Lennard had questions written all over his face, as he drove alongside Terel to the nearest designer.
"You've missed some important things Lennard." Terel commented as he continued to drive.
Lennard nodded, he noticed! "Uh, Terel. Just who is that woman?" He asked, his job was to know the ins and outs of Mou's business. Be his second in command, be the man he trusted to do dirty work... So knowing that woman should be important no?
Terel sighed, he knew that Lennard was asking these questions while Mou rode in a sperate car. It was something he requested to hear in Stella's planning... "At first... She was a he, then he was a she. With the way boss looks at her... Can't you feel his emotions already?" Terel didn't want to explain everything to Lennard, so he just explained it like that.
Lennard placed his brows together. The first part was a riddle for him, but he could tell by being with Mou for enough time that his emotions for her were clear...
"But what about her?" He asked, a partnership required two people...
Terel shook his head. "I have no idea. She is an intelligent woman Lennard. She ruined the Fude family close to single-handedly, all she needed were some words and look at them now."
Upon Terel's explanation Lennard was stunned. He knew that the Fude family had been suffering lately. It was one of the reasons he came back to work before being advised. But that woman being able to single-handedly topple a business empire like that? How terrifying...
While in the other car, the temperature was a little cold...
"Mmm, you all need dates. I suggest to find yourselves one within two hours." Stella decided to inform her male passengers as she stifled a yawn.
Chris and Nio nodded, that wasn't a problem for them. They had suitors from miles away...
Eun quietly sighed, he had a thought of what was going to happen...
Cerim shuddered, as his hands almost came off the steering as he felt goosebumps on his arms...
"Oh, since Mou wouldn't be able to find himself a date he can go by himself. I would feel bad for the woman he had to link arms with." Stella reminded herself that Mou wasn't much of a fan of women...
Cerim sighed in relief. 'At least bro could spend the whole night looking at Stella instead of dealing with a fly instead now.' He was happy with the outcome.
But then a thought came into his head. "We all need dates... What about you Stella?" He blabbered.
Cerim flinched at how cold the passenger seat became, he didn't want to glance at the demon right now...
Stella grinned. "I've got someone to fit the role just fine." She said, causing a great disturbance for the other passengers.
They arrived at the closest shop ran by designer Hill in the area. Since Cerim's face was well known by people, they immediately were escorted to the best suits and dresses.
"Would you like some assistance miss?" The manager was extremely respectful to Stella. He realized that the entourage that had arrived were all VVIP's to the store, so making sure the woman they brought along was well-catered for was certain.
"No thanks. Just bring these orders to me." Stella gave a small note to the manager.
Mou watched this exchange from the side, he noticed the small note and wondered if Stella had some inside information when it came to designer Hill.
But that wouldn't make sense right? If Stella and the Bei family were enemies why would she be on good terms with designer Hill?
He kept these thoughts to himself, he hoped that it got t a day that the two wouldn't have so many secrets between each other. But that would take some time...
The manager's eyes widened upon seeing the writing on the note. "I'll be a minute Miss." The manager wanted to bow over and kiss the shows of this woman! She personally knew designer Hill!
Stella waited for the dress she wanted and went to change on her own. This was something that the manager hadn't seen when dealing with such high-profile people. Normally they would keep appearances by getting assistance, especially women for dresses. But this woman was quite the opposite... His attention then went to the order for the men.
Inside the changing room Stella was currently bent over holding her chest. "Damn, even when unbandaged I can't control it." Stella felt blood trickle down her mouth as she wiped it with her sleeve.
...............
Stella looked at herself in the mirror and nodded. She opened the changing room door with a small bag in her hand.
Nio's and Chris's eyes flew wide open. Since her figure was hidden by her baggy clothes they only knew Stella's earth-breaking looks. Now they knew she had the body to more than back it up...
Stella was wearing a full dress that showed no skin. Her upper body was completely covered yet the exquisite pink and purple blending made their eyes fall onto her most noticeable features...
