Let Me Stay The Night

Surprise flitted across their faces when the two locked gazes.

Christina had not expected to meet Elizabeth under such circumstances. Not bothering to conceal the disdain in her eyes, she said, “It was me.”

“What do you know? I was the one who made the designs. Moreover, I’ve won an award for fashion design before. What right do you, a designer who hasn’t seen much of the world, have to critique my work?” Elizabeth retorted.

Anger simmered in the depths of Elizabeth’s eyes. She had chosen this path precisely because Christina. was a designer. She wanted to beat the latter at her own game.

it was the most brutal method she could think of to exact retribution.

Elizabeth wanted to shame Christina so badly that the latter would be too afraid to show her face in public again!

tanistina scoffed and replied. “You should have some self-awareness. You can’t just use someone else’s De designs and try to pass them off as your own. Moreover, adding retro elements to a punk design is akin to

mising random elements and turning them into a chimera. It has no sense of cohesiveness at all

fer my word was seathing and disdainful.

When in the staff around them caught wind of the commotion, they abandoned their tasks at hand and rotected daround to watch the show.

Truth be textuld, they had thought the clothing bizarre when they were hanging them up earlier. However, heyako tu mard that the sponsor had invested a large sum in Francis’ new show. Thus, they had not dared o vote cocinarovonons,

Inexpectedin Christa had uttered the words that they had kept in their hearts.

Rendered specios os be the scathing remark, Elizabeth felt as if her self-esteem was under attack. Thristmas destens eneseta big deal. Why does she get to be so critical and picky?

Elizabeth went of er to be franas and attempted to throw her weight around. “Francis, can you please control our staff better: intmentres to apologize to me!”

nstantly, the room: pi menden u to stience

The staff who had gathered to watch the commotion instinctively held their breaths. Everyone knew that heir opinions qui i otter on in the tice of the sponsor. After all, the sponsor got to have the final say.

Otherwise, why would celebrities comometeres be caught in ludeous clothes on camera? It was a choice that was out of their hands.

waiting for Francis to

declared coldly. “I will not

truth.” You expect me to

ponsor! Watch your words, or cive I conner er conceding the contract!” I don’t

the sponsor will withdraw

item, it

as if she had just heart a joke

nt

one on the receiving

to invest in her, she had no intentions of working

barely breathe. She tugged at Francis’ clothes,

invest a hundred million only to be insulted

“Agreed. Sacking me to keep the investment is a wise

hands before his chest. “I wasted a lot of effort to hire Christina. I am not going to fire her.”

understand what you’re saying?” Elizabeth thought her ears were playing

were calm as he responded, “Yes. My stylist deemed your clothing unfit for me to wear. Hence, this is

an investment of a hundred

the investment meant to Francis, it was a completely different matter whether he rejected it for personal reasons or

She would not feel. appeased until she had utterly crushed the latter. “Previously, it was Mr. Hadley, and now it’s Francis. Christina,

Christina one last glare, she turned

jaw, his fingertips massaging her tender skin playfully. Shocked, Christina instinctively

compensate me

realized his motives. So that’s why Francis stood on my side. Out of the frying pan into the fire… “Your new female companion is

completely submerge her into his gaze. “The show is about to start. If you can convince Ms. Bennett to come back, I’ll let

knew that was a futile endeavor. There’s no way I would beg Elizabeth for

and makeup on.” Without giving her time to think it over, Francis

the season’s latest designs. It was not difficult to come up with two

softly, feeling as if she was being forced into

appeared to be a simple job took way more time than it looked. Christina’s head spun as she