Chapter 206
Olivia’s eyes filled with tears as she watched her favorite dress slip through her fingers. She stood there for a few seconds, fists clenched, forcing herself to speak. “Charlotte, if you’re short on cash, why not just ask your family? Why would you stoop so low as to hang around some sugar daddy for money? Doesn’t that kind of cash make your skin crawl?”
Sugar daddy? The second she said it, every sales associate in the store turned to stare at Charlotte. How could someone so pretty end up being someone’s kept woman? No wonder she could drop a fortune on a dress without blinking.
Charlotte’s eyes turned icy cold. She took two steps forward, grabbed Olivia by the throat, and stared her down, each word cutting like glass. “Say that again.”
Charlotte’s grip was so tight Olivia couldn’t get a word out. She just whimpered, struggling to breathe.
“Charlotte, what are you doing?” Steven and Elizabeth cried, panic all over their faces.
“Charlotte, calm down!” Shirley rushed over, totally lost on what Olivia had said to set Charlotte off. Charlotte really looked like she might snap and do something crazy.
Charlotte’s gaze was sharp as a knife. “If I hear you say ‘sugar daddy’ one more time… I’ll cut out your tongue and feed it to the dogs.”
She let go, tossing Olivia aside. Olivia gasped for air, clutching her chest, shaking with rage and fear.
“Charlotte, just wait a second Elizabeth helped Olivia up, trying her best to keep her voice gentle. “It’s not that Olivia won’t give you the dress. The designer specifically asked her to wear it for brand promotion.”
“You couldn’t buy it, even if you had all the money in the world.”
Olivia’s whole face lit up at that. The endorsement was official? The brand actually believed in her, certain she’d win the piano
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competition, and had alle et
reached out to work with her with that deal, she got first dibs on anything from their collection.
The realization made her stand taller, a smug little smile curling on her lips. She
looked at Charlotte and said, “Sorry, Charlotte.”
Just then, the sales associate’s
phone rang. After a quick call, she
turned to Charlotte with an
apologetic look. “Ms. Main; I’m really
sorry, but we can’t sell you these two dresses.”
Charlotte’s face darkened, but she didn’t say a word.
Steven glared at Charlotte. “Just go home. Stop making a scene. Disgust was written all over his face. How could his two daughters be so different. One would stoop so low for a dress, while the other had brands lining up to work with her.
“Charlotte Shirley murmured, helpless. She knew Charlotte had really liked those dresses.
Olivia, on the other hand, was in full command. “Bring the dresses over. Didn’t you hear headquarters? I’m the ambassador now. I can wear whatever I want.”
“Yes, of course.” The associate hurried to Olivia with the dresses, not daring to hesitate.
Then, a clear, graceful voice rang out from the entrance.
“Wait.”