Chapter 218


    Chapter 218 Sit Back and Watch


    Knowing that Nicole had her own strategy, Wendy obediently nodded and reassured, “Don’t worry, Miss


    Nicole. I will definitely keep this a secret.”


    Nicole was right; anything could happen to the valuable jewelry from Triton Studio. She would be the


    embarrassed one if she had announced it earlier and failed to obtain it in the end, which meant that her


    n had to be perfect.


    Now that Wendy was aware of the importance of the matter, Nicole didn’t say anything and only said a


    few words before she bid her goodbye and left.


    Nicole noticed the strange looks that everyone threw her way as soon as she returned to the Design


    Department. However, the other employees didn’t seem to be gossiping as she didn’t hear any


    whispers in the background.


    Whitney, who happened to see her entering, quickly dragged her into the office.


    Seeing her agitated behavior, Nicole couldn’t help butugh. “What’s wrong?” she asked.


    “What else can it be? I am so pissed from listening to all that earlier!” There was anger written all over


    Whitney’s face.


    Nicole could almost guess what her friend had heard. In azy voice, she guessed, “Did they say that I


    can’t evenpete with Joanna?”


    “Exactly!” Whitney nodded with anger still evident on her face. She had no reservations at all when she


    plopped onto the couch and startedining.


    “Miss Nicole, as soon as that woman, Queenie, came back with Joanna earlier, she immediately


    babbled congrattions. It went along the lines of ‘Miss Joanna, I didn’t expect your design to be better


    than Nicole’s!’ and ‘Mrs. Gardner and Wendy both loved your design, Miss Joanna!''”


    Whitney spoke in a high-pitched voice, her impression of Queenie sounding surprisingly simr to the


    woman she was impersonating.


    Nicole couldn’t helpughing out loud as she looked at Whitney. Then, she rxed in the seat she sat


    in.


    She seemed pleased when she uttered, “Let them talk all they want.”


    Whitney was confused about Nicole’s nonchnt attitude. Logically speaking, Nicole shouldn’t be


    reacting so calmly.


    A frown appeared on Whitney’s face after she thought about it for a while. “Now that everything is in


    shambles, are you still not vexed, Miss Nicole?”


    Nicole slowly looked up at Whitney and asked in return, “What is wrong? Would you bite a dog that has


    bitten you?”


    Hearing Nicole’s cool reply, she quickly answered with a smile, “True that, but it is still going to hurt


    nevertheless. Are you really going to let it go just like that, Miss Nicole?”


    Nicole raised her brows then. “They are but clowns. We don’t have to bother ourselves with them.”


    There was something else that Whitney was curious about—she wanted to know how Nicole could lose


    to Joanna. From all the years she had been with Nicole, she had never seen Nicole lose when it came


    to her designs.


    “Did you really lose to Joanna with your design this time?”


    Nicole immediately scoffed when she heard the suspicion in Whitney’s voice.


    Whitney quickly understood when she saw Nicole’s unnerved expression and without missing a beat,


    she began to appease Nicole. “Don’t be upset, Miss Nicole. You will always be the best to me. Please


    personally don’t take this one-time failure!”


    Nicole couldn’t help feeling slightly annoyed as Whitney rambled on in her ear. She looked over with


    cold eyes and asked, “Do you also think I lost?”


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    Hearing that, Whitney promptly shook her head as fast as she could. “You will never lose!”


    Nicole finally couldn’t hold back herughter when she heard the ttery. After she covered her mouth


    and coughed out augh, she raised her head and exined, “Joanna and Queenie have joined hands


    this time. Queenie borrowed a piece of jewelry from Triton Studio, and Joanna designed clothes


    ording to the jewelry.”


    “How shameless of them!” Whitney blurted out after she learned of the reason. It took her some time to


    calm down, and it was only then that she suddenly remembered something. “Didn’t you also borrow


    jewelry from Triton, Miss Nicole?”


    Nicole answered with a nod. She had an expression on her face that looked as though she was waiting


    for something to unfold. “I am only waiting for the moment Joanna embarrasses herself!”


    She was excited by just the thought of how Joanna’s face would look when the clothes Joanna had


    painstakingly produced were rejected!