No More Mrs. Nice Wife (Eleanor) novel Chapter 249

At half past six, Eleanor and Joy handed over their invitations and stepped into the grand foyer.

They’d barely entered the elevator when, just as the doors started to close, a hotel attendant poked her head in. “Excuse me, someone else needs to come in.”

She turned, smiling warmly at the person waiting outside. “Miss, please.”

Eleanor and Joy were chatting, but when they glanced up, Vanessa swept in, elegant as ever in a white evening gown.

Caught off guard, Vanessa’s surprise was clear—she hadn’t expected to see Eleanor and Joy at an event this formal, this prestigious. What on earth were they doing here?

Joy shot Eleanor a look that mirrored Vanessa’s confusion. Was Vanessa invited too?

“What a coincidence!” Vanessa broke the silence first, fixing Eleanor and Joy with a practiced smile. “Are you here for the dinner as well?”

Joy grinned, her tone teasing. “With a dress like that, Miss Shannon, I’d say you must be performing for us tonight!”

Vanessa’s expression instantly cooled. There was a sting in Joy’s words, a subtle dig at her background in the performing arts.

Without a word, Vanessa turned her back on them, radiating icy indifference.

When the elevator reached the third floor, she stepped out first, her heels echoing across the marble. Joy and Eleanor followed.

The corridor outside was already buzzing with elegant women in designer gowns, their jewels flashing as they mingled and chatted. As Vanessa approached, admiring glances and nods greeted her; she slipped seamlessly into their circle, accepted as one of their own. From the far side of the room, Eleanor and Joy seemed invisible, standing awkwardly in a quiet corner, clearly out of place among the city’s elite.

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