While her waist was slim her legs were also long, the dress highlighted her slim and well-trained legs. Ending the dress with small wedges.
It wasn't the most eye-catching dress in the world. But it seemed to be tailor-made for Stella. Making her body feature even more appealing despite her standing still...
Mou's eyes darkened considerably. He didn't care what Stella wore half the time. Considering he couldn't care if she dressed as a man or a lazy woman. But this made his fantasies go wild... But he knew other men would be thinking the same as him.
"Wow. It looks amazing." The manager could only say this small comment. He was completely mind-blown by designer Hill's new work as always.
Stella smiled slightly as she looked at the men, "Shall we enjoy ourselves then?" Stella gave a sly grin. She can imagine the scenes now...
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At the largest hotel chain in the country, the opening party of the new film "Flora's knight" was being held.
Because of her recent scandal Zou kept her public appearances to a minimum, she looked down-ridden and pale. Her makeup couldn't hide how bad a time she has had for two weeks.
Her company had already told her that after this last film is released she would immediately be moved into an office role. They said it was because her talents suited it better!
Ha! She was just betrayed, betrayed because the company couldn't make go through with her scandal. It wasn't like other actresses did this either...
She was lucky to even be invited to the premier. She had completed the film and it was already booked to release by the time she had her scandal. Basically, the investors decided to go with the film. In hopes that her acting would offset the fan's feedback...
She felt her phone go off for what felt like the millionth time today. She looked at it and clenched the glass in her hand.
Gritting her teeth she thought back to life with her new husband... To describe it in a single word... Hell. He hadn't let her out of the house and forced her to become a servant! A servant! Now she had calloused hands!
She calmed herself down, knowing that there would always be a way out of the Fude family now that they are inwardly crumbling. Stocks have crashed to levels where they can't afford to keep their properties. After selling those properties they had to cancel multiple projects. It now felt like the whole of the world was against them.
But she was a woman. And women could provide... Benefits to businessmen. She had to bank on her looks to get to where she is today. So the future shouldn't be much different.
"Wow. She still has the gall to show up around here?"
"Yeah, look at her? Wearing all that makeup! Does she expect we can't see that she is a slut who got caught?"
"Shush, she might look this way."
"Hahaha, would it even matter? She has definitely lost the favor of Young Master Fude now. Ever since she was exposed they hadn't been spotted together..."
*Sigh* "What a shame, they were such a loving couple."
A few women joked about Zou's situation from afar, causing her head to start beating rapidly.
'Why can't those sluts stop talking about me!?' She cursed, only a month ago they were buttering up to her, saying how nice she and Yuon looked...
"Isn't that Manager Tracy? What is she doing here?" One of the women asked, as their attention turned elsewhere.
Zou sighed in relief. Until she heard some more commotion.
"Isn't that the Emperess? What is she doing here? Didn't she want to exclusively manage that newcomer Stella?"
Zou almost smashed the glass there and then. Stella... A name she now despised. Upon learning that Stella. The same bastard she had known was an outcast in the Fude family was actually building himself a fanbase as an actor she just ignored it. But when she learned that the beautiful, charismatic Stella from the recent adverts of some high-quality brands was the same as that bastard!
She almost lost it. Thanks to an anonymous email to the entire Fude household late at night they learned that they were the same person. So that meant they had been played for longer than they thought...
But manager Tracy and manager Florence showing up made no sense. No artists they were associated with were in the film...
"Oh? Isn't that Amy?"
"It is! I'm disappointed in myself that I never gave her films a chance because of the rumors. Her acting is really good!"
"I know. Rumors can kill a career."
'Just what is going on?' Zou was now getting suspicious why were all these people not related to the film here?
"AHHHH! Isn't that God Nio!?"
"AHHH! It's CERIM!? Why would you focus only on Nio!?"
Then those two screams made Zou drop her glass of champagne from fear.