Chapter 865: Beauty and Destruction
The manager shivered as she regained her composure upon entering the store—she felt a hand wrap around her waist.
Damn it.
The strange sensation made her tremble.
She wasn’t pretty, not very short either, but weighed over 150 pounds, with a somewhat round face—far from the current Federal ideal.
They preferred girls with wavy blonde hair, sharp features, a good figure, and slim build.
Everything about the manager was the opposite of mainstream beauty standards. That’s why, after a brief, awkward high school relationship with another overweight boy, she’d never had a boyfriend.
Sometimes, in a half-dream state, she fantasized about her future partner. But every time she woke up, she painfully realized it wouldn’t be easy.
Because she wasn’t attractive, quality men wouldn’t choose her. Plus, she moved in circles that, if not high-ranking, were at least mid to upper class in the Federation. Her standards were extremely high.
Ordinary men didn’t even meet her criteria, which explained why she’d remained single all these years.