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.

any rate, Mrs. Gardner decided on my design. You can’t just come and

bother replying to her nonsense. We are the ones with

legs. “You shouldn’t have to

a few more months, and since Joanna was the design director for Gardner Apparel, she wasn’t in a place where she could make their relationship go

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

that I have given you my best wishes, I shall

around and left after

Nicole and Queenie in the office, the air in the

she looked at the uninvited visitor, she started chasing Queenie

Nicole’s sarcastic words. She then looked at Nicole thoughtfully and smiled. “Tell you what, Nicole—it doesn’t matter that you are the Chief Designer of F&M

wasn’t intimidated by the threat at all. She only chuckled before she spat,

as she left after slamming

her head against her palms, she pinched the bridge of her

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