And so, Alston and Tony came to the clothing store together to join in the commotion.
Edith never expected that the reinforcement Ivy called would turn out to be Alston.
She couldn't help mocking, "I really didn't expect you to bring so many people here to join in the excitement!"
Alston pursed his lips, lowering his brow to conceal the surprise in his eyes.
He didn't expect to run into Edith here either.
But Tony beside him didn't seem to notice the somewhat strange atmosphere between the two.
He excitedly walked over to Edith's side, a smile appearing at the corner of his lips.
"Edith, what a coincidence!"
After hearing this, Edith rolled her eyes at him, "A coincidence?"
Seeing his intent exposed by Edith, Tony felt a bit awkward.
Seeing how familiar Alston and Tony were with Edith, the smile on Ivy's face froze.
She originally wanted to take this opportunity to advertise her relationship with Alston, but she didn't expect Alston to be as she imagined.
On the contrary, Alston actually seemed to be protecting Edith a bit.
Ivy hurriedly cut off the conversation between the few of them.
"Alston, this time I called you here to help me reason with them!"
Alston frowned, "Have me help you reason?"
Ivy immediately nodded, "That's right. This Edith is really too arrogant, daring to bully my friends like this. I can't stand for it of course!"
Hearing this, Ashley directly burst out laughing on the side.
"Bully your friends? Can you use your brain a bit before speaking?"
Put on the spot like this by Ashley's words, Ivy's expression turned uglier and uglier.
"What do you mean?"
Ashley coldly snorted twice, "Don't you know what I mean? I want you to apologize to John right now."
John?
Hearing this name, Alston became even more bewildered.
"How is this related to John?" Tony beside him voiced Alston's inner thoughts.
Edith said coldly, "We overheard Ivy's friends gossiping and talking nonsense behind people's backs. We can't stand for that."
From the argument between Edith and Ivy, Tony finally pieced together what happened.
It seemed that Ashley and Edith had inadvertently overheard Ivy's friends gossiping behind her fiancé's back.
So Edith and Ashley got into a conflict with them.
Understanding now, to continue gaining Edith's favour, Tony immediately stood by her side.
"You have no shame!"
Ivy never expected Tony to switch sides so quickly.
She originally thought Tony came here with Alston to help reinforce her side, but now he was actually scolding her.
Ivy clenched her fists and gritted her teeth, "What do you mean?"
Tony also began speaking in a sarcastic tone like Edith.
"You rushed to talk behind someone's back. This time you got caught. So you can only blame your own misfortune. And you even came here to find more trouble!"
The two models beside them couldn't sit still anymore.
"I didn't say anything!"
Hearing this, Edith directly refuted, "Whether you said it or not, gossiping carelessly here is still wrong. And you still have the nerve to call people to back you up?"
Alston remained silent on the side, watching as Ivy and her friends were berated by Edith.
He finally spoke up, "This incident is really your fault!"
Hearing this, Ivy revealed a smug smile.
"See, Alston said this is your fault too..."
Before Ivy could finish, Alston directly cut her off, staring straight at her.
He then added, "I said you all. You all shouldn't have been gossiping carelessly here!"
Ivy's face immediately fell.
She never expected Alston to side with Edith against her.
This was obviously not the scenario she imagined.
"Alston, I think there's been a misunderstanding. I didn't..."
Ashley had a fiery temper. Hearing Ivy start making excuses, she angrily interrupted, "You didn't what? We all heard clearly!"
"We only said a couple of things. How is it as serious as you say?"
Hearing this, Edith immediately took out the recording from earlier.
"John? What is John? Behind the scenes, who knows what shady dealings they might have?"
With the recording from earlier played out, the two models and Ivy now truly couldn't save any face.
Tony firmly protected Edith beside him, before furiously pointing at their noses and cursing.
"Ivy, I really misjudged you. I never expected you to be this kind of person! Gossiping recklessly, then pushing the blame onto others. Disgusting!"
Hearing this, Edith couldn't help echoing, "Who can't see it? Do you think everyone is an idiot?
Keep those wicked thoughts to yourself!"
Seeing Tony and Edith coordinating, Alston suddenly felt uncomfortable in his heart.
He recalled the talk of Edith's boyfriend or financial backer from others before.
Could it be the Tony in front of him?
Recalling how familiar Tony just was with Edith, Alston became more convinced of this guess.
His expression immediately darkened.
But Tony beside him didn't notice Alston's little actions.
Instead he was wholeheartedly protecting Edith.
Even Edith raised an intrigued brow.
"Ivy, I don't want to say more to you. Apologize!"
Ivy was about to cry, her swollen eyes turning towards Alston. But Alston didn't give her a glance!
At this time Ivy also saw that Alston had no intention of protecting her.
Tony was still pressuring her relentlessly.
"When you do something wrong, you have to bear the consequences. Your friend isn't much better either. Who told you to gossip carelessly? Apologizing isn't asking too much, is it?"
With Tony's statement going this far, Ivy knew that whatever she said now would be useless.
She immediately turned and glared at the two models from before.