Chapter 218 Sit Back and Watch
Knowing that Nicole had her own strategy, Wendy obediently nodded and reassured, “Don’t worry, Miss Nicole. I will definitely keep this a secret.”
Nicole was right; anything could happen to the valuable jewelry from Triton Studio. She would be the embarrassed one if she had announced it earlier and failed to obtain it in the end, which meant that her plan had to be perfect.
Now that Wendy was aware of the importance of the matter, Nicole didn’t say anything and only said a few words before she bid her goodbye and left.
Nicole noticed the strange looks that everyone threw her way as soon as she returned to the Design Department. However, the other employees didn’t seem to be gossiping as she didn’t hear any whispers in the background.
Whitney, who happened to see her entering, quickly dragged her into the office.
Seeing her agitated behavior, Nicole couldn’t help but laugh. “What’s wrong?” she asked.
“What else can it be? I am so pissed from listening to all that earlier!” There was anger written all over Whitney’s face.
Nicole could almost guess what her friend had heard. In a lazy voice, she guessed, “Did they say that I can’t even compete with Joanna?”
“Exactly!” Whitney nodded with anger still evident on her face. She had no reservations at all when she plopped onto the couch and started complaining.
“Miss Nicole, as soon as that woman, Queenie, came back with Joanna earlier, she immediately babbled congratulations. It went along the lines of ‘Miss Joanna, I didn’t expect your design to be better than Nicole’s!’ and ‘Mrs. Gardner and Wendy both loved your design, Miss Joanna!'”
Whitney spoke in a high-pitched voice, her impression of Queenie sounding surprisingly similar to the woman she was impersonating.
Nicole couldn’t help laughing out loud as she looked at Whitney. Then, she relaxed in the seat she sat in.
She seemed pleased when she uttered, “Let them talk all they want.”
Whitney was confused about Nicole’s nonchalant attitude. Logically speaking, Nicole shouldn’t be reacting so calmly.
A frown appeared on Whitney’s face after she thought about it for a while. “Now that everything is in shambles, are you still not vexed, Miss Nicole?”
Nicole slowly looked up at Whitney and asked in return, “What is wrong? Would you bite a dog that has bitten you?”
Hearing Nicole’s cool reply, she quickly answered with a smile, “True that, but it is still going to hurt nevertheless. Are you really going to let it go just like that, Miss Nicole?”
Nicole raised her brows then. “They are but clowns. We don’t have to bother ourselves with them.”
There was something else that Whitney was curious about—she wanted to know how Nicole could lose to Joanna. From all the years she had been with Nicole, she had never seen Nicole lose when it came to her designs.
“Did you really lose to Joanna with your design this time?”
Nicole immediately scoffed when she heard the suspicion in Whitney’s voice.
Whitney quickly understood when she saw Nicole’s unnerved expression and without missing a beat, she began to appease Nicole. “Don’t be upset, Miss Nicole. You will always be the best to me. Please personally don’t take this one-time failure!”
Nicole couldn’t help feeling slightly annoyed as Whitney rambled on in her ear. She looked over with cold eyes and asked, “Do you also think I lost?”
Hearing that, Whitney promptly shook her head as fast as she could. “You will never lose!”
Nicole finally couldn’t hold back her laughter when she heard the flattery. After she covered her mouth and coughed out a laugh, she raised her head and explained, “Joanna and Queenie have joined hands this time. Queenie borrowed a piece of jewelry from Triton Studio, and Joanna designed clothes according to the jewelry.”
“How shameless of them!” Whitney blurted out after she learned of the reason. It took her some time to calm down, and it was only then that she suddenly remembered something. “Didn’t you also borrow jewelry from Triton, Miss Nicole?”
Nicole answered with a nod. She had an expression on her face that looked as though she was waiting for something to unfold. “I am only waiting for the moment Joanna embarrasses herself!”
She was excited by just the thought of how Joanna’s face would look when the clothes Joanna had painstakingly produced were rejected!
