Her Graceful War Song (Carissa Sinclair) novel Chapter 224

Eleanor smiled slowly, thinking it was time to extract some money from this money

tree.

Inside Evergreen Palace, Helen sneezed repeatedly. As she was preparing for a nap at noon, she was informed that Eleanor and Jessica had arrived.

Gillian furrowed her brow. When the two of them came together, it was usually for a specific reason.

A few years ago, Jessica and Dakota opened a makeup shop and made some money. Helen, who hated being outdone by others, heard about their success and thought about starting a shop herself. However, she didn’t plan to team up with Jessica. She actually wanted to partner with her maternal nephew.

However, Jessica approached Helen with a proposition. She claimed she had a unique formula that produced makeup as good as the ones used in the palace. She asked Helen for three thousand silver coins to start the business, suggesting they could open a makeup shop together.

Helen was skeptical of Jessica, so Eleanor intervened. Eleanor made sarcastic comments, suggesting that Helen was worried about being tricked out of her money and didn’t trust them. Helen was already intimidated by Eleanor and Jessica’s presence. So after seeing Eleanor’s grim face, Helen ended up handing over the

money.

Over the years, the makeup shop had never made a profit and had instead consistently suffered losses. Periodically, Helen was asked for more funds to keep the business afloat. Despite her private complaints, she felt compelled to comply to avoid being accused of poverty or stinginess.

In these years, Jessica had extracted nearly ten thousand silver coins from her for the makeup shop that had never even turned a profit.

Gillian, who had served Helen for many years and followed her into the palace, was naturally concerned about the expenditure. She suggested, “It seems they are here again to ask for more money. Lady Helen, the makeup shop isn’t making any money. Perhaps it would be best to close it down to avoid further requests for funds. You’ve already spent so much on it.”

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Even if that amount of silver were thrown into the water, it would at least make a splash.

Helen also felt that the makeup shop had indeed been a failure, but she was reluctant to close it. She felt it would be embarrassing. The makeup shop owned by Jessica and Dakota continued to make a profit, while the shop owned by Helen and Jessica was perpetually in the red. She refused to believe it would remain unprofitable indefinitely.