Arielle snapped out of her imagination and inhaled softly, calming down bit by bit as she watched Arizona descend the stairs.
She held the rails tightly, po,uring her a,nger on the poor thing.
"I might just make it come true someday, I might just…do it" she said to herself.
Arizona was about to open the door to the main hall but someone opened it before she could.
"Ligament"
"Are you ok?, You didn't f,ight with Arielle right?, You both didn't pull each other's hairs" he said, checking her out.
" She was lucky, if she had started it I'd have wounded her but she only said gibberish" she replied.
" I'm relieved, then let's go" he replied and led her to the hall.
Arielle came in shortly with Bing and Zanillia came in that moment, everyone clapped as she made her way to the front with Kevin beside her.
The clap continued till she got to the front and sat, her presence smells rich too.
"Welcome everyone to this showcase" Kevin said.
" Nutcase" Arizona snickered.
" Arielle Lee, Arizona Banks, thanks for making out time for my boss despite the fact that there'll be only one winner" Kevin continued and Arielle smiled, remembering the night they had together.
She actually had a ni,ght stand with him two weeks ago and he told her Zanillia's taste, she made the dress with that.
"It'll be short cos madam is currently stressed out and will need to go back to her hotel soon, so let's start now, the dresses" Kevin said.
Bing and Yang pu,shed out the showglasses, housing the mannequins on which the dresses were worn.
The glasses has small tyres so it was easy to push to the middle.
👥 Wow!
👥 Arielle's design!
👥 Arizona owns tonight
👥 Don't even know which one to choose.
👥 Arielle's design is a typical example of what Zanillia loves, she loves round necked gowns
👥 That's right, her spec is round neck.
👥 Is Arizona gonna lose for the first time in history?
👥 Seems like that
The audience murmured possible choices between themselves .
Arielle smiled, hearing that majority chooses her dress.
She looked at Arizona and their eyes met.
"Lo,ser" she mouthed and Arizona only smiled in return.
"Qiangu, Naza, your views?" Kevin asked Zanillia's two daughters.
" Hmmn, mum loves round necked gowns so I think I go with Arielle's, it's beautiful" Naza said.
" I can bet anything that I love Arizona's gown though it's true that mum loves round necks so I guess mum will go for Arielle's gown but if I was asked to choose for myself, I'd choose Arizona's design" Qiangu replied.
" Madam, your choice ma" Kevin said, facing Zanillia herself.
She stood and walked to the dresses.
The glasses were opened and she touched Arizona's gown first, checking it out.
Yang held his breath and closed his eyes, clasping his hands together.
"Please God, Arizona must not lose to that b,rat, if Arielle wins I'll co,mmit su,icide for sure" he whispered silently.
Zanillia spent close to ten minutes, examining Arizona's gown before moving to Arielle's.
Arizona saw a look of discomfort on her face immediately she touched it.
"Loosing is not my thing" she smiled.
Zanillia faced them after three minutes of checking it out.
"Arielle, the material you used is not comfortable with my skin, I felt uncomfortable Immediately I touched it" she said.
Arielle held her breath.
" Your design is cool and great, and yes I was a fan of round necked gowns" she continued.
"Was?" Bing said.
" I got tired of it last month and that's why I contacted you guys, I wanted to try something new" Zanillia smiled, walking to Arizona's gown.
" Something new like this" she said, touching the gown.
" Yes!" Yang said happily.
Arielle felt life slipping out of her body.
" I'm completely in love with this gown and I'd love to have more of it and other fascinating designs from you in my closets…. Arizona" Zanillia said and Arizona smiled widely.
" Not only the design, I love the texture, it matters too, the comfortability with the skin, it's not harsh" Zanillia continued.
" I won't disappoint you madam, I surely won't" Arizona smiled.
Bing pu,shed Arielle's design out of the stage and Arielle sto,rmed out of the hall in an,ger.
Reporters rushed in immediately and Yang quickly passed Arizona her black shades.
She put on the shades before facing the reporters who started snapping her pictures Immediately, throwing the usual suffocating questions.
Thanks to the shades, she wasn't affected by the camera lights.
She stood beside her design and several pictures of her were clicked.
Then she snapped with Zanillia herself and her daughters.
"wo xi huan ni" Qiangu said in Chinese.
(Translation: I like you)
"Xie Xie (thanks)" Arizona replