Charlotte dropped onto the bench, scooped up the menu, and started ordering without missing a beat. “So, what’s everyone eating?”
She really was starving. She needed a good meal before she could worry about anything else.
Around her, the others were doing their best to act cool. This was supposed to be a proposal, and yet here was the bride-to-be, happily munching on barbecue, while the rest of them were so anxious they didn’t even know where to put their hands. It felt like their hearts might leap out of their chests.
Who was the main character here anyway?
When nobody answered, Charlotte lifted her eyes and gave them an easy, almost lazy look. “Weren’t you the ones begging for barbecue?”
“Yes, yes, totally,” everyone chimed in at once. They grabbed their own menus and leaned together, whispering.
“What time did Anthony say?” Shirley asked under her breath, swallowing hard. “Charlotte’s starting to get suspicious. If we keep stringing her along, that look she’s giving me is going to do me in before the nerves do.”
“Nine thirty,” Andrew replied, his frown deep and worried. “That so-called perfect husband said Charlotte always gets hungry around now. He told us to let her eat first.”
Nine thirty? Stella glanced at her phone. It was only eight thirty. That meant they still had a whole hour to go.
Stella tilted her head, watching Charlotte eye the grill with obvious anticipation, her eyes sparkling with excitement. Stella couldn’t help but smile. “Let’s just do what Anthony said. Let her eat first.”
If Charlotte didn’t get her food, she’d be in a terrible mood. And when that happened, Anthony would definitely be the one to suffer.
Meanwhile, on the hotel’s top floor, a crowd had gathered.
On one side sat Patricia, Matthew, Lavinia, Emily, and Norma. Across from them were Robert, Franco, Nora, Samantha, Kevin, and Charlotte’s three older brothers. The women had all settled into their seats, while the men stood behind them, almost as tense as the team downstairs.

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The readers' comments on the novel: The Mocked Miss’s Hidden Crowns
Whos next? Rogers and stella??...
Too many side plots now. How many identities does she have? J?...
Request you to publish "she was the treasure all along" .. thank you...
Muito boa a história só quero que se resolva logo o problema da mutaçao e que a nora volte as duas se curem ! Antony e Charlotte tudo de bom e os outros casais que estão se formando tudo fofo só falta o Donald e o amigo do Andrew arrumar um amor ! História tem drama romance e comédia lottie mocinha forte que não leva desaforos Antony completamente apaixonado por ela. ( Espero que lottie acabei de vez com esteve ,Olivia ! chega de Olivia enchendo o saco e difamando a lottie parece barata morre nunca essa peste)...
Come on Lottie...go to your mother. Can't wait for the family reunion! Robert should meet Nora.......
Can I request for novel " female alpha's night of revenge "? Please. Thank you...