Chapter 99 Stunned by Nora
"Of course not!" Nora violently pushed Asher away and said firmly, "Asher, I have already made it very clear to you last time at the old mansion that I am not Mia, let alone Mia's replacement!"
A flicker of frustration flashed imperceptibly through Asher's deep eyes. He nodded with an expressionless face, "Let's go home."
Marilyn Bar.
Bruce was drinking in a private room at the bar with some of his friends.
Annie followed him all the way to the Marilyn Bar.
"Bruce," Annie pushed open the door of the private room and walked in.
Bruce frowned slightly, "What are you doing here?"
"Bruce, why have you been hiding from me for the past few days?" Annie sat down next to Bruce with an aggrieved look on her face, "You don't answer my calls and you're never there when I go to your hotel."
"We already broke up." Bruce said coldly.
"No, Bruce, are you serious about breaking up with me?" Annie leaned towards Bruce and said with reluctance, "Have you forgotten the things that made us happy together in the past?" Bruce, you said you would love me for the rest of your life and you can't be so heartless."
Bruce pushed Annie away somewhat impatiently, "Annie, let me say it for the last time, we are done!"
"Why?! Bruce, why do you have to be so cruel to me!" Annie looked up at the tall and handsome man in front of her with her eyes red.
She was not willing to let go. The two of them had been fine before. But it had only been a few days and Bruce decided to break up with her and be so heartless to her.
It was all Nora's fault!
If it wasn't for Nora, how could Bruce have broken up with her?!
"Annie, I don't want to see you again." Bruce stood up and said coldly, and then walked out of the private box without looking back.
Annie went after him and took his arm, "Bruce, please don't act like this. Give me one more chance, please... We'll be as happy as ever..."
"That's enough! Don't you follow me any further!" Bruce impatiently withdrew his arm and walked away.
Annie was unsteady on her feet and fell heavily to the ground, in a terrible mess.
In the distance, Brittany and Lany walked into the bar.
"Isn't that Annie?" Brittany's eyes fell on Annie.
Lany nodded, "Yeah, how did she get so messed up?"
A light flickered in Brittany's eyes, "The more messed up, the better."
Lany wondered, "Brittany, what you mean is..."
Brittany said with a smile, "Let's go over and check it out."
Annie was struggling to get up when suddenly a woman's voice came from ahead, "Miss Annie, are you all right?"
Annie looked up, only to see Brittany standing in front of her and reaching out her hand to her.
"Thank you, I'm fine." Annie took Brittany's hand and stood up.
Lany stepped forward and asked with fake concern, "Miss Annie, what's wrong with you? Why did you get in such a mess?"
Thinking of Bruce's heartlessness towards her, Annie felt a lump in her throat, and tears blurred her eyes, "Bruce is breaking up with me..."
"Why?" Brittany asked knowingly.
"Nora, it's all because of Nora!" Annie said through gritted teeth, "If it wasn't for her, how could Bruce break up with me?"
"So it's Nora again!" Lany acted as if she had just realized it, "She's a tease of loose morals who loves to seduce men. Miss Annie, it could be easily solved, actually. You only need to show Bruce Nora's true self and he will come back to you."
"Great!" Cynicism and rancor crossed Annie's eyes, "Nora, I won't forgive you!"
Brittany smiled triumphantly and spoke seemingly without realizing it, "In two days, it will be the Hawn Group's press conference for the launch of the 'Ice and Fire' jewelry collection, which is said to be hosted by Nora..."
Two days later!
Annie clenched her hands into fists and said through clenched teeth, "Nora, just you wait! I will make Bruce see your true self!"
Time flew by in two days and soon it was time for the press conference.
On this day, Nora got up early. When she finished washing up and went downstairs to the living room, she saw Asher sitting on the sofa.
He was dressed in a suit, his hair perfectly combed, making him so handsome and dazzling that no one could take their eyes off him.
Asher saw Nora coming downstairs and looked up at her, "Good morning."
After breakfast, Nora sat in Asher's car, but she noticed that the direction he was driving was not to the Hawn Group.
Nora looked out the car window as she asked, "You're not going to the office?"
Asher answered in the affirmative lightly.
"Where are we going?" Nora was curious about where Asher was taking her to, given that the press conference was coming up this afternoon.
Asher turned his head and glanced at her, "You'll know when you get there."
Ten minutes later, Asher pulled up to a boutique styling house, "Here it is."
Nora got out of the car and looked at the gold sign on the storefront: ANA.
If she remembered correctly, ANA was an upscale styling store where many celebrities and noblewomen liked to get their styling done.
As soon as Asher got out of the car, the manager of the store immediately greeted him and said with respect, "Mr. Hawn, welcome in."
"Let's go inside." Asher said calmly and led Nora through the door.
"Miss Smith, this way, please. We're all ready for you." The store manager smiled and walked up to Nora.
Nora understood that Asher was bringing her in for the styling.
It seemed that he attached great importance to today's press conference.
Nora nodded and followed the store manager into the dressing room.
When Nora walked out again, everyone in the room was stunned.
Asher stared at her closely and couldn't take his eyes off of her.
Nora was wearing a red short tube dress with her chest seemingly visible. Her fair and tender skin was incredibly attractive, her long hair was draped over her shoulders, and her eyes were bright and shining, all of which made her elegant and dazzling.
"How is it? It's not pretty?" Nora asked with a smile when she saw Asher staring straight at her.
Asher returned to the present moment and said, "You're gorgeous."
At 2:00 pm, the press conference of "Ice and Fire" was held on time.
It was held in a luxurious conference room on the 18th floor of the Hawn Group building.
At the press conference, Nora made a final check that everything was ready.
She looked down at the time and saw that it was 10 minutes before two o'clock in the afternoon.
There were still ten minutes left before the press conference started on time.
All the people present today were celebrities, not only including the spokespeople Nina and Julian but also many heavyweights in the jewelry industry, even the president of the Hawn Group, Asher, came to the event in person.
It showed that the Hawn Group attached great importance to this event.
The reporters were scrambling to get the best seats in the press area, all excitedly waiting for the start of the conference and afraid of missing the first-hand news.
At two o'clock, the press conference officially began and Nora walked onto the stage at the front of the conference hall amidst all the anticipation.
