Right Person, Wrong Time

Chapter 223 One Step Ahead

Joanna finally stopped beating around the bush when she noticed the look of impatience on Nicole’s face.

“I am just curious, Miss Lisa. What did Mrs. Gardner tell you when she told you to stay behind after I left the other day?”

Nicole finally understood the reason the two came to put on a show was not to ridicule her, but to probe for information.

Finding the situation hilarious, she answered Joanna’s question with another one of her own. “Why did you come to me instead of going to ask Mrs. Gardner directly?

Joanna’s face tightened as she balled her hands into fists. “Wendy and Mrs. Gardner have both chosen my design, Miss Lisa. I am afraid it will be bad for your reputation if you insist on intervening.”

Upon hearing that, Nicole crossed her arms across her chest and walked back to her chair. As she leaned against the backrest of the chair, she asked casually, “Wendy said she liked my design, didn’t she?”

There’s no way Wendy changed her mind! Joanna thought as she felt her heart skip a beat.

You can’t just

bickering like an immature child, Queenie scolded impatiently, “Don’t bother replying to her nonsense. We are the ones with the jewelry from Triton Studio. None

of getting angry, Nicole leisurely crossed her legs. “You shouldn’t have to

still work in the Gardner Corporation for a few more months, and since Joanna was the design director for Gardner Apparel, she wasn’t in a place where

laughed. “I didn’t come here for anything in particular. I only came

“Now that I have given you my best wishes, I shall

and left after she said

Queenie in the office, the air in

uninvited visitor, she started chasing Queenie off. “What? Can’t walk? Or are you still not done picking

She then looked at Nicole thoughtfully and smiled. “Tell you what, Nicole—it doesn’t matter that

by the threat at all. She only chuckled before she spat, “You overestimate

utter another word as she left after slamming the

after the women left. Propping her head against her palms, she pinched the bridge of her nose with

was sure that Joanna and Queenie were working together because they were worried that she would be one step ahead of them in presenting Wendy’s dress