“Pierre Evans, the world renowned mentor and fashion designer will be at SERENE’s fashion
show!–
Vera stood aside with a triumphant smile on her face, as Damien’s head whipped up to stare at her.
He narrowed his eyes at them, obviously thinking they were lying, but then he really did not focus on the trending news nowadays.
But if Pierre Evans had really appeared.
Nine years ago, when the fashion icon had vanished into thin air, the industry desperately searched for him but no one could find him.
Pierre was an independent designer himself. He refused to be contracted with any company for any periods longer than six months.
And if he did, the company had to be among the top five in the country. Once Pierre contracted with them, they remained in that top five due to his influence.
Pierre Evans had worked for MAGIC TOUCH for just three months when Laura was alive but it was memorable. He focused more on mentoring their designers, helping them to make outstanding designs.
The last company Pierre had worked with had been the Femandez Empire. But he suddenly went into hiding. No one knows where he was or even if he was still alive.
But then he had appeared now, according to Vera, and not only that, he was going to be at SERENE’S fashion show.
He wondered how Zaire managed to find the legendary man and even convinced him to work for them.
This thought made him grimace as a bitter taste filled his mouth.
Well, for the past three wears SERENE S designs had been topping the charts while MAGIC was dropping. No wonder, Pietre agreed to work with them. Damien snapped out of his thoughts, when his mother slapped her well manicured hand down on the table in front of him to get his attention.
He looked up with a glare and she retreated, muttering an apology. The next instant, her haughty look had appeared.
ve to go to SERENE’S Fashion show. Since Pierre had appeated, everyone would want him to work for them. We wouldn’t want to be the loser.” She paced in front of his desk, her arms crossed under her elbow. She stopped close to Rina and struck a pose as she patted her shoulder, then added.
“And our lovely Rina here can get some inspiration.The collection designed by Pierre Evans would be so wonderful!”
Rina smiled prettily at Damien but he just scoffed.
“So you out to copy SERENE’S designs? Are you trying to ruin MAGIC’S reputation?!” Damien said, sage brewing beneath his eyes.
“Really Damien…” Vera started in exasperation but Damien’s sharp voice interrupted her.
“If you’re not doing what you’re supposed to do for the company, I see no use of your being here. He directed this to Rina, whose lips were wobbling as she bir backteam.
Damien ignored the crying act, his expression as stony as ever as he added, “I need those designs by the weekend, Rina, or you’re fired.
Viera gasped in outrage “Fired?! Damien, she’s your fiance
“LIAM!!!” Damien roared, and immediately the door was thrown open and the assistant appeared.
Two burly guards walked in bed him and they each took hold of one of the women
“Ma’ans, please come with us. The guards said politely but it did not stop them from leading the struggling women out
Rina started hyperventilating, she stretched out her hands towards Damien but he ignored her as she went limp in the guard’s arms.
After they were taken out, Liam stood in front of Damien’s desk and bowed deeply once
“I’m sorry about that sit. It won’t happen again.“
Damien ignored him. His eyes were closed, as he leaned forward on his desk, elbows propped, I lus thoughts in a wludwind.
“D SERENE actually invite the Homeros to their fashion show?” he asked quietly, still with his eyes closed
“Yes sir, should I honor the invitation?” Liar asked tentatively. He knew he was stepping on sensitive tentory. The boss did not like anything relating to the Ludovic Empire and had blatantly refused to honor their invitations the past live years.
Hell, he hadn’t even honored any other social invitation at all.
However, the next word he uttered had am looking at min shock
*I should honor the invitation? Unsure if he had heard corectly, Liam repeated the question and this eamed him a culd glare from Dainien, along with a scathing, “Are you hard of bearing?)”
“Yes sir…no, I mean no sir. No, I mean, I will honor the invitation” So saying, he walked briskly our of the office to carry out the order.
Meanwhile, the guards had taken Vera and Rins far Imm the office and then let them go
They bowed respectfully at the two women, even when Vera glared at them venomously, she advanced towards them and gave each of them a hard slap, across
The imprint of her small hand was on their faces, but the slap did not wipe off their stony expression. They stated fixedly ahead, as though ignoring them, I they stood guard, preventing the women fenim walking back towards the office.
