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.
When Joey and Selena got back to the banquet, it was time to dance.Selena did not give Joey a break. She pulled her right into the crowd.Joey had cut off most of the feathers on her dress to fix Julia's dress. Now, without the cover of the feathers, the dark lines of her tattoo were visible, giving her a mysterious vibe. Joey was pretty and had a great figure. When she appeared on the dance floor, she attracted many eyes."May I have the honor of a dance, miss?" A man who looked like a foreigner approached them and politely asked for a dance."Um, no …" Before she could finish, she caught Selena's murderous glare out of the corner of her eye and changed her answer quickly. "Yes, of course."The man pulled her onto the dance floor. He put his hand on her back chivalrously. Due to the open back of her dress, she could feel his skin against hers.Joey felt uncomfortable. After getting married, she hadn't had close contact with any man other than Zachary. It had been some time si
However, Joey was wary of Kent. In some ways, she felt he was in league with Zachary, as they were best friends.Joey cocked her head to the side and stared at Kent. "You know that I'm divorcing Zachary, don't you?"Kent looked taken aback, but he quickly spread his hands out in a gesture of nonchalance. "Yeah, I found out a few days ago. Don't worry, though. I don't like mixing my private and professional affairs. "Inviting Chloe isn't just my idea. The whole team decided on it. We don't want to bother her since she just lost her husband. We decided to try our luck with someone close to her.""Out of curiosity," Joey said, "Would the show provide her with an assistant, or …?"Kent gave her a meaningful look. "She'll have to bring her own assistant. The audience doesn't care. They want to see how efficient the designer is and how good the final product looks."If the show provided an assistant, it would definitely cause problems and conflict that would make a buzz, but that woul
Joey had tried everything in the last three years to get pregnant. She'd done health checkups at the hospital, and they had only found some follicular development issues. She'd even tried artificial insemination, but nothing worked. Right now, though, she understood something."I think you'd know if I were infertile," Zachary said, his anger apparent in his expression.Joey raised an eyebrow. "I don't know. Why did I have so much trouble trying to get pregnant over the last three years, then?""Is this all you think about?" Zachary had never been this frustrated before. Every time they spoke, she talked about kids and getting pregnant.They were getting divorced because she couldn't get pregnant. It was as if he was nothing but a tool to get her pregnant.Joey was stunned when she heard his question. When she came to her senses, she realized Zachary had picked her up. She began struggling. "Let me go, Zachary! Let me go this instant!"Zachary ignored her. He took out a car