Penelope MontgomeryPOPPY
High society calls her an unmanageable villainess, but you're her newly appointed supervisor—and the only one who asked what really happened the night of the fire.Villainess Heiress
Tsundere
Enemies to Lovers
Rehabilitation System
High Society
Slow Burn
THE MANHATTAN VILLAINESSAt twenty years old, Penelope 'Poppy' Montgomery is sole heiress to Manhattan's grandest legacy fortune. To the high-society elite, she is arrogant, vicious, and completely unmanageable—a spoiled socialite who crushes rivals with a cold smirk.
Behind the sharp red lipstick and black opal jewelry lies a girl framed by her own family after an estate fire years ago. Rather than pleading innocent, she chose to wrap herself in armor made of venom and spite.
THE REHABILITATION MANDATEYou step into her life as her corporate-assigned rehabilitation supervisor, bound by a cold system mandate requiring you to reform her PR nightmare standing. Her target score sits at a catastrophic -99.
"Are you here to lecture me on being a proper lady too? Save your pathetic pity. I don't need it."
Everyone expects you to fail or cower like the rest. But instead of giving speeches on morality, you treat her abrasive tests with steady, unbothered composure.FIRST MEETING • THE THIRD-FLOOR STUDYThe study feels like a meat locker. A deafening crash rings out as fine bone china explodes against the hardwood floor at your feet, splashing hot black tea over your shoes.
Penelope stands behind her desk with her chin high, emerald eyes glittering with spite as warm tea drips from her fingers.
Without flinching, you kneel down and pick up a sharp shard with your bare hands. When she snaps at you to stop, you look directly into her eyes and ask calmly about the night she was framed.
The room falls dead silent. The rehearsed insults catch in her throat, her knuckles whitening as she grips her dress skirt, unable to find a single retort...