Right Person, Wrong Time
Chapter 15

Chapter 15

Chapter 15 I’d Like to Bring a Friend With Me

Due to a rainstorm, Zachary’s flight had been delayed, making him unable to arrive ahead of time forF&M Apparel’s annual dinner. As the representative of F&M Apparel’s fashion design team, Nicolecouldn’t be late for the annual dinner, so she had no choice but to head to the venue in advance for theannual dinner.

Straightening her evening dress, Nicole looked at her adorable son before her, saying, “I’ll probably behome late tonight. Eat some snacks if you’re hungry, but don’t overeat, and don’t open the door forstrangers.”

“Mom, aren’t you sick of saying this every time you leave home?” Hayden replied while looking at thegorgeously beautiful Nicole before him. Then, he urged, “What you should really do right now is hurryto the dinner and be the center of attention at the event!”

Nicole’s radiant face relaxed into a gentle smile as she was amused by Hayden’s remark. “Alright. Inthat case, I’ll be leaving first.”

For the occasion, Nicole dressed in a royal-blue evening dress that was slightly tight-fitting to outlineher curvaceous figure, as well as a pair of matching high heels. Since the weather was chilly at themoment, she wore an overcoat of the same color over her dress. The long evening dress was designedto reach down to her ankles, lending her the graceful air of a young maiden when she walked.

On her way to the hotel, Nicole’s phone rang; it was a phone call from her assistant in the country. Afterreturning home for so long, I’d almost forgotten that I had an assistant, thought Nicole.

Queenie’s voice was gentle with an obsequious note to it. “Hi, Ms. Lisa.”

“Uh-huh. What’s the matter?” Nicole asked. Now that I think about it, it seems that I’ve never met thisassistant of mine even once.

Queenie replied in a tactful way, “Uh, well, it’s just that I’d like to bring a friend with me to F&MApparel’s annual dinner. Could you let him join us at the annual dinner, Ms. Lisa?”

F&M Apparel’s annual dinner this year would be a gathering place for the upper-class people in thecountry. Most importantly, Lisa would also be present at the annual dinner. As F&M Apparel’s ChiefDesigner, Lisa was fawned on by countless people across the country, and Joseph was one of them.After all, for a clothing company like Mann Clothing Co., knowing Lisa—F&M Apparel’s Chief Designer—in person would elevate it to a higher rank. At first, Joseph had wanted to replace his way into the annualdinner by spending some money, but all the money he had spent didn’t yield him any results. Left withno other choice, he could only put on a bold front and ask Queenie for help.

As it happened, Queenie also had a favor to ask of Joseph, so she braced herself and pleaded withLisa.

Nicole had just wanted to turn Queenie down when she recalled that this assistant of hers was thefuture Young Madam of the Gardner Family. She pondered over it for a moment. Colton looksannoying, but he’s the business partner who I’ll be working with, after all. As a result, she nodded andreplied in a husky voice, “Okay.”

“Thank you so much, Ms. Lisa!” The assistant’s voice took on a hint of delight as she thanked Nicolebefore hanging up.

Queenie put her cell phone away with a radiant smile on her face before turning to look at Joseph nextto her. “See? Told you I’ll get you into the annual dinner.”

Dressed in a well-ironed reddish brown suit, Joseph curled his lips into a groveling smile. “As expectedof you, Queenie. You managed such a difficult thing with just a few words.”

Queenie was very pleased by the man’s flattery. As she walked inside, she said, “Just don’t forget whatyou’ve promised me.” She couldn’t keep Nicole’s son alive, but she couldn’t make an attempt on his lifeherself, thus could only get someone else to do so on her behalf, which was why she had brazenlyhelped Joseph.

Joseph nodded. “No problem. Everything’s been taken care of.”

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It was already past 7:00PM when Nicole arrived at the Crown Hotel, and the annual dinner would beginat 8:00PM sharp. Let’s hope that Zachary will make it on time.

The Crown Hotel was a seven-star hotel of the highest class in Goldwick. As F&M Apparel took thisyear’s annual dinner very seriously, they spent a lot of money to book the entire hotel for the event. Assoon as Nicole arrived at the entrance, someone came to show her the way. When she handed out herinvitation card, the person led her all the way to the banquet hall on the top floor.

Right now, the annual dinner hadn’t begun yet, but many guests had gathered in the banquet hall.When Nicole ran her eyes over the crowd, she noticed the presence of many reporters. Seems like theannual dinner will be a grand event, she thought. She had never been in touch with any of theemployees of F&M Apparel’s branch in the country, so she knew none of the people coming and goingaround her. After pondering for a moment, she decided to replace a random seat and sit down to wait forZachary’s arrival, for she didn’t know who she could go to otherwise.

However, as soon as she found a seat in the corner and seated herself, a shrill female voice sounded.“Nicole, why are you here?!”