- n. but still
vera stood heaving, as her chest rose and fell with anger. She glared at the grands once more but they were unmoving
The sounds of Hina almost dying immediately alerted her, and she grabbed the limp girl in her arms, ready to scoop her up but Rina fell back helpless
“It’s no use, mother“” she gasped as though she was in her last breath She leaned back against a wall and gasped heavily “He doesn’t love me arrymore.
“Don’t say nonsense, stay here. Let me get your medicine.” Vera admonished her than hurried towards Rina’s office, in a flurry, her face etched with worry.
However, as soon as she rounded the comer, and disappeared from sight, Rina’s breathing slowed down and she stopped gasping.
Her beautiful face contorted into a snart. She turned back to glare at Damien’s door, her eyes red with anger.
The bodyguards were nonplussed at the sudden change, and they looked at each other, then back at har
Wasn’t she dying about a minute ago?
nina smiled bitterly as she sat there on the flour, her thoughts as dark as the huge frown which crossed her face.
“Darien, you’re really getting on my nerves.” She thought as she gritted her teeth, her fists clenched with fury “what’s your fucking problem, you bastard? 1 haven’t come all this way only for you to be like this!
She slammed a fist down on the hard floor, repeatedly that the guards who stood watching her were amazed, wonted if they shouldn’t stop ber
They jumped when Rina screamed in fury, grabbing at her hair as she kicked out her legs, she stopped and looked up, still glaring at Damien’s door as though she could see him through the door.
Herclunt was heaving as she breathed hard. She looked crazed with her disheveled hair and mad eyes.
, Immediately putting in her fragile and dying look,
Suddenly, the sound of Vera’s hurried footsteps cetuming alerted her, and the slumped back against the wall, i gasping loudly as though she as hyperventilating,
The bodyguards watching could not believe their eyes
Vera sounded the comer and hurried to her. She held a small container in her hands and a bottle of water. She opened the small container quickly, and gave Rina two of the small white pills that were inside it.
Next, she opened the bottle of water and placed it on Rina’s lips, pouring the cool water gently down her mouth
Rina’s breathing was finally stable, and she was no longer hyperventilating. However, her eyes shimmered with tears which cascaded down her cheeks.
She leaned her bead back against the wall, a picture of dejection “why didn’t you just let me die, mother? It’s better off than living in a world where the man I love don’t love for anymode!”
Her body convulsed with huge sobs and Vera quickly kept the bottle of water aside, and lugged her.
“Don’t say that, boney, he loves you. He’s just stressed out with work.”
Rina shook her head against he shoulder “No, Infact, I think…” She trailed off and bit her lips, as though she was finding it hard to say the words. Vera pulled her back far enough so she could ser ber face.
sima was avoiding her eyes as Vera searched her face,
“What? What init, honey?”
Hin sighed heavily the lowered her voice “I think he’s still in love with Lana ”
What?! That forgotten gold digger?” Veracred out, indignantly, her face twisted into a sheer “You are getting delusional, H. I know my son. Damien never loved fier is the first place! Get your act togellier!”
The mention of Lana was enough to make Vera le up. She hated the memory of that gold digging manipulator, and now Rina is insinuating that her son was still ini love with her?
What posense!
Hina undded, tears falling fast from her eyes “I know mother, but I just feel that way.
“You’re wrong, houry” Vera sald, pulling her in for a hug again “You’re wrong.”
Bina buried her face on Vera’s shoulders, sobbing ance more. However, her eyes were dry this time and she was only making the sounds.
Vera failed to see this, but the bodyguards who stood a few feet from them could still see this clearly.
perplexed with the woman’s behaviour, and could not help shaking.
in wonder
Kina smirked at them, suprisingly, even while making sobbing sounds. She knew they wouldn’t give h lowlites.
Her pare difted back towards Damien’s office and the smirk disappeared.
her away, Who would believe them? They were just pawns and
“Dani, I’m numing out of patience” she thought as her eyes became deadly “If you continue to mess up my plan, I’ll mess you up
