Joey woke up in a hospital. The first thing she saw when she opened her eyes was a handsome face.Startled, she snapped her eyes shut and opened them again slowly. The face was still there, now with a teasing smile. The only thing that marred the perfect features were the dark circles underneath the eyes."You're finally awake." Kent breathed a sigh of relief as he watched Joey's eyes brighten with consciousness. He shrunk back to the side of the bed and slumped down listlessly.Joey sat up slowly and looked around, but she found no one else in the room besides Kent. She was a little touched. "Have you been here the whole time?"She didn't know how long she'd been out. Kent's time was counted by the second. He'd probably lost a lot of money in the time he'd spent waiting for her to wake up."I can't pay you anything," she blurted out.Kent was speechless. Despite her good looks, Kent found he couldn't have a conversation with Joey that didn't end up being about money."Wait, a
Selena had moved out at a young age and hadn't kept close contact with her family. She wouldn't have called Finn if things were less urgent and she could find someone else to help.To her dismay, Finn left her high and dry even though she rarely asked him for help. Selena was so angry that she sent him a voice message filled with veiled curses. Then, she blacklisted him.Joey watched this happen in speechless silence.Selena flipped her hair over her shoulder dismissively. "Don't get sympathetic on my behalf. I was adopted, so we weren't close anyway. I wouldn't have called him if I had any other choice."Joey was relieved to see there was nothing but anger in her eyes."Oh, right, Joey," Selena said, her expression turning serious. "I chose a couple of outfits for you this morning. I wasn't going to put much effort into that fashion banquet with Eastwell, but now that we're working with them, we should keep up appearances. There are going to be plenty of socialites and rich wom
Kent saw the anger flash in Zachary's eyes as soon as the words left his mouth. Tactfully, he fell silent and dropped an invitation card on his desk before making a hasty exit.Before leaving, Kent turned and added, "Oh, by the way, we just signed a partnership with Chloe. You wanted to book her for the new season, didn't you? Then you must come to the banquet!"He couldn't wait to see the look on Zachary's face when he discovered that Joey was Chloe!"Get lost," Zachary said coldly."Right on it!" Kent made himself scarce.As Zachary continued to look through his reports, he found his eyes straying to the divorce agreement on the table.Just yesterday, Joey had been so enthusiastic in bed with him, but now she had moved on to Kent. It was bold of her.Frustrated, he loosened his tie. His phone chimed. He picked it up and saw a message from Julia. She had sent him the same invitation that Kent had just left him. Below that, she added, "Eastwell sent me the invitation! Thank yo
Joey did not want to talk about what happened the night before, so she cut Zachary off hastily. "It has nothing to do with you."Zachary's next words faltered. His expression became cold. "Then who does it have to do with? Kent?"Joey was stunned. What did this have to do with Kent?When she didn't answer, Zachary continued sarcastically, "You're quite in demand, aren't you, Joey? You said you wanted a divorce, yet you seduced me and had Kent on the side at the same time. I didn't realize you were so good at multitasking."Joey looked at him in confusion. "I didn't seduce you."Also, Kent wasn't anyone's bit on the side.Zachary scoffed, "Then who was in bed with me last night?"Joey stared at him in disbelief. There was an uncomfortable lump in her chest. "I think you should ask your grandmother about what happened last night."There was definitely something wrong with the yogurt last night. She'd eat her hat if there wasn't.Zachary looked at her sardonically. "So what are y
"Alright, let's move on. The banquet is just around the corner, so get to work. Nothing's more important than earning money." Joey pulled her coat tighter around her and sat down at the table.Selena sighed at her workaholic side. "You're right. We've been swamped lately. I haven't even sent our clients their gowns. Once I do, they'll probably need a lot of amendments. We shouldn't waste any time."As Selena had predicted, Emmen was swamped with orders before the banquet. Joey was too busy to think about Zachary, and he, in turn, did not contact her.Joey and Selena breathed a sigh of relief when they finally stood in front of the mansion where Eastwell was hosting the banquet.This 20 million dollars had been difficult to earn. Joey felt regretful at agreeing to divorce Zachary without alimony. She should've squeezed as much money as she could from that son of a bitch."Why are we just standing here? My eyes hurt from the lights." Selena nudged her and prompted her forward exci
The woman was stunned.Chloe's dresses were typically pricey, but she hadn't expected Julia's dress to be so expensive. Her face reddened.At first, Joey did not want to stick her nose into the matter, but since Chloe's reputation was at stake, she couldn't help but approach the two women. "Ms. Fisher, there's a lot of people at the banquet. I think you should go and change. You can talk about this when you come back."She didn't remember designing Julia's dress. The other woman's blue dress was one of her designs, though.She had put a lot of effort into the butterflies on the hem of the dress. Even so, she'd only sold it for 30 thousand dollars.80 thousand dollars? In her dreams!"Oh, it's you." Julia recognized Joey as the assistant at Emmen who had helped her try on her wedding dress. She was also one of the women at the entrance Zachary had been staring at!Angered, Julia frowned. "Do you know where this is? Regular people can't be here."Eastwell's fashion banquets wer
The security guards did not hesitate. They grabbed Joey and the woman in the blue dress, and tried to drag them out.The woman was frantic. She sounded close to tears as she said to Julia, "Ms. Fisher, I'll pay for your dress! Please don't get other people into trouble!"She held onto Joey and said in a low voice, "I can't let you get kicked out. Besides, it wasn't easy for me to get this opportunity. If I get kicked out, I'll have to pay much more than 80 thousand dollars for breaking a clause in my contract."Before this, Joey hadn't really cared about Julia. She knew Zachary did not love her, so she didn't care that he was seeing Julia. However, she was toeing the line right now. Julia felt her temper rise. She wrenched herself from the security guard's hands and said coldly, "You shouldn't pay for anything. That dress doesn't cost 80 thousand dollars. She's extorting you!"Julia's expression changed. "Extorting?" she said angrily. "I can afford to buy that 700 thousand doll
The woman's voice was soft and calming. Joey couldn't help but be amazed by her beauty. She smiled and said, "It's alright. You're very pretty."The woman went to the front of the group and led them to her trailer. Even in her long dress, her quickened steps were as elegant as ever.When they arrived at her trailer, she took out a new dress and placed it on the bed. Joey recognized it as another one of her designs."You really like Chloe's designs, don't you?" she laughed."My manager rented this dress," the woman said sheepishly."Everyone loves Chloe's designs," Julia butted in with a gratifying tone as she glanced at Selena."Thank you for the appreciation, but Ms. Fisher, I have to say that your makeup does not suit this dress at all," Selena said professionally, ignoring Julia's attempts to suck up to her. "I can help you to fix the dress you have on, though, if you don't mind."As the dress was rented, the woman would probably have to pay for it if she gave it to Julia.