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.

can’t just come and steal my opportunity away from

Joanna 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 the clothes she

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

didn’t speak anymore after Queenie said that. Nicole would 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

here for anything in particular. I only came to congratulate you when I

continued when Nicole didn’t show any intention of answering her. “Now that I have given you my best wishes,

around and

and Queenie in the office, the air in the room instantly felt more awkward than it was

looked at the uninvited visitor, she started chasing Queenie off. “What?

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

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

as she left after slamming the

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

together because they were worried that she would be one step ahead of them in presenting Wendy’s