This Time, I'll Be the Villain's Favorite Daughter novel Chapter 372

Chapter 372 The Heiress Who Plays Bodyguard

In Maya’s memories from when she was little, Philbert had always been the picture of a major figure, his back straight as ever and his stride brisk enough to cut through the air.

Just by standing there without a word, he could make an entire room hold its breath.

But… why was it that once a person hit a certain age, they had to go and unlock the legendary beard?

Did he think his presence alone wasn’t enough, or had the beard somehow saved his life once?

She just didn’t get it.

The white–haired big shot beside him shot her a glance and teased with a smile. “This kid’s pretty entertaining.”

Philbert waved a hand, not the least bit annoyed, an undisguised laugh threading through his voice. “She takes after me.”

The mood across the whole room quietly loosened at that laugh.

The tense, scrutinizing stares from before turned into something else–curiosity, surprise, and a little

envy.

Everyone in the hall kept their social chatter polished and airtight, no matter who they were, and she was probably the only one who’d ever told Philbert to his face, in front of all of them, that his beard was ugly.

And Philbert not only hadn’t gotten angry, he’d actually laughed.

That single smile carried more weight than anything he’d said during his remarks earlier.

The middle–aged onlookers exchanged a glance as if on cue.

If she was the only direct descendant, and a girl at that, then didn’t that mean they had a shot at angling for a match?

Marrying into an old–money family like this was no easy thing, but if it ever worked out, their future wouldn’t merely climb at a steady pace.

It would take off like a rocket.

And the child was still young, which meant any kid of a suitable age stood a real chance.

Plenty of heiresses in their circle had shown terrible judgment in men before.

So what if this little one happened to be just as blind?

But thinking was one thing, and for now all they could do was suppress their excitement, afraid to let a trace of it show in a setting like this.

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Chapter 372 The Heiress Who Plays Bodyguard

Fincher

fns finally caught up, watching the scene at the main table from across the room, her gaze settling on her friend, and murmured, “What are you going to do now, Ms. Clark? Your sidekick doesn’t exactly look like your sidekick anymore

Who could’ve guessed that Maya, who trained alongside them, wolfed down boxed lunches with them, and griped about the company, would turn out to have a background like this?

Somalie lifted a hand and pressed it to her chin to keep her expression from getting too dramatic.

The girl’s big, misty–blue eyes were still stretched wide, and her lashes fluttered up and down several times before she finally steadied her face.

She stared at the back of Maya’s figure at the main table, the scene from a moment ago still replaying in her head, and the more she thought about it the more unbelievable it felt.

“But… but why would she give up a perfectly good life as an heiress to work as a bodyguard?” Somalie lowered her hand and turned to Iris and Phoebe, finally voicing the question that had been stuck in her throat.

“And besides,” Somalie said, genuinely baffled, “if her family found out, wouldn’t they be furious?”

Phoebe shuddered, her lashes trembling uneasily.

She reached out and patted Somalie’s shoulder, her lowered voice carrying a genuine, bone–deep nervousness. “Well… her family probably doesn’t know anything about this. Or to put it another way, they probably don’t know that Maya is your sidekick, Somalie.”

Phoebe was trying to remind Somalie what the crux of the whole thing really was.

For someone with Maya’s background to run off and work as someone’s bodyguard was already absurd enough, and if the Clarks ever found out she was acting as Somalie’s sidekick on top of it, Phoebe couldn’t even bring herself to picture the scene.

Phoebe had always believed this whole family was nothing but trouble.

Before coming here, she’d spent a long time psyching herself up.

After seeing these people with her own eyes tonight, all of Phoebe’s mental prep went straight out the

window.

That Toby, just sitting there without saying a word, made the very air around her feel hard to breathe.

“I know that. I’m not an idiot.” Somalie pressed her lips together, a little unhappy at being lectured so

much.

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