From Sneers to Cheers: Anthea’s Ascent

“Adah, you forgot your cash!” Daly instructed the maid to deliver the money.

Adah glanced back with defiance, swearing for the first time. “We don’t need your stinking. money! Consider this cash as a head start on your funeral expenses!”

Daly couldn’t help but burst into laughter, clapping his hands. “Well said! That’s some spine!”

If the Christensens had swallowed their pride and shown a bit of humility, Daly might have been moved to mercy when they found themselves homeless, wandering the streets with no place to call their own.

But it seemed unnecessary!

They were a bunch of ingrates! From here on out, whatever happened to the Christensen family was of no concern to him.

Supporting Karen, Adah stepped outside.

A discreet minivan was parked at the curb, its license plate conspicuously absent.

Seeing Adah and Karen, the driver quickly got off and opened the door. “Lady Karen, Lady Adah.”

Adah showed no emotion, stating, “Back to the mansion. And tell Laird there’s no need to

come.

“Laird and the guys are nearly here,” the assistant in the front seat turned to inform.

The Christensen family had prepared many expensive gifts for this family alliance, dispatched directly from Capital City by the estate manager, Laird.

Judging by the timing, they were due to arrive today.

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The assistant was taken back for a moment before replying. “Got it.“.

Karen and Adah sat in the back, silent, the tension in the car thick enough to cut with a knife.

Not until they reached the mansion did Adah, helping Karen inside, vent her fury. “How dare he! I cannot believe Daly would stoop so low!”

Karen patted Adah’s hand reassuringly. “Now, now, don’t get worked up. What kind of lady can’t Sherman snag if he wanted to? That little upstart Rebecca is not even in the same league as our family, let alone a match for our Sherman! Blessing in disguise, I say. It’s good to see their true colors through this ordeal.”

Though Rebecca was attractive, she was no match for the polished debutantes of Capital City.

Scores of women would kill to be in Sherman’s favor, yet Rebecca couldn’t see the diamond she had in front of her.

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Adah regretted not standing her ground. “Karen, I should’ve thrown that money in Daly’s face to see if it knocked some sense into him!”

As a high society lady, Adah was always treated with the utmost respect.

She was unaccustomed to such Indignity!

“Why bother with such people? Forget about it!” Karen said with a smile, comforting her. “They missed out on a gem today. They’ll live to regret it.”

“Yes, you’re right.” Adah nodded, her anger subsiding at the thought.

With that, she continued, “Now that this engagement is off, Karen, should we head back to Capital City?”

They were in town for this marriage proposal, after all.

With the engagement broken, there was little reason to stay.

“No, we can’t go back,” Karen shook her head, “Cloudcrest is a place of exceptional people and beauty. There must be countless outstanding young women here. I’ll get Sherman one beautiful bride. Then we’ll return to Capital City in style to show the Morris family that our Christensen grandson’s wife is a hundred, a thousand, no, a million times better than that Rebecca!”