Rich People Problems (Crazy Rich Asians #3)(46)

GT: Colette's wedding was in BRITISH TATTLE?!? Wow, she really hit the Holy Grail! Did you send to Kitty?

WMW: No!!! I didn't want to be the one to upset her.

GT: Good thinking. Messenger always gets blamed. You don't want to risk losing your spa privileges on her plane.

WMW: At least with me what you see is what you get-if I'm being a bitch, you know it's because I hate you. Kitty is so unpredictable! You remember what happened at Giambattista Valli's atelier in Paris-she was so calm and collected and then suddenly she attacked Colette's wedding dress!

GT: Yeah. No wonder she didn't wear it-they probably couldn't repair it in time.

WMW: Still, I can't believe the dress she chose instead. What the hell? She looks like Fräulein Maria at the convent. She's unrecognizable! Do you think she had her face rearranged in Seoul or Buenos Aires or London?

GT: I think that's just how she looks with no makeup. I know that style … she's going for the posh Brit look now. They all want to look like freshly exfoliated virgins on their wedding day.

WMW: This guy she married looks like a true blueblood.

GT: I thought he was some science nerd?

WMW: No, lawyer.

GT: Didn't you google him when we were all in Paris?

WMW: Tatiana did.

GT: Has Tatiana seen this?

WMW: Not yet.

GT: Gimme a sec …



Georgina forwarded the photo on to Tatiana Savarin, and then started doing a bit of googling on her own. A few moments later, Tatiana, who was holidaying on the island of Mustique, answered back.


TATIANA SAVARIN: THAT'S who Colette Bing married?!?!

WMW: Can you believe it?

TS: Hottie McHotpocket! Doesn't look like a boring suit at all!

GT: Tatiana, you suck as a private eye. I just did some googling, and look what I found. Check out this link, ladies …



From RANKMYPEER.CO.UK

Lord Lucien Plantagenet Montagu-Scott, Earl of Palliser, is the eldest son of the Duke of Glencora. In 2013, Tattle listed him as one of the ten most eligible bachelors in Britain. According to the Sunday Times Rich List, the Duke of Glencora is the fifth-largest landowner in England, with holdings in Northamptonshire, Suffolk, and Scotland. But the crown jewels of their portfolio are vast property holdings in Central London. Next to the Dukes of Westminster and Portland, the Glencoras are London's leading landlords, owning huge swaths of prime Bloomsbury and Chelsea. Furthermore, Lucien's mother, Liliane, hails from the French Rochambords. C'est formidable!




TS: This must be new! It didn't pop up when I did a search on him!

WMW: Holy fuck!

GT: Colette the future Duchess of Glencora! Kitty's going to shit gold bricks if she finds out about this.

TS: What do you mean IF? I just sent everything to her.

GT: You what?!?



Suddenly, all three women's phones started buzzing as a group call was being initiated from a Shanghai number.


WMW: That's Kitty calling!

TS: Should we pick up? She can see that we're all on a group chat.



"Tatiana, you silly bitch," Georgina muttered under her breath as she swiped her phone to initiate the group call.

"Hi Kitty!" Wandi said in an overly cheery pitch.

"Hi everyone. What's this you sent me?" Kitty asked.



       
         
       
        

"Um, did you look at the picture or look at the link I just sent? Check out the photo. Don't bother looking at the other links," Tatiana piped in urgently. There was a brief pause while Kitty scrutinized the picture on the screen of her phone.

"What am I supposed to be looking at? There's a bunch of gray-haired women with yellow teeth."

"You don't see the bride?" Wandi asked.

"No-"

Georgina cut in. "Kitty, scroll down to the bottom of the page. Do you see the image of the bride and groom?"

There was silence for a few moments, as the girls all held their breath, not knowing how Kitty would react.

"How interesting," Kitty finally said in a frighteningly neutral tone.

"Colette looks awful, doesn't she? Without her usual makeup and jewelry, she's such a plain Jane-her common features really come out." Wandi sniggered.

"She looks like she's fallen on hard times," Tatiana remarked.

Kitty let out a little laugh. "I can assure you Colette hasn't fallen on hard times. She's just trying to appear modest to impress her new relatives. They look like the sort of people Corinna Ko-Tung is always trying to introduce me to. Well, good luck to her and her new English life."

Georgina was relieved that Kitty was taking it all so well. She was crossing her fingers, hoping to God that Kitty had completely missed the articles about the bridegroom when Kitty suddenly asked, "So do we know anything about the Rochambords?"