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China Rich Girlfriend

Kevin Kwan
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  1. Contents
  2. PROLOGUE
  3. BEIJING CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
  4. PART ONE
  5. 1
  6. THE MANDARIN
  7. 2
  8. CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA
  9. 3
  10. SCOTTS ROAD
  11. 4
  12. RIDOUT ROAD
  13. 5
  14. TYERSALL PARK
  15. 6
  16. MORTON STREET
  17. 7
  18. BELMONT ROAD
  19. 8
  20. DIAMOND BALLROOM, RITZ-CARLTON HOTEL
  21. 9
  22. THE LOCKE CLUB
  23. 10
  24. ARCADIA
  25. 11
  26. FOUR SEASONS BILTMORE
  27. 12
  28. ARCADIA
  29. PART TWO
  30. 1
  31. 2
  32. RACHEL AND NICK
  33. 3
  34. ASTRID
  35. 4
  36. THE BAOS
  37. 5
  38. CHARLIE
  39. 6
  40. CARLTON AND COLETTE
  41. 7
  42. NICK AND RACHEL
  43. 8
  44. COLETTE
  45. 9
  46. MICHAEL AND ASTRID
  47. 10
  48. THE BINGS
  49. 11
  50. CORINNA AND KITTY
  51. 12
  52. ASTRID
  53. 13
  54. SAVE THE SEAMSTRESS FASHION SHOW
  55. 14
  56. TRENTA
  57. 15
  58. 28 CLUNY PARK ROAD
  59. 16
  60. PARIS
  61. 17
  62. THE MANDARIN ORIENTAL
  63. 18
  64. THE SHANGRI-LA
  65. PART THREE
  66. 1
  67. SHEK O
  68. 2
  69. CHANGI AIRPORT
  70. 3
  71. JINXIAN LU
  72. 4
  73. RIVERSIDE VICTORY TOWERS
  74. 5
  75. PULAU CLUB
  76. 6
  77. IMPERIAL TREASURE RESTAURANT
  78. 7
  79. THE WEST LAKE
  80. 8
  81. NATIONAL LIBRARY OF CHINA
  82. 9
  83. RIDOUT ROAD
  84. 10
  85. QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL
  86. 11
  87. BUKIT BROWN CEMETERY
  88. 12
  89. MAR VISTA
  90. 13
  91. TRIUMPH TOWERS
  92. 14
  93. CENTRAL POLICE STATION
  94. 15
  95. RIDOUT ROAD
  96. 16
  97. 188 TAIYUAN ROAD
  98. 17
  99. NEWSPAPERS AROUND THE WORLD
  100. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ALSO BY KEVIN KWAN

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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organizations, places, events, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2015 by Kevin Kwan

All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, and in Canada by Random House of Canada, a division of Penguin Random House Ltd., Toronto.

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DOUBLEDAY and the portrayal of an anchor with a dolphin are registered trademarks of Penguin Random House, LLC.

Cover design and illustration by Joan Wong

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

Kwan, Kevin.

China rich girlfriend : a novel / Kevin Kwan. — First edition.

pages; cm

ISBN 978-0-385-53908-1 (hardcover)

ISBN 978-0-385-53909-8 (eBook)

1. Fiancées—Fiction. 2. Rich people—China—Shanghai—Fiction. 3. Socialites—Singapore—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3611.W36C48 2015

813′. 6—dc23

2015003996

eBook ISBN 9780385539098

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Contents

Cover

Also by Kevin Kwan

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Epigraph

Prologue: Beijing Capital International Airport

Part One

1: The Mandarin

2: Cupertino, California

3: Scotts Road

4: Ridout Road

5: Tyersall Park

6: Morton Street

7: Belmont Road

8: Diamond Ballroom, Ritz-Carlton Hotel

9: The Locke Club

10: Arcadia

11: Four Seasons Biltmore

12: Arcadia

Part Two

1: Ko-Tung Consulting Group Social Impact Assessment

2: Rachel and Nick

3: Astrid

4: The Baos

5: Charlie

6: Carlton and Colette

7: Nick and Rachel

8: Colette

9: Michael and Astrid

10: The Bings

11: Corinna and Kitty

12: Astrid

13: Save the Seamstress Fashion Show

14: Trenta

15: 28 Cluny Park Road

16: Paris

17: The Mandarin Oriental

18: The Shangri-La

Part Three

1: Shek O

2: Changi Airport

3: Jinxian Lu

4: Riverside Victory Towers

5: Pulau Club

6: Imperial Treasure Restaurant

7: The West Lake

8: National Library of China

9: Ridout Road

10: Queen Mary Hospital

11: Bukit Brown Cemetery

12: Mar Vista

13: Triumph Towers

14: Central Police Station

15: Ridout Road

16: 188 Taiyuan Road

17: Newspapers Around the World

Acknowledgments

A Note About the Author

For my brothers and my cousins

LONDON, 8 SEPTEMBER 2012, 9:00 A.M. GMT

A red Ferrari 458 Italia crashed through the window of the Jimmy Choo shoe boutique on Sloane Street sometime between 4:00 a.m. and 4:30 a.m. last night. No one witnessed the accident. Metropolitan Police reported that two passengers were taken to St Mary’s Paddington, where they are being treated for serious but noncritical injuries. The vehicle owner’s name was not released pending further investigation.

—SARAH LYRE, The London Chronicle

PROLOGUE

BEIJING CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012, 7:45 P.M.

“Wait a minute—I’m in first class. Take me to first class,” Edison Cheng said contemptuously to the flight attendant escorting him to his seat.