The judges turned their attention to the similar designs submitted by Reina and Roxanne after they had gone through every other designs of the remaining participants.Everyone was on high alert to know what would happen.Roxanne already took a seat. Her heart pounded as she also await what the judges would say.The Judges kept looking at the designs, flipping back and forth the submitted work and Reina's supposed evidence, while Reina herself stood at the front feeling like a victorious person.“I can understand mistakes do happen,” she said with a sweet voice, laced with false humility.“But I believe intellectual theft is not something that should be taken lightly. I put in alot of work on those designs to let somebody else lay a claim to it as theirs.”Roxanne did not move an inch on her seat.She was visibly frustrated and angry, but she still composed herself.
Reina’s shoes made sharp sounds against the floor as she walked towards the hall’s exit.Her earlier calm composure was shattered, and the confidence with which she was speaking before Ciel came in was nowhere to be found.She just wanted to get out of there as soon as possible.She had been humiliated by Ciel and she could not hold it in, especially when it had been in the presence of the very same person she had set out earlier to sabotage and ruin her day.Everyone who was watching her leave whispered among themselves, quietly judging her for her actions. She could feel their eyes tearing her down and the longer she stayed here, the more she was reminded of her disgrace.From the Judge's table, the senior judge's voice could be heard as it rang out, delivering the final blow to the humiliation of Reina.“After some careful consideration and thorough examination of the evidence brought forward, it is now evi
In the world of high fashion, you either evolve or watch yourself fade into obscurity.This was something Roxanne knew very well and she had no intention of making her story end that way.Winning the Curl fashion design competition was just the beginning.With the help of Ciel, she was able to reclaim her designs that restored her dignity and made her visible to the world.Now, with this win, she was ready to become the woman no one would ever overlook.But in order to make that happen, she had to change. Inside and out.Three days after the win, she was at home with Ciel as the light of New York shimmered beyond the towering windows of their mansion.Ciel was sitting on a chair, looking at her.“You know, if you want to keep the spotlight now that it's blazing hot,” he said with a calm but unwavering voice. “You need to become the kind of person that n
As Roxanne became more popular and stronger, there was Devian, her ex fiance in his own little world having different thoughts.He never thought he would ever regret losing her one day.When he had left her then, he thought he was giving himself a chance to be with a woman with a better future. A future where Reina had told him that power, wealth, and connections would not be an issue.This was even before the marriage proposal between the Renwick's family and the Sebastien's family.And he had readily agree because, according to him then, Roxanne was not the trophy woman he would like to spend the rest of his life with.She was fat, and do not have a shape like that of Reina. He did not know she got it like that until she seduced him and gave him the best sexual experience of his life.And with Roxanne, he had never had such experience because she was keeping herself till marriage.Which was the more reason why he fell for the seduction of her step sister.He needed to enjoy the warm
Devian was not going to give up on Roxanne.She was too sophisticated now to look away from.Damn the fact that she is with Ciel.He had her first.He was going to have her again.Ciel is not going to be obstacle in his way on this.He just have to work on his approach and go after her again.Since that night from the fashion event, he had only thought.To get back Roxanne, no matter the cost.It created an obsession in him seeing her with Ciel, shining radiantly and powerful.He could not just stomach the idea that she had moved on.Not especially with the calibre of man like Ciel Sebastien.Over the next few days, he used every tactics he knew.Getting Flowers delivered to her office.Same with gifts, expensive ones that he knew a woman of her present status would appreciate.Accompanied with handwritten notes.These are things he had done in their relationship before that melted Roxanne's heart.But, sadly, none of it worked out the way he had hoped.She did not respond to any of t
After the incident with Roxanne at her office, Devian had left in disappointment and shame.But actions have consequences.Even though it had been just him and Roxanne talking, the few people that passed by where they were had seen what happened.And it had not gone unnoticed.Asides the fact that Roxanne's words stung him and he was discarded like an unwanted plant, it had happened at a place where they were important people around, no matter the few numbers.The fallout from that had been more than he had expected.Words quickly went around in the high society and within few days after the incident, the gossip seems to have spread far and wide.His image was beginning to get affected.He was a charming, and moderately successful businesan, also managing the family business when he was with Roxanne and now.But that image is now is being torn apart.
The drink was still in his hand.He still tried to drink away his sorrows.The opulence of his house felt hollow.The sound of the City traffic felt distant to him.The chaos in his mind was not subdued yet.He leaned against the sofa he was sitting on with the glass of whiskey in his hand.He was bitter and it showed.He had lost. He had truly lost Roxanne.The pain is much.How could he have lost sucj a soft spoken and obedient woman?She could see how she was with Ciel.That should have been him.A woman so much in love and literally cared for him despite the situation of things at home.Her care for him then was something he could and break at will but he did not.Until Reina came along, with her wild beauty and fierce love, he thought she was a better alternative.
The next day, he went to the Renwick mansion to see Reina.He had not seen her in few days and he needed someone to atleast comfort him on these trying times.Her part of the house was filled with th scent of nice smelling perfumes, mostly likely expensive considering the taste of Reina, but the fragrance did little to help the tension in his heart.He had barely shut the door of the hallway that leads to her room when he heard the sound of her shoes.She was coming from the living room, looked elegant in a black gown.Her hair was long and loose, but the look on her eyes were not warm nor soft.They were cold and and angry.“To be honest, you really got some nerve coming here to show off your face.” She napped at him as she folded her arms across her chest.“Or did you think I would not hear about what happened?”He signed. He knew what she was referring to.It would have been s
Ciel could not answer the question Roxanne asked him.He only sighed, and took her hand.He led back into their room for the night.They would be spending the night at his parent's house.The night was heavy, and it covered the whole area in a very quiet serenity.The estate lights were shining over the trimmed hedges and the still fountains located in the central location of the estate.It lit up the whole place.By the time they retired Into their guest suite, Roxanne freshened up and stood by the tall window.Ordinarily, she should have been tired after everything that happened during the day, but her mind was too restless to be still.She knew she and Ciel could not return home that night, especially after what happened at the dinner.It would feel awkward, especially since Ciel's family didn't hide their hostility towards him.His mother had offered for them to stay behind.Ciel had accepted with the usual casual and disinterested way he does things.She could see that the whole
She had asked the question because of what had happened at the dinner earlier that day. She was sitting beside Ciel in the big dinning hall of the mansion. It was a beautiful sight. But she could feel it also. She could see that his family objects to him even if it's not loud. It felt like he did not belong there. And it made her angry. It was clear Ciel was more sharp, powerful, and far more wiser than these so called family members who behaved as if they were above every other persons. But, they act like he was not their own blood. As if he was an outsider. She had no idea why it was like that. But she knew one thing. She would not sit back and let them treat him that way. During the dinner, Rex, had leaned back in his chair with a smirk in his face that was infuriating. He had been stealing glances at Ciel all through the dinner, throwing subtle sharp remarks towards fim, disguising it as a causal conversations. It was clear to Roxanne that he was teasing him. But w
Ciel’s driver drove Roxanne and him to his family estate.It was a bit long, but she barely noticed it.She sat beside him, Ciel , in the back of the car.She had her fingers clasped tightly against her laps.The windows were closed and tinted.She could see the city's skyscrapers from the inside, same as the beautiful buildings that make up the city and the estate they were in.The further they moved, the more they came across very beautiful buildings.And, finally, the driver stopped at the gates of Sebastien's mansion.It was not just a house.It was more like a castle.It stretched far across acres of private land, which were shielded by tall walls and a towering iron gate.And it has very unnaturally perfectly trimmed hedges.The mansion itself was a testament of old money elegance.It had massive columns, alongside grand windows.And it also had a driveway that was large enough to fit a dozen luxury cars.Roxanne breathed in and out.She had been in high society long enough to u
She just sat there, looking at Ciel in silence.She was angry Reina had tried to make another attempt to seduce her husband.It was quite pathetic.She wondered what she was trying to achieve with the seduction.Was she trying to get back at her?If that is the case, is that not a weak attempt?Or could there be a deeper conspiracy at play?A target at her career, maybe?Or she was just hell bent on ruining her public image by getting involved in a scandal with her husband?That was still weak and predictable.But the fact she did made an attempt to steal her husband was something she would not forgive her for.Ciel could see the anger in her eyes.He had seen her angry before but that was something else.The look on her face was of something he could not decipher.It was not not anger.It was a cold one that could tear down Reina if she was with them at that moment.She then breathed out slowly, as her chest rose and fell in controlled breaths.“I promise. I am going to destroy her.”
