The female voice sounded familiar.
Janet looked back to see who it was.
Behind her stood Emani, who was wearing a gorgeous navy blue dress and sunglasses. She was standing at the door of the shop. She took off her sunglasses and smiled brightly. Her assistant was standing behind her with a lot of shopping bags in both hands. It seemed like Emani had just finished shopping and was about to leave.
“No, thank you, Miss Gomez.” Janet shook her head and frowned.
She and Emani hadn’t been on good terms since the party. Hence, she wanted to avoid her more than anything.
At first, Emani hadn’t intended to pick on Janet. She thought she was out of bounds because Garrett was dating her. But when she found out that Garrett was dating someone else, she felt that he had dumped Janet.
It was common knowledge that Garrett never dated more than one woman at a time even though he was a playboy.
This was why Emani had concluded that Janet had gotten dumped and she could trample on her now. She sneered and flipped her hair back when she saw the frown on Janet’s face. It was then her eyes advertently fell on the man standing beside Janet.
Emani stared at him, goggle-eyed. The man wasn’t girlish handsome like some of the men she usually met. This one was masculine and his face was excellently sculpted. He looked cold and distant, but she could see that he was a reserved man from the glint in his eyes.
‘’Wow! Who would have thought that such a plain Jane could have such great taste in men? Garrett and this man are both hunks. I wonder how she managed to get them. Humph! Someone like her doesn’t deserve such a prince charming!’’ Emani was bedazzled by the man’s handsomeness, but that didn’t stop her from noticing that he was poorly dressed. To her, this meant that he wasn’t a big shot.
‘‘Wow! Janet got a handsome man with empty pockets. Serves her right!’’
“Oh, no! I’m not tired at all. Is your concern for me the only reason for your refusal? Or are you afraid that the attendants here will look down on you? Not to worry. I’m here with you. None of them would dare to say a word about you. Let’s go!” Emani knew that Janet wanted to escape.
Like the dubious woman that she was, she longed to see the embarrassed expression on her face after getting humiliated.
Throughout the eight years that she had been working in the entertainment industry, she had never been so humiliated as she was at the ball. She still hadn’t gotten over it. Now that she had bumped into Janet today, she wanted to get her revenge. Emani wanted Janet to taste the same humiliation in ten folds.
The smile on her face and her words were just means to deceive Janet. She was already concocting a plan in her head without letting go of Janet’s hand. Both women argued back and forth until Janet couldn’t take it anymore. She didn’t like arguing with anyone, but she never allowed them to trample on her.
“Okay, you win. Let’s do this, Miss Gomez.” Forcing a smile, she held Emani’s arm and walked into the store.
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