Chapter 170

Joanna tried her best to calm herself and said in a nonchalant tone, "That's nothing. President Gardner is merely protecting her because the rumors are rife now. After all, if anything happens to Nicole, the Gardner Corporation won't be able to answer to F&M Apparel."

Seeing how Joanna was acting like she didn't care, Queenie couldn't help but laugh out loud. "Director Schmidt, you're still trying to lie to yourself and others at this point, huh? I might be Colton's fiancee in name, and you know it as well that he doesn't care about me, but he's not the same toward Nicole."

In order to pull Joanna to her side, Queenie even said self-deprecating things. Before Nicole was here, Queenie hadn't bothered herself with Joanna because Colton merely treated her as a subordinate.

But with Nicole's appearance, a sense of danger struck Queenie as Colton had never allowed a woman into his house before!

Queenie's words dimmed the light in Joanna's eyes, and she gazed into the distance; even Queenie could read her feelings, so how could Colton not know about it?

in the company for seven years, which is even

ten years. In the beginning, she was heartbroken when Queenie appeared, but with time, she saw that Colton wasn't the least interested in Queenie, which was a relief to

long as she worked hard, assisting the Gardner Corporation to be the leader of the domestic fashion industry, Colton would then think highly of her. To

and it's not something a subordinate like me should meddle with," Joanna said composedly. Turning to Queenie with emotionless eyes, she continued, "You're more than welcome if you're here today to ask for a custom-made dress from me, Miss Anderson. But if you're here to gossip, I'm sorry because I'm quite busy and don't have the time

the least swayed by her, Queenie frowned unwittingly. She came here to persuade Joanna to stand on her side so that they could drive

be holier-than-thou

her face, Queenie said, "Now is the best chance. Nicole is tangled in this matter, and at least, she can't make it for Wendy's birthday. Don't disappoint me, Director

Previously, because Nicole cleared herself of plagiarism, she thought that the task of designing Wendy's birthday dress would fall into Nicole's hands again, but looking at the situation, it seemed like she would

me, of course I'll do my best to complete it," Joanna said in

to leave. After she left, only then

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