Her Story: Rise Of Tiffany novel Chapter 14

Her Story: Rise Of Tiffany Chapter 14

Seeing that Tiffany wasn’t having the meltdown they’d expected, Mr. and Mrs. Kelley breathed a sigh of relief.

“We’re glad you’re not upset with us,” Thalia said

Sometimes reality was harsh. The Harpers were too powerful to cross, so they had to swallow this bitter pill.

Tiffany smiled softly. “How could I be?”

Far from being angry, she was actually looking forward to what might happen next.

It was the appearance of Kenneth’s dream girl that had originally led him to throw Tiffany under the bus. This time, she wouldn’t make the same mistake.

But how things would unfold now, even Tiffany couldn’t predict.

Lost in thought, she didn’t hear Thalia calling her name until Thalia waved a hand in front of her face.

“What’s got you so distracted? I’ve asked you twice now.”

“Oh, sorry. What did you say, Mom?” Tiffany responded, still a bit disoriented.

“I was asking if anyone from the Harper family gave you trouble in the garden earlier?” she clarified.

It would have been fine if her mom hadn’t brought it up, but the mention immediately reminded Tiffany of what had happened in the storage closet.

Richard’s strikingly handsome face, those deep, dark eyes, and the way he looked down at her with a hint of a smile.

‘Oh no. Why couldn’t I shake these images from my head?’ Tiffany was in a panic.

Tiffany pinched herself discreetly before answering her parents’ questioning looks. “No. trouble at all. Actually, I caught quite an interesting show…”

Thankfully, her parents weren’t the type to pry, so they let it drop.

The news of the Kelleys trying to break off the engagement should have blown over, but somehow it leaked.

Lovell City wasn’t big, and its high society was even smaller. The story spread like wildfire, twisting with each retellin

By the time it made the rounds, the truth-that the Kelleys wanted out and the Harpers were stalling-had morphed into a different tale entirely. Now people were saying the Harpers wanted to end things, but Tiffany was desperately clinging to the engagement!

The backlash was immediate and intense.

“That Tiffany Kelley is so shameless! The Harpers want to break it off, and she’s threatening to kill herself if they do!” someone groaned.

“I feel so bad for Kenneth. Getting stuck with a girl like that? Talk about the worst luck ever!” another commented.

When Tiffany went to school on Monday, these whispers followed her everywhere.

She’d always been an outsider in her class, but now she was Public Enemy Number One for every girl in school.

Yet Tiffany couldn’t care less. She went about her day as usual, seemingly unaffected by the drama swirling around her.

Upon hearing these rumors, Kenneth initially thought about setting the record straight. But remembering Tiffany’s cold shoulder, he decided it wasn’t worth the effort.

He was just as confused about why the engagement hadn’t been called off. The night before, his parents had even lectured him about being nicer to Tiffany, hinting that they were dead set on this marriage happening.

The more people talked, the more Kenneth resented being pushed into a corner. He wanted nothing more than to rebel against it all.