Chapter 214
Chapter 214
Eliana brushed aside the earlier controversy and concentrated on her work. She began to sort out the clothes carefully, giving her all in her task.
Tania, however, wouldn’t stop bugging Eliana. She dared not harass Eliana openly after getting reprimanded by Nicole, but opted to making life difficult for Eliana in more inconspicuous ways.
“You know, someone did good styling once by pure luck and starts thinking she is real stylists. She even goes as far as trying to steal other people’s jobs! Really, doesn’t she know her place? Mr. Moran’s mistress can do anything, so why does she have to play games here? She’s just trampling on other people’s efforts!” Tania drawled, purposefully raising her voice so everyone could hear her.
It was all too obvious that she was insulting Eliana.
At this point, Eliana couldn’t stand Tania’s harassment any longer. She was seething.
Twenty-five thousand dollars be damned! Did Tania think she was a pushover? Well, Tania was about to learn otherwise! And so, Eliana turned to Tania with a furious snarl.
“Who are you talking about, Tania? Maybe in your eyes, I’m just an outsider who’s just acting as a part- time stylist. But I have never underestimated this job, not even once! I had chosen several outfits earlier, and I had already showed you the one I picked for Nicole.”
To prove her point, Eliana took out a sketch and handed it to Tania. Since she used to be a designer, she was used to drawing her inspirations. This job was no exception, and it so happened that this was the perfect time to use the sketch as evidence.
However, Tania didn’t even bat an eye at it. Instead she waved her hand callously and smacked the paper and pen away, letting them fall to the floor.
“Oh, I’m sorry! My hand… slipped. It’s just a sketch. You won’t be mad at me, right?”
Tania shook her hands and pretended to be apologetic, but she didn’t sound sorry. Her eyes were full of provocation, as if she was challenging Eliana to retaliate.
It was clear that she regarded Eliana as a complete pushover.
Eliana felt her blood boil. Her anger exploded in her like a volcano. That was it!
Fury coursing her veins, she was determined to give Tania her just deserts. Yet just as she was about to make her move, a paper bag suddenly appeared from nowhere and hit Tania smack-dab in the face.
“W-What? Who… Who threw the bag?!” Tania roared, rubbing her injured face.
“I did.”
Nana emerged, proud and righteous, having changed her clothes. She had been the one who threw the bag at Tania. As it was filled with clothes, it was quite the painful blow for Tania.
“I know you! You’re on Eliana’s side! You hit me because of her!” Tania screamed, so agitated that her eyes were burning with malice.
“Oh! You’re scaring me, Miss Wilson…” Nana’s face suddenly turned pale, and she stammered in a trembling voice. “I’m so sorry. I was careless! My hand… slipped. You won’t be mad at me, right?”
Earlier, Tania had pretended to be innocent. So now, Nana decided to imitate her and let her experience what it felt.
Nana slyly returned Tania’s words to the latter, repeating them in verbatim. © 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.
Forced to contend with the same trick she had used, Tania felt like she had been slapped hard in the face.
It was her turn to be angry. She was so furious that she almost couldn’t breathe.
Nana picked up Eliana’s sketch that was lying on the floor and looked at it. She then went on to exclaim loudly, making sure Tania would hear every word. “Some people just do it casually, but they’re a hundred times better than a so-called professional stylist. I wonder, what does it mean? It’s obvious that you don’t have talent. Your work is subpar. No wonder so many people on the Internet commented on how ugly Nicole’s styling is! Looks like they were right. You’re garbage, but how dare you call yourself a professional stylist? Why don’t you quit your job and do farm work in the boonies instead?”
Nana’s blatant insults instantly gave rose to heated whispers from the surrounding people.
Her words were venomous. Tania, who had gone through multiple humiliation today, could no longer sit still.
“Who said that?! In the first place, Nicole has a lot of antis! People insult her because she doesn’t look good enough, not because the style is bad!” Tania barked back, defiant.
Eliana was quick to sense a golden opportunity. This was it!
Narrowing her eyes meaningfully, Eliana decided to teach Tania a lesson the latter would never forget.
Without anyone noticing it, she took out her phone and sent a video call request to Nicole.
“Tania, I think you’re so subpar that you put the blame on Nicole.”
After she pressed the call button, Eliana deliberately added fuel to the fire in Tania’s heart.
“Rubbish! Nicole’s the one with too many antis! My styling is perfect! She got reprimanded because she was annoying. It had nothing to do with me. In fact, I’d say she’s the one who implicated me!” Tania spat without any hesitation, talking down Nicole with little regard.
Eliana couldn’t stop the grin from spreading on her face. She raised her phone and said, “Did you hear that, Miss Swift?”
Nicole?!
Tania was horrified. She instantly saw Nicole’s face on the screen, and her mind went blank.
Oh, no. She was doomed!
Nicole had heard the entire conversation, and her face was stormy. She sneered disdainfully, “Tania, you don’t have to come to work tomorrow. I might implicate you again.”
Tania hurried to explain and retract her words, but she was too late. Nicole had already hung up before she could do anything.
Eliana ignored Tania as she put away her phone and took Nana’s hand, intending to leave.
“You! Don’t try to run away!” Tania snarled, her face the epitome of fury. She rushed after Eliana and Nana, about to catch up to them, when she suddenly slipped.
“Arghhh!”
It was the pen that she had slapped away earlier that became her undoing. She accidentally stepped on it and immediately lost her footing, rolling down and falling face-first on the floor.
The onlookers around them were unable to stop themselves from laughing at her comical misfortune.
Eliana and Nana turned around to look when they heard the loud laughs, only to find Tania crying her heart out on the floor.
“She looks so pathetic,” Nana cackled, her face naughty.
Eliana shrugged her shoulders, unaffected by Tania’s wretched appearance. “People can’t be too aggressive. She paid for it.”