their family of

threesDanielle wanted to apptaud,

thinking, ‘She is truly a skilled angelic

bifth.

----

Danielle held David’s hand and could feel the coldness

emanating from him. She squeezed his hand.

As if sensing Danielle’s unease, David curled his lips into a faint

smile. Holding her hand, he led her toward the living room.

Picking up where Polly left off, Sebastian said, "That’s right.

Grandpa, Grandma, Dad and | just want to help David share

some of the work. We can’t bear to see him working so hard for

the company. | won’t compete with David for anything.”

“You guys are worthy of helping me share the work?" David said

with a cold expression as he held Danielle’s hand and walked

in. "Don’t you know your worth?"

When Logan and Tara saw Danielle, their initially grim

expressions instantly brightened. "Danielle, you’re here!" Tara

said. "Every day, I’ve been asking this rascal to bring you over,

but he keeps refusing."

“Tara, I’ve really been quite busy lately," Danielle replied

sweetly.

“My dear Danielle, I’ve asked the kitchen staff to make a lot of

your favorite dishes." Tara kept holding Danielle’s hand, her

fondness for her evident.

----

Danielle had cured Logan and Tara. Calling her their lifesaver

wouldn’t be an exaggeration.

David had initially come to complain, asking Logan to rein in

David, but unexpectedly, Logan and Tara completely ignored

their family of three as soon as Danielle arrived.

“You are David’s girlfriend, right?" Polly said with a proper smile

as she looked at Danielle. "You’re so beautiful. No wonder

David has a thing for you. Which family are you from?"

What Polly said was simply a subtle insinuation that David liked

Danielle for her looks. In the short time since arriving in

Soufield, she encountered one angelic bitch after another. "Tara,

who is this old woman?" Danielle asked.

----

As soon as Danielle spoke, Polly’s expression changed. She

wanted to fly into a rage but had to hold back, so her face kept

shifting expressions like a chameleon.

"She is the second wife of David’s father," Tara said, not daring

to say "stepmother" for fear that David would be upset.

Covering her mouth with a look of disbelief, Danielle said, "Huh?

No way. No way. Doesn’t that mean the mistress has

successfully become the wife? Oh my, | despise mistresses who

break up families. How immoral!"

----

"What are you talking about?" Polly

said. "Do you have any manners? |

am Geoffrey’¢ Jegally wedded wife."

Polly hated‘itwhen people brought

this up. lathe past, those circles of

wealtny wives despised and looked

dowrsdpon her. It was only in-kecent

yeas that she had entered those

citcles, but those wealthywives still

looked down upon her. Now that

David was the head of the family,

those wealthy wives still mocked her

openly and secretly.

----

‘Now, this ill-mannered young girl dares to mock me,’ Polly

thought. ’She hasn’t even married into the Charrington family,

yet she dares to go against me. | really need to teach her a

lesson."

Danielle looked at Polly in shock and said, "Isn’t Sebastian only

one year younger than David? | remember David saying that he

was five when his mother passed away. David’s parents weren’t

divorced at that time, right? Oh my god. It can’t be, right?"