The Scorned Heiress's Hidden Empire (by Jade Quinn) novel Chapter 106

Chapter 106

She racked her brain, but she couldn’t think of anything she’d done to offend Natalie. She thought. Figures, girls are alw playing these petty rivalry games, stirring up drama for no reason!

She hated this kind of petty drama more than anything.

Ever since she was a kid, she’d always preferred hanging out with guys. They were straightforward, no hidden agendas or complicated drama.

Girls were always scheming, acting all friendly on the surface, but playing nice up front while plotting behind your back.

Like right now.

Natalie just sat there in silence, watching her eagerly walk right into the trap like a fool, waiting for her to embarrass hers

How was that not on purpose?

The more Verena thought about it, the angrier she got, her nails digging hard into her palms.

she took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down. She’d seen it all before. This little bit of awkwardness was nothing

she sat back down, acting like nothing had happened.

Blondie took a sip of his drink, a smug grin tugging at his lips, clearly enjoying the show.

de shot Verena a look, thinking, ‘Serves her right.‘

He thought, ‘She really thinks she’s all that, hilarious. I can’t wait to spill this to Natalie and crack up together

Natalie lounged on the couch, popping a bite of watermelon into her mouth.

ach finally couldn’t hold it in anymore and whispered, “Talia, you… you know Mr. Pierce?

Natalie glanced at him.

Yesh Natalie replied

Lach swallowed nervously and asked, “So you two are pretty close

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She didn’t even wait for Natalie to answer before piling on. “Honestly, I’m so jealous. You’re so pretty, Mr. Pierce ac comes over just to say hi to you.

“People like us? He doesn’t even bother to look our way.”

Is dripped with sarcasm. She acted like she was complimenting Natalie, but every sentence screamed, You tention because of your face, right?”

e paused with his glass halfway to his mouth, narrowing his eyes at Verena.

e thought, ‘Whoa, she’s really throwing shade at Talia right to her face? Gotta hand it to her. She’s got guts.

Elijah, Quinn, and Zach all sensed the tension in the air. They shot each other uneasy glances, but none of them dar speak up.

Zach, who’d brought Verena along, gulped nervously and discreetly jabbed her with his elbow.

He thought, ‘What is she trying to do?‘

But Verena just shifted away, ioring him completely.

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up another piece of watermelon, and took her sweet time biting into it.

at stare, but she forced herself to nod.

eat to be pretty. People are always flocking around you wherever you go.

subtle smile.

ious as long as you want.”

ked away and continued eating her watermelon.

laughed out loud, quickly taking a sip of his drink to hide his smile

mile froze on her face for a full three seconds.

pened her mouth, but was stuck thinking. What does she mean, “Suit yourself, be envious as long as you wan

ho even responds like that?

Kijali. Quinn, and Zach all kept their heads down, pretending to be checking out the bottles on the table, but their sho were shaking with suppressed laughter.

It was obvious they were all trying not to burst out laughing

Verena’s face kept changing color, going pale then green with embarrason, ber nails digging deep into her palms

She took a deep breath, trying hard to keep her smile in place

id pin them against the wall for 15 seconds! Verena said, her voice

lose. There had to be some kind of thing going on between those two,

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Elijah and Quinn exchanged a look then both parked up the drinks permething m

Blondie paused for a second, then broke into a smile

That smile was teasing, with a bit of sarcasm mixed in

He looked at Verena, his gaze lingering on her face for a moment

“Okay, okay, so that s how you wanna play? Blondie said, his voice dripping with so

He straightened up, giving Verena a teasing half–smile. “Ms. Brooks at Ử

“So, who do you think I should pick? Should I pick you?”

Verena’s gaze flickered nervously, caught off guard for a second.

But she quickly pulled herself together, tossing her hair and flashing an even brighter smil

“Blondie, it’s your call. It’s just a game! Of course you should pick whoever you want. How could I pomsten decide Verena replied

She spoke in a soft, almost flirtatious tone, her eyes darting over to Natale as if to say. See The pars

1. me.

She might not usually bother with girl drama, but that didn’t mean she couldn’t play the game o

Blondie lounged on the couch, fingers tapping his knee, his smirk growing deeper

“Whatever I want? Blondie repeated raising an eyebrow.

Blondie repeated, “Whatever I want?” and then turned his gaze on Verena

He looked her over slowly scanning from head to toe and back again aring her sp

Verena tell uneasy under his stare but forced herself to keep ruling

Moodar boked away and look a sip from his glass