The minute Lydia brought up Alfie, Rosie started shaking with anger.
She was about to lose it when Carter cut in, his voice ice cold. “Miss Gibson, I need you to control yourself. If you keep acting out, I’ll have to get security involved.”
Rosie’s eyes turned red, tears threatening to spill. “Carter, you…”
For Lydia, Carter was actually threatening her with security? The same Carter who was always so gentle with her? Rosie’s pride just couldn’t take it.
Maisie, knowing full well how much Rosie liked Carter, started to worry Rosie would go too far and ruin her chances with him forever. She grabbed Rosie’s arm, trying to distract her. “Rosie, I heard the food here is really good. Let’s go order something first, okay?”
Marilyn wasn’t super close to Rosie, but since Maisie was her cousin, sometimes she’d join them for lunch. She jumped in too. “Yeah, Rosie, let’s go check out the menu.”
Rosie’s hands were clenched so tight her knuckles turned white. Her chest hurt, like she couldn’t even breathe.
“Carter, someday you’re going to see her for who she really is!”
She spun around and stormed off.
Carter watched them go, finally letting out a quiet sigh of relief. He turned to Lydia, looking apologetic. “Sorry about that. I honestly didn’t expect to run into her here.”
Lydia felt a sudden burst of curiosity.
“She’s in love with you,” she said, not even bothering to make it a question.
Lydia knew a thing or two about just how proud Rosie was.
Carter looked uncomfortable as he sat down. “We’re just acquaintances. Honestly, maybe not even friends.”
Of course, Rosie hadn’t told Maisie that Lydia was the real heiress of the Norwood family or that she was actually Connor’s fiancée.
“She’s not good enough for Carter,” Rosie hissed.
Marilyn jumped in right away. “Exactly. She’s just some nobody from Lakeview Town. If the Kevin hadn’t made her his student, nobody would even know her name.”
Marilyn made sure to ignore the fact that Lydia was top of her class, had gone to the border to help stop a virus, and even caught a traitor. None of that mattered to her.
Rosie shot Marilyn a look. She knew Lydia was the real Norwood heiress. Hearing Marilyn talk like that just made her seem dumb.
Marilyn noticed Rosie looking at her and thought she’d said exactly what Rosie wanted to hear. She kept smiling, piling it on. “You come from a great family, and your uncle is a famous general. Only you could ever be good enough for Carter.”

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Olha a história bem boa só algumas coisas são chatas ( nesse tipo de história sempre troca as filhas pela a da empregada ou então pegam uma menina pra criar) pelo menos eles tratam a filha bem só enche o saco que até agora a Lucinda tá lá enchendo ! Fora isso tá bom Connor é um fofo a família dela a ama muito só Lucinda pra abaixar o nível do livro já era pra ter resolvido isso e fazer ela pagar mais tudo bem li um livro chinês que era parecido só algumas coisas diferentes ,ais mesma coisa tipo ela salvou o Connor no início lá ela salvava o avô dele , no chinês ela não tinha um irmão mais novo com os pais adotivos , a mãe dela tinha 2 irmãos e todos os avós estavam vivos mais história quase igual e tem coisas tipo o triângulo que lá TB tinha até a Lucinda que no chines TB ficou o livro todo aprontando só no final a família descobria e se livrava dela aí ela ia morar com o cara que ela usa pra disfarçar que não gosta do Connor aí depois ainda quase matava a irmã dele e a mãe dele que ele via como ela era...
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the next chapter is exciting...
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