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They sat at the center table at the cafe as they are their lunch in silence. Zayn didn't bother about the scary glares from all the people around as he simply buried his head in the conversation he was having with Bethany.
“I wanted to talk to you about the......”
Just as Bethany was about to say something, the waiter soon arrived with the bills. She picked up the little piece of paper and pretended to be tense upon seeing the huge amount on the paper.
The expression on her face was quickly replaced by a warm smile.
Suddenly, Joanna appeared from the other side of the corners of the restaurant.
As soon as she was about to enter the cafe, her eyes suddenly fell on the figure of two people sitting across from her at the center table. We recognize them immediately.
Upon laying her eyes on them, she quickly dodged aside to avoid being seen. after successfully hiding away, she turned back to confirm if what she saw was real or she was imagining things.
After looking at them for a few seconds Joanna is finally convinced that Zayn has taken Bethany out for lunch.
This realization made her smile widely as she cooked up some stunts in her head.
“Danica didn't make much use of my first information, but I'm very sure, she wouldn't have any reason to ignore something like this, now that she's back in the country” Joanna fiddled with her fingers as she contemplated on things.“I'm sure, she would help find a way to get that woman dragged out of the company soon enough”.
With this thought in mind, Joanna quickly brought out her phone and clicked several pictures with excitement written all over her face
After that, she sent them to someone almost immediately.
Meanwhile, Bethany stopped eating and stood up for a while.
When the meal was almost finished, Bethany made an excuse to the bathroom, but she went to the counter.
Today's meal was costly. Bethany did not have enough money in one card, she continued with another card to pay the bill. While Bethany was paying the bill, a familiar figure walked towards her.
She saw Joanna looking down at herself.
What a coincidence! Unexpectedly, she came out for a meal and encountered Joanna.
She still had to work in the afternoon, so she did not want to argue with her and pretend she did not see Joanna. She didn't want to cause trouble, but Joanna had different intentions."Well, you should have a clear understanding of yourself. Some people are born below, but they desperately try to get something that doesn't belong to them." Joanna looked at Bethany arrogantly, "Bethany, don't pretend to be wealthy because I know that you don't have the money. A poor person like you could not afford this."Joanna looked at Bethany with dissatisfaction.‘
This slut was quite lucky. She was going to end Bethany's life at the department store and make Bethany disappear forever.' Joanna thought.
However, there was no one on her side to help her out with the plans, so she had to plan it all by herself in the end.
Just as she was about to act, she realized that Bethany had already left the department. Joanna suspected that Zayn was protecting Bethany. Otherwise, how could the injured Bethany leave the place by herself in that condition and might have even come back to take her revenge? In combination with Zayn's objections to harm Bethany, she knew that it is not simple, but there was no evidence. She and Zayn quarreled because of her.
He even threatened to take her position despite giving away the project she wanted so badly. Yet, she still had the guts to stay back in the company and watch her sufferings.
This was all because of Bethany. Now Bethany was not dead, alive and healthy, standing before her. But, she and Zayn quarreled.
"You're right; I'm indeed poor." Bethany heard Joanna's words flatly. She just smiled sweetly and said, "But I'm lucky enough to find a rich guy that wouldn't mind taking me out to dine in such places. Not alone to dine here, I can even afford to buy this place. I planned to use
my salary to settle the bill, but after your reminder, I just remembered that my soon-to-be future husband is a member here. I can keep this meal on his account." Bethany made Joanna angry
."Bethany, you are shameless. I can't believe you can be so shameless, I thought you have a little bit of self-respect, but no I was wrong." Daisy reminded her angrily.
“Why should I be worried about you think when you are just a cheerful corporate idiot, who lives in the shadows of her family” Bethany berated.
“Bitch, you dare to scold me as like that ." Joanna was furious and raised her hand to slap Bethany. Bethany had not recovered yet. If she fought with Joanna now, she would be at loss.
Bethany stood there and did not move. She looked at her coldly and said with a cold smile, “Dare you to touch me. Don't forget what's in my hand. If you hit me, I promise you will be punished. You should be satisfied to be a puppet for the others now. Otherwise, you will spend the of your unlife in jail. "
When Joanna thought about the recordings, she immediately turned away. She could not go to jail, and putting her hand down was her last resort.
Joanna did not dare to hit Bethany anymore. While she was angry, an idea suddenly came to her and she laughed. She narrowed her eyes and said meaningfully, "Bethany, don't be complacent. If I told you, your chances haven't been affirmed yet. Would you not want to know the truth?"After she finished speaking, Joanna left.
Bethany looked at her disappearing silhouette meaningfully.
She would find out what she meant by herself in the future. Then she went back and pretended as if nothing had happened and headed back to the company after Zayn finished the lunch.
After they returned to the company…, Ella immediately pulled Bethany into the tea room and said to her, "My Bethany, what's going on with you two? ” She looked toward the top floor as she said.“He seems to be gentle with you ever since. Aren't you scared that, Miss Dani......”
“Shush!!”
Bethany shut her up and left the room immediately as she still had some other things to handle.
Meanwhile, Danica was having a solo wine party by the poolside of the mansion. When her phone suddenly vibrated, signifying the arrival of a new message.
Swimming by the pool, Danica swam over to the shore where her phone was and picked up a towel to wipe her hands before picking up the phone.
She was wearing sunglasses. As soon as she finished wiping her hands, she took off the glasses and read through the messages.
As soon as she saw the content of the message, her expressions crushed and she was immediately disheartened by this.
Her face was crushed, her fists clenched tightly against the phone and her teeth gritted bitterly.
“How dare you, skimpy cram!” she screams out loud in the open, throwing her phone against the hard wall in anger.
“What happened? Why are you throwing things around like this?” Samantha ran out of the bar when she saw Danica.
“Are you going to say something or will you continue to wail like a whipped dog?”
Samantha said as she bent down to pick up the phone that Danica had thrown on the floor.
“What else should I do, mom? That baseless scum keeps on getting in my way” Danica yelled angrily as she turned around to face Samantha with an aggrieved expression on her face.
“Why are you getting worked up over a random woman having lunch with Zayn? Are you supposed to get worked up something like this rather than focus on your fashion show?”.
Upon hearing this, Danica turned around abruptly as she glared at her mother with a disdainful expression.
“Random woman? seriously mom? Do you even know that that woman works in the company with Zayn? He even took her out for lunch when he had never taken me out for a drink of water in the last few years. I thought you were with me through all of this, mom? Why are you suddenly going back on your words?” Danica sounded very angry as she yelled out through her gritted teeth.
“Is that enough reason to forfeit everything and go after him? I want you to understand that our entire life and future depends on this project, if you weren't my daughter, I wouldn't have allowed anyone to pressurize me into taking such a big risk. You should pay more attention to your fashion now, and leave everything else for later Danica”. Samantha flared up.“If things go west. Zayn would not even look at you for a moment, what will you do if that happens?”.