Chapter 844
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Still, she knew well enough that Ethan would definitely set aside spending money for his parents. As for Kenny, she couldn’t say for sure if he had received money from Ethan. But she was sure about one thing—Ethan’s parents had more than enough money and no reason whatsoever to borrow jewelry.
Across the table, Minna sat frozen, her face flushed with humiliation. She couldn’t possibly admit the truth. Kenny had bought her a tiara—small, cheap, with a few basic gems and barely any diamonds. At most, it was worth three hundred thousand.
In her eyes, it was too cheap. Wearing it at her engagement party would be humiliating.
Minna felt profoundly hurt and frustrated. She felt this was so unfair. Brenna was set to join the Mitchell family through marriage one day, and Ethan had bestowed upon her a birthday gift valued at an astonishing 1.3 billion.
If a birthday present could be so opulent, what extravagance awaited her engagement? And the wedding?
Kenny and Ethan, twin brothers, couldn’t have been more different in their gifting—Kenny’s offerings to her paled in comparison to Ethan’s grand gestures toward Brenna. For her engagement, Minna foresaw herself draped in modest attire and inexpensive jewelry, an easy target for scorn and ridicule.
She was determined not to fade into Brenna’s shadow.
“Please, I’m pleading with you,” Minna said, her voice thick with desperation. “Since we’re both destined to become members of the Mitchell family, could you lend me a hand? I promise I’ll take care of the tiara well and return it to you immediately after the engagement party.”
Brenna, unruffled, savored the final spoonful of her dessert before responding with a chilly gaze. “Why should I help you? Have you forgotten how you treated me in the past?”
She reached for her handbag, pulled out some cash, and placed it on the table. “I’ll pay for this.” Then, she stood up and left.
After what Minna had done to her, now she had the audacity to ask for a favor? Did she really think Brenna could be so forgiving? Did Minna truly believe she could treat her like this?
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Tears cascaded down Minna’s cheeks.
She had swallowed her pride to beg, yet Brenna remained unmoved—cruelly so.
It was unbearable. Brenna was deliberately orchestrating a humiliating contrast, ensuring that she, the shabbily dressed daughter-in-law, would be looked down upon by all.
Brenna was so vicious!
Did wealth grant her the right to be like this? Did it permit her to degrade people at a whim?
Minna only wanted to stand out, to avoid mockery and belittlement—was that so wrong?
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