Chapter 20 – Invite and date
Vivian anonymously posted her photo having coffee with Jennifer and them talking outside the showroom on the internet.
Coincidently Smith Group also released a teaser and announced that they were having a press conference in two days.
Right after the press conference, there would be a Welcome Party for the head of L&L Designs. It would be hosted in the largest 7-Star Hotel in P City and was couples only.
The guest list was hidden and would not be announced.
The netizens went crazy.
The girl in the teaser and the one in Vivian’s photo were wearing the same dress, had similar profiles and figures.
Her identity was exposed.
Vivian’s social media was full of questions asking for clarification. Even the social media of her boutique was full of questions asking for a statement from her.
Vivian confidently posted the photo of them having coffee and tagged it – Jennifer Cox, a close acquaintance.
She neither clarified nor denied it directly, but it sure exposed her competitor’s identity.
To top it off, she sent a text to Jonathan saying she was forced to do so given how they had been photographed by the netizens.This content belongs to Nô/velDra/ma.Org .
Not surprisingly Jonathan did not reply.
Vivian comforted herself thinking there was a couples-only bash and Jonathan was bound to invite her as his date.
Vivian bathed in her glory and her own intelligence for a day.
The next day, however, proved to be an anxious one as she did not receive an invite nor a message or call from Jonathan.
It would be embarrassing to not be invited to Jennifer’s welcoming bash after she had announced publicly that she knew her, even more so as she was Jonathan’s girlfriend.
The next day, the press conference would be held at 5pm and they would go directly from the press conference to the venue of the party.
Left with no choice, she called Terry Draw.
Terry was the manager of Central Mall where L&L Designs was opening their branch.
Vivian had received a call from Terry the day before. He seemed to have called her immediately after he received the invite.
She had stalled him as she was sure Jonathan was bound to ask her to be his date.
Now, she had to swallow her pride and ask Terry instead.
Fortunately, Terry had been trying to pursue Vivian for years already. They had been classmates when they were abroad. Terry was a studious student and good at his job.
He quickly rose to become the manager of Central Mall despite his young age and even Jonathan admired his work.
Unfortunately, Vivian had her sights on Jonathan, so Terry never stood a chance. But he served a purpose nonetheless, so she had been leaving him hanging.
Terry immediately agreed to cancel his date and go with Vivian instead.
Vivian realized that Terry had thought she had an invite and only needed a plus one.
But she could not demean herself and correct him by revealing that she did not have an invite.
So, she went with the flow and asked him to pick her up from her boutique.