Fell in Love with Mr.Right at The Wrong Time

Chapter 18

Since the Mann Family earned their living in the clothing industry, offending F&M Apparel would only bring doom. Although Mann Clothing Co. was one of the leading clothing corporations in Lumore, they were only a speck of dust compared to F&M Apparel.

Breaking drops of sweat on his forehead, Joseph immediately grew remorseful remembering the words he had spoken to Nicole previously. Back then, he had indeed listened to Queenie without considering the truthfulness of her words and ended up believing that Nicole was pretending to be Lisa. Because of that, he had thoroughly displeased the entire F&M Apparel corporation.

Seeing how Joseph switched sides so quickly, Queenie was infuriated. Nonetheless, she could only hold her anger in. "I'm sorry for my ignorance, Miss Lisa," she apologized. As Colton needed the collaboration with Lisa, if she were to destroy his chance at that, she could forget about being the young mistress-to-be of Gardner Corporation.

Looking at Queenie who was so apologetic, Nicole smiled lightly and faintly

I'm not an unreasonable person. Just

seize the chance to humiliate her

by embarrassing me, you embarrass my entire design team. There's no way I'll let the members of my design team be perceived as weaklings." Nicole accented her words as her straight posture highlighted her slender figure, in addition to her heels that made

stern face. Her entire body trembled as her cheeks reddened. As she was put on the edge, if Nicole were to go on rebuking her, the Gardners just might turn on her. By then, the Anderson Family would have no one else to rely on. She glanced at Colton, who was not far away, only to find him watching idly, having no intention to back her up. Thereupon, she could only swallow her pride and play the sibling card. "Um... look, Nicole. We're sisters, aren't we? At the end of

turned to Joseph. "Mr. Mann, as I said, F&M Apparel will never establish any partnership with the Mann Family, and my words still stand. If there's nothing else, you may

only precious son, who had been raised with all the care and attention in the world, Joseph felt insulted for being confronted in front of a gargantuan number of guests including countless reputable figures in the country-attending

despair. A hint of malice flashed across

came to handle the crowd. "Okay. It's all merely an accident. Let's all enjoy our food and drinks. You may all come to ask Miss Lisa for guidance if you have any questions." There was obviously sweat on his forehead as he was stupefied by the previous disturbance. Since it was Lisa's first trip to the country, if the conflict were to be blamed on