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Chapter 175: Cracking the Crab, Cracking the Crown
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2026-11-02 19:17:42
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"We don't have much cash on hand. Each of us can put in $200,000. With yours, that should be enough start-up capital for a small studio...""We can start with silver jewelry and take small orders. You've run a studio before, and with the two of us helping, I'm sure it'll be up and running in no time."Eleanor listened in silence to Bethany and Priscilla's plans and offered no opinion.Bethany and Priscilla exchanged glances."Think it over carefully. We're serious.""We really admire you, and we want a studio of our own, like yours.""If you don't mind having us, we can start the company together after you finish the Queen's crown... This dump, FY, let whoever wants to work here do it. I can't stand another day!""Me too, Eleanor. Bethany's future and mine are in your hands."As they spoke, the two women's eyes filled with tears.Eleanor didn't agree to start a company with them.But after that heart-to-heart, she stopped refusing the coffee and desserts they brought her."If you want
The Wife He Never Knew Chapter 179: Guilt, Coffee and Two Spies
Morning sunlight turned the glass curtain wall of the office tower to gold.Eleanor walked into FY."Are you sure this is a good idea?"She turned to ask Peter, who stood beside her.Peter gave a wry smile. "I may not be able to help with much else, but surely I can give you a fully equipped workspace?""Thank you so much! You've really helped me a lot."Her smile was as bright as the sunshine outside the window."Eleanor...""Hm?"Eleanor could tell that Peter was hesitating. He seemed to want to say something but couldn't get it out."What's wrong?"She asked first."Nothing..." Peter shook his head, then said something that wasn't like him at all: "I just think you've gotten more beautiful."Eleanor paused, then deliberately tossed her hair."Then you're right. I have gotten more beautiful."Peter laughed at her playful self-mockery."Is it because of the divorce? Do you feel relieved?"He asked carefully.He was afraid of upsetting her.But he also wanted to test her attitude."Of
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Did Eleanor blame Julian?Of course she did. That was what made it so strange.She blamed him for choosing Cassandra over her.She blamed him for kicking her while she was down, when the whole world had turned on her.She blamed him for not lifting a finger when her studio was struggling.She had so many, many complaints about him...And most of all, she blamed him for this:Why couldn't you recognize me as Birdie, from back then!Eleanor and Julian stared at each other for a while, their smiles growing more and more sarcastic."You think too highly of yourself."She used to blame him.But it wasn't strange now.Blaming Julian would only put more cracks in a heart that was already broken.If anyone deserved the blame, it was herself, for being blind to her own worth.When Eleanor saw someone rushing in from outside, her eyes lit up and she went to greet him.Her figure slipped out of Julian's sight. His hand, hanging at his side, twitched, but he didn't reach out.He had a feeling.Ev
The Wife He Never Knew Chapter 177: The Queen Clears the Room
Queen Isolde's eyes went wide. She looked as though she'd stumbled onto a new continent."You're V""Shh!"Before the Queen could say the name, Eleanor lifted a finger to her lips.The Queen understood at once and said nothing more.Beside them, Julian's eyebrow rose, slowly and silently.As far as he knew, this was the first time Eleanor and the Queen had ever met.Yet between the two of them, there was clearly a secret.One he knew nothing about.His chest tightened, as if something were rubbing it raw, one small pebble at a time."Forgive me, Miss Frost."Queen Isolde turned to Isabelle."I'd like to dine alone with this young lady tonight. It's my way of thanking her for repairing, and improving, my crown."This young lady was, of course, Eleanor.Cassandra's face went as pale as the shell of a raw king crab.Improving?As if Eleanor's work had been better than hers all along.The Queen thought she had made herself perfectly clear.And yet none of the three of them moved.Not Isab
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"What do you know?!"Cassandra turned and yelled at Eleanor, her voice hoarse."Oh, I see... It's all your fault!"Suddenly, she pointed angrily at Eleanor."You must have been too rough when you were taking apart the crab, and that's why the diamonds on the crown fell off. It's all your fault, and you have to pay for this loss!"Cassandra spoke eloquently, but everyone present knew perfectly well that she was shirking responsibility.No matter how much vibration there'd been while Eleanor was taking apart the crab, it couldn't have affected the crown in Queen Isolde's hands.Queen Isolde looked at the furious Cassandra with disappointment in her eyes.As a queen, she wouldn't make things difficult for an innocent waitress."Never mind...""Okay, I'll pay for it."Eleanor suddenly agreed.Queen Isolde and Isabelle were both very surprised.Cassandra sneered, "You'll pay? With what? Your monthly salary of less than three thousand dollars?"As soon as she'd said it, Cassandra regretted
The Wife He Never Knew Chapter 175: Cracking the Crab, Cracking the Crown
Isabelle turned her head and glanced coldly at Cassandra.The Crestwood Regal now belonged to the Frost family, and tonight's dinner was hosted by her for the Queen of Eldmark.This top-quality Bering Sea king crab had cost her a fortune, all to please Queen Isolde and encourage her to put more money into the undersea tunnel.And yet it was Eleanor, not a professional, who had come to take the crab apart.Worst of all, the tools for it hadn't even been set out.Isabelle wasn't stupid. She knew Cassandra was behind this arrangement.In dealing with Eleanor, she and Cassandra were on the same side. After all, the enemy of my enemy is my friend.But she didn't trust Cassandra.If it weren't for Julian's backing, Cassandra's family wouldn't even have been worthy of sitting at the same table as her, given their standing.Cassandra pretended not to notice Isabelle's cold look, her smile like a mask she couldn't take off.She was indeed the one who had asked the lobby manager to have Eleanor
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