Chapter 232: Chapter 232: Stop Pretending to Be Noble!
Florence Warner’s nasal implant just fell out, her surgically altered face already had strange proportions, and now the sight of the implant falling out was beyond creepy!
"Mom, your nose, oh my god—"
Even her own daughter, Fiona Vaughn, was so frightened that she flinched, hastily withdrawing her hand from supporting Florence Warner.
So ugly, utterly horrifying!
...
At first, Florence Warner didn’t feel anything, but when everyone stared at her face in utter shock, looking dumbfounded, a sudden fear surged in her heart!
"What’s wrong with my nose?"
She tremblingly took out a makeup mirror from her bag, not knowing until she looked, and the sight shocked her!
She couldn’t believe that the old woman with the collapsed nose in the mirror was herself!
Florence Warner screamed as if she had seen a ghost, quickly tossing the mirror to the ground!
"Not me! This isn’t me! How could this be me! It’s fake, all fake—"
...
Cecilia Vaughn looked at Florence Warner’s terrified shouting indifferently, a cold smile with no warmth appeared at the corner of her lips.
Perhaps karma does come this quickly.
"Sis, why are you smiling?"
Fiona Vaughn looked at Cecilia Vaughn in disbelief, her eyes brimming with tears, as if she was a fragile beauty holding her heart tenderly.
"Mom has become like this, and you can still smile, Sis, do you really have a conscience? After all, Mom raised you all these years, you’re so ungrateful!"
Seeing Fiona Vaughn’s innocent facade, Cecilia Vaughn felt annoyed.
How could there be someone like Fiona Vaughn in the world, who looked innocent as if everyone was bullying her, yet every word was a sharp knife piercing the heart.
She stepped toward Fiona Vaughn. Standing at nearly 5’7" in heels, she could completely look down on Fiona Vaughn’s face.
"Fiona Vaughn, did you take the wrong medicine? Who’s being ungrateful? I certainly don’t have a mother who looks like a surgery freak."
Cecilia Vaughn paused, glancing at everyone present, her voice resolute and determined.
"But you, as Ms. Warner’s biological daughter, when your mother’s implant just fell out, you didn’t offer any concern or comfort to her, instead, you forcefully let go of her hand and still had the time to criticize me. Ask yourself, how sincere is your filial piety?"
Compared to the seemingly fragile and innocent Fiona Vaughn, Cecilia Vaughn stood straight, looking like a lone pine on a cliff, standing proudly in the wind.
Fiona Vaughn’s face flushed red, her mouth quivering several times.
"I... I was just in a moment of panic... "
Unmasked by Cecilia Vaughn, Fiona Vaughn’s heart filled with extreme hatred, especially since Cecilia Vaughn looked down upon her, making Fiona Vaughn bite her teeth!
Does being tall make you remarkable?
If a man preferred a delicate and dainty woman like her, it definitely wouldn’t be Cecilia Vaughn, who had such sharp words and no elegance of a lady!
...
Momentarily overwhelmed by anger, Fiona Vaughn calmed down after a few seconds.
She feigned concern as she walked toward Florence Warner, her eyes filled with guilt and anxiety.
"Mom, are you okay? I’ll help you to sit down by the side and rest for a while."
Florence Warner was overwhelmed by her own disfigurement, clinging weakly to Fiona Vaughn’s arm.
"Fiona, will I turn into a monster?"
"No, after the meeting is over, I’ll find the best plastic surgeon to fix the implant for you."
Having finished comforting Florence Warner and presenting herself as the dutiful daughter, Fiona Vaughn finally raised her head.
She stared intently at the diamond ring on Cecilia Vaughn’s left ring finger, unable to hold back, she spoke faux cheerfully with sarcasm.
"Sis, no matter what, Mom’s implant fell out because you upset her, and really, Mom didn’t say anything wrong. With Mr. Law buying you such a shabby diamond ring, do you really think he truly loves you? I’m genuinely curious about the answer!"
A clever backhanded remark meant to sow discord between Cecilia Vaughn and Adrian Law!
Of course, Fiona Vaughn was way smarter than her pigheaded mother; she didn’t give a conclusion. Even if Cecilia Vaughn recorded it with Wyatt Law, so what. She could always claim she was just curious!
Ultimately, Cecilia Vaughn was nothing but a prisoner accused of murder, already insulted by Young Master Trent, and who knows how many lecherous hands she encountered in prison, pretending to be high-minded now!
Seeing what kind of ring Mr. Law got her compared to her own dazzling big diamond, what a laugh!
...
Facing Fiona Vaughn’s disguised sharp questioning, Cecilia Vaughn remained entirely unflinching.
"Fiona Vaughn, do you understand diamond craftsmanship?"
With that, Cecilia Vaughn raised her left hand to show her ring.
Fiona Vaughn was taken aback.
"Huh?"
Her eyes flashed with embarrassment and bewilderment, and she had to bite her glossy lips, sounding somewhat hesitant: "Sis, I’m not a professional, but shouldn’t higher carats mean more value for diamonds?"
"How vulgar."
A distant and decisive voice rang out, instantly freezing Fiona Vaughn’s smile.
"Sis, how can you say that about me? I’m just an outsider..."
Cecilia Vaughn stopped looking at her and instead gazed toward all the shareholders present.
"As everyone knows, Radiant Group launched a new high-end jewelry brand, Cinderella Hall, with Fiona Vaughn as the spokesperson. At that time, the advertisement highlighted the slogan, ’Understand jewelry, understand the heart that loves you.’
"I ask you all, how does someone like Fiona Vaughn deserve to serve as our group’s ambassador? I believe there’s a reason to revoke her endorsement, because she’s undeserving!"
Fiona Vaughn finally panicked, realizing that Cecilia Vaughn wasn’t just setting a trap for her mother but was now setting a series of traps for her too?
"Sis, what nonsense are you saying, today’s meeting is here for the shareholders’ meeting, not for you to prattle on and fire people!"
The atmosphere in the room was already tense, yet Cecilia Vaughn remained calm and composed, surveying all the shareholders.
"If I’m not mistaken, the shareholder meeting allows for voting on major internal affairs, and deciding the retention or removal of the company’s lead jewelry spokesperson is part of that!"
"This!..." Fiona Vaughn instantly panicked: "You’re just abusing power for personal revenge!"
Cecilia Vaughn ignored her and articulated three reasons.
"Whether this is abuse of power for personal revenge, the shareholders have their judgment. First, in the field of jewelry insight, Fiona Vaughn is totally ignorant of the cutting value of heart-shaped diamond craftsmanship."
"Second, in the aspect of design essence, she doesn’t understand the connotation of the ad slogan ’the heart that loves you’ at all, otherwise, she wouldn’t continually denigrate the ring my husband custom-made for me."
"Third, she has poor character, now with a terrible public image in the entertainment industry. Using such an endorser, is this not a roadblock for our company’s performance?"
"Considering these, I suggest revoking Fiona Vaughn’s role as Cinderella Hall’s jewelry spokesperson!"
