Chapter 95: AWARD
Adam quickly rushed over to ask for forgiveness from Mr Wilson,
"Mr Wilson, please forgive my daughter in law for her rude behavior", he begged.
Everyone sneered at them. The Wilson’s were twice richer than the Harts so in order not to make their lives anymore difficult than it already was, they had to bow and apologize.
"Come on, apologize!" Adam urged Felicia with a glare. She flinched due to the cold tone Adam used on her.
"I’m so sorry Mr and Mrs Wilson, I slipped and lost my balance", she apologized but Erika wasn’t going to make things easy for her.
"But you said the wine was supposed to pour on me, so does that mean you slipped on purpose?" Erika questioned her. Everyone started murmuring to each other about the same thing because they had also heard those words from her mouth.
"That’s right! Were you planning on pouring the wine on Erika?" Mrs Wilson added.
"N-no....." Her heartbeat quickened in fear.
"I bet she had been so envious of Ms. Walters that’s why she did it", one of the guests spoke.
"I agree. I mean look at her and look at Ms. Walters, she doesn’t look half as good as Ms. Walters does", another spoke. Felicia felt like digging a hole in the ground and hide.
Erika noticed Erika’s embarrassed look and smirked in delight. ’That’s what you get for trying to play too smart’, she thought to herself.
"Your family is going to pay for this mess you have created", stated Mr Wilson. The Hart family thought they would be cleaning the floor but the next word that came out from Mr Wilson had them open their mouth. "You people are going to pay for the dress that you’ve ruined."
The dress was made from a white silky fabric that felt so soft to the touch and it was designed with sparkly diamonds all over. The fabric alone costs hundreds of thousands of dollars, talk more of the diamonds that are worth millions.
"M-mr Wilson, please, is there no way that we can resolve this issue?" Adam pleaded. He wasn’t willing to pay millions of dollars just for a dress. Even the shoes he wore didn’t worth up to 50 thousand dollars.
"Then get ready to hear from my lawyer", Mr Wilson threatened before he escorted his wife to the restroom to clean up.
Lawyer? Mr Wilson was going to sue the Harts all because of a dress? The same question rang in everyone’s mind.
Adam sighed in frustration as he glared at his daughter in law, while Felicia tried to make herself as invisible as possible.
"Do you see what you have done now? This is why I say you are utterly useless, you bring nothing but trouble", Adam spat in anger. Now he wasn’t sure which solution he should pick. Let Felicia go to jail or spend millions for the dress. He could have simply picked the first one but that would ruin his reputation and there would be lesser chances of him to partner with other big companies if they discovered that he had offended the Wilson’s.
Everyone got back to their business and in no time, the event began. When the category that both the Harts and the Walters had been nominated in, the Walters Corporations won.
Erika stood up as everyone clapped their hands for the win, she walked up to the stage and collected the trophy but not before spreading her words of gratitudes.
The Hart family weren’t even surprised that the didn’t win besides, their company had not been profitable for the past one year.
Just as Erika was about to leave the hotel, she was stopped by Adrain who was running towards her.
"Erika please, I know that I have really taken you for granted before but please, do think about giving me a chance to make it up to you", he pleaded. Erika sized him up before she scoffed and entered her car.
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In France, Monica was taking a walk around the beautiful city of love. She hugged herself tightly due to the winter season in France. She gazed upon the Eiffel Tower and smiled. "It’s been quite awhile since I came here", she mumbled to herself.
She stopped her movements and decided to just admire the city that looked much more beautiful especially when it was dark.
Suddenly, she felt her phone vibrate in her thick jacket’s pocket. "Who could it be at this hour?" She mumbled.
When she saw her manager’s name written on the caller ID, without thinking twice, she disconnected. "Can’t I have my own private time?"
She had traveled to Paris for a Celine fashion show but now she didn’t want to return to New York. The cool night breeze blew, making her shiver and the single strands of her hair that were let loose danced in joy.
"I would advice you to return back to your hotel if you don’t wanna catch a fever", Someone suddenly spoke from behind her, making her jolt.
She saw Felix staring at her intently as if she had offended him. "What are you doing here?" She questioned him.
"Why? Can’t I come to Paris or what?" He questioned her back.
Monica released a sigh before she started walking away from there.
"Can we talk?" Felix requested to which she halted her footsteps.
"I don’t think there is anything for us to talk about, Felix," she resumed her walk. As she was about to pass Felix, he grabbed her arm.
"Can you please believe me when I say I didn’t betray you on purpose. I was drugged", he pleaded as his blue eyes bore in to hers, making her heart skip beats after beats.
"Can we please forget about it? It happened six years ago, that’s more than enough time for you to move on", Said Monica as she tried to yank her hand off from his grip.
"So you moved on by dating Jake?" He questioned.
"No! I’m dating Jake because I love him but because I....mmh" her words were suddenly muffled by Felix’s lips against hers.
