"Katie." Ariel approached Katie, interrupting her thoughts.Katie turned to look at her. The resentment in her eyes completely vanished, replaced by a wide smile."Why are you here so early?""I thought of coming early to see you. Once the launch starts, you'll get busy, and you won't have time for me anymore," Ariel said with a smile.Katie chuckled, not bothering to explain that the launch that day had nothing to do with her. She changed the topic instead. "I forgot to congratulate you. Your collaboration with Robinson Jewels is such a success.""Hmm, it's not too bad."After the announcement that night, Robinson Jewels' fame had soared too. The next day, Xavier had been so happy that he'd even popped a bottle of champagne in the middle of a meeting to celebrate.Ariel felt indifferent to it, maybe even a little disappointed. She'd thought that Stephen would at least congratulate her, given their past. However, she hadn't heard a word from him yet. Were they not even considere
"Hello, everyone." Yvonne accepted the microphone and greeted everyone in a friendly manner.Everyone finally snapped out of their shocked daze and began to whisper among themselves."Isn't Yvonne Miller in jewelry? How does she even know how to make perfumes?""Muguet made this launch such a big thing today. Is this all a joke?""And I figured that someone who could come up with such a sexy perfume must be a beautiful woman …"They were all surprised, but many of them were also disappointed. Yvonne had anticipated this reaction. She smiled, signaled the staff to pass down the perfume samples, and began to explain the entire process of creating the perfume.Any professional would be able to discern that her speech wasn't one that had been memorized. On top of that, the smell had indeed won them over.Slowly, the sounds of doubt died down. Under the spotlight, Yvonne smiled confidently. She didn't need to be overly stunning to win over the hearts of the people.In comparison, Ka
"I didn't involve you in it for your own sake." Yvonne smiled and met Katie's gaze. "It's just as you said: we're sisters. If I'd worked with you for this collaboration, how would Muguet's staff look at you? What if they assumed that I could only make perfume due to family connections or that you used your younger sister to climb up?"Katie was instantly stunned.Based on Yvonne's words, she might even have to compliment her on clearly separating her personal and professional lives.Peter suppressed his urge to laugh. Then he immediately cleared his throat and said bossily, "Yvonne's right. Muguet doesn't allow family connections. She's thought this through and protected your reputation. Shouldn't you thank her?"Katie had no choice anymore. She muttered through gritted teeth, "Thank you.""There's no need to thank me." Yvonne smiled, feeling great about how it had worked out. Katie downed her champagne in anger and left.Yvonne and Peter looked at each other and smiled. The perf
"Ariel's return was trending for the past few days, right? And now, Yvonne has such huge news too …"James scratched his chin and thought out loud in a serious manner, "Which woman would be able to stand their man's ex-girlfriend making a comeback in such a high-profile manner? I've seen a lot of women. I understand them better than all of you. Women are such jealous creatures! But this is the first time I've seen two women fighting to outshine each other in such a grand manner!"James looked at Stephen with admiration in his eyes. "Only Stephen would deserve women fighting over him on such a grand scale! If I were a woman, I might even outdo them!"Stephen furrowed his brows a little, not responding. Although James often exaggerated his words, this time he made sense. At that moment, Stephen remembered how Yvonne had looked disappointed when she'd been on her phone the other night. She'd said that she was chatting with Rachel about the news. He guessed it must have been about Ariel
"You don't have to go through so much trouble. Ariel and I ended things long ago; you don't have to compete with her." Stephen lowered his head, his gaze becoming softer by the second. "You don't have to prove that you're better than anybody either."Upon hearing this, Yvonne suddenly came to her senses and said without thinking, "Don't tell me you think that I did the launch because I want to compete with Ariel? Stephen, you're overthinking this. I'm doing this to get back at Katie. She'd previously framed me …"Halfway through, Yvonne realized that Stephen's expression had darkened. The temperature seemed to have dropped a few degrees too, as the atmosphere changed immediately.She stopped herself from talking and bit her tongue. Why did she talk without thinking? She timidly added, "Of course, it was also partially because of Ariel. She's Robinson Jewels' brand ambassador, and if we only let her have all the attention, then … ""Enough." In a short time, Stephen's ego was brui
"What else can I do? If I want to stop people from gossiping, I have to pretend to be on friendly terms with Yvonne. I'm not going to air our family's dirty laundry out in public."Although Katie had always thought that Thomas and the others would lose to Yvonne purely because they were dumb, she'd never considered Yvonne worthy of being her rival. Yet now she'd found herself defeated by Yvonne. She knew she needed to learn more about Yvonne. She couldn't go against Yvonne head-on unless she had any leverage against her. Katie had worked hard to get where she was; she wasn't going to let that ugly bitch ruin it all. All she needed to do was stay low for a while. She'd have a lot of opportunities to hit back in the future!When Thomas heard Katie's response, he thought that she was concerned about the bigger picture and trying not to embarrass their family. Little did he know that Katie was just looking out for herself. He felt extremely relieved. "Katie, I'm sorry you had to go thr
Yvonne took great pleasure in seeing Katie's murderous glare; Katie clearly knew that she couldn't do anything to her. Yvonne smiled and said, "But, since you really want my perfume, I can give you one bottle."Her tone was patronizing, and she spoke as though she were offering food to a street beggar. Katie was so furious, she was about to explode!Yvonne took a bottle of perfume and placed it on the desk. She gently patted it and said, "Have fun using it." Then she left the office.As the door closed, the sound of glass shattering inside the office sounded. Yvonne smiled even wider. Katie could barely take this. How was she going to go up against her in the future?…Yvonne was in a pretty good mood for the next few days. Stephen, on the other hand, seemed to be avoiding her after that humiliating night.Yvonne wondered if he was angry at her because he hadn't gotten the answer he'd wanted that night. Could he be any more childish?Soon, it was the weekend. Yvonne was headed d
However, before Yvonne could finish mentally preparing herself, she received a notification that Simone had accepted her friend request.Soon after, Simone sent her a message. "I thought you'd thrown away my business card, Ms. Miller."Yvonne was a little stunned. Had Simone been waiting for her to contact her? She felt flattered by the thought. She held her phone tightly. Simone was a beautiful and famous star, and people couldn't help but want to put their best foot forward with her. Yvonne chatted with Simone seriously for a while before realizing that Simone wasn't as aloof as she looked. On the contrary, she was casual and liked to joke.In the end, it was Simone who asked Yvonne if they should meet up. Simone's message read, "I still haven't been to the newly opened Euphoria Smith."What a coincidence!Yvonne immediately replied, "I know the owner of Euphoria Smith! I'll make sure you have loads of fun there!"Then they agreed to meet up at Euphoria Smith the day after. Aft