As Ciel left her on the green, Reina felt indignation run through her.She stomped her feet on the green grass as heavily as possible.She was furious.She had been trying to hold the anger in.But she had to let it out now that he had left.Her perfectly done and styled hair that she had spent a considerable amount of time to get done, now felt heavy and kind of pointless.Her confidence had been at an all time high when she got here had actually shattered the moment she realized Ciel had seen through her schemes but she had kept a straight face.She could not believe it.She had been subtly mocked again.Her advances had been rejected.Ciel had not even shown any signs that whatever she did had gotten to him.He had not considered entertaining the idea of her advances.She thought she was making progress when he agreed to play a game with her.Only to realize he had agreed only to make it clear to her that she disgusted him.Her fingers clenched around the gold club as she bent down
As Ciel gathered his things in a bid to move away, his mind thought about many things.He had never been the one to indulge in meaningless conversations, but the way Reina was pursuing the conversation with him in a relentless manner was becoming amusing to him.As he turned to away, he hesitated and looked back to Reina.His lips then curled into a smirk.“You know, I heard an interesting rumor, Reina.”Raising an eyebrow, she asked with some interest.“Oh really? What kind of rumor could that be?”He calmly set his things down with an effortless grace that only added to his aura.He then tilted his head a bit, looking at her in a way that seems to be weakening every single one of her defenses.Still smirking, he said.“I heard you were pregnant.”The words came unexpectedly to Reina.It felt like a slap to her face, but she managed to keep her expression neutral.Regardless of how she tried to compose herself, she could feel her pulse quicken as she heard what he said.With a scoff,
Reina had always been a girl who got what she wanted from childhood.And it transcends into her adolescence, up till her present age.And it translated into how she relates with men.To her, she believes men are predictable in nature, and if you can offer them the right temptation, they would lose their composure and fall.It has worked a lot of times and will continue to work.She thought her dad's idea was great, but before her dad finalized his plan, she decided to try something on her own.She believes Ciel may see through what her dad was planning.He was not stupid.That she knows too well.He was a different breed of man.Therefore, she decided a one on one meeting with him first would help do the trick.The private golf club in the city was a place that is exclusively for the elites.It's a place where businessmen meet and make deals, while playing games leisurely.It's also an opportunity to waste money on drinks worth thousands of dollars.They do not hesitate to make such t
“It's cold out there. I need to get warm.”Derek told his wife as he proceeded to the living room.His mind was reeling with the fact that what he came to do had been unexpectedly easy to carry out.Reina had broken up with Devian.He had not expected that.He was here to try to convince her to temporarily abandon Devian in pursuit of what he wants her to do for him.Because he knew how stubborn she could be when she was being persuaded.But she had already left him on her own.The revelation made him smile as he walked to a seat.This was really perfect.At Least the burden of being a manipulative father, trying to pressurize his daughter into making a difficult choice she may not want to make is off his chest.The choice had already been made before he came around.And now, it aligns perfectly with his plans.She was free, and will be unbothered by the distraction of a lover who may want to get in the way of his plans.That said, this means she would be able to use her charms to the
Derek went to his mansion after he left Bellamy Couture.He stared at the big iron gates in front of his house.It symbolizes dominance to him, which was why he had it then.This house has always been his pride and his fortress.Where he had made many of the plans that were meant to progress the family's legacy.Now, it felt like a foreign place to him as he stood outside the gates.But it was his.He had to go in.He adjusted his cap on his head, pulling it lower over his face.He was not sure if his wife would recognize him like this.But he does not care at this point.He just wanted to see them.He felt like he had been left behind and the world moved on without him since he was in the police cell.He was beginning to think why he bothered with a disguise when he came.But he had always been cautious.It was a habit he could not shake off.Not especially now that he had a plan.The humiliation he had suffered at his late wife's company was not something he could easily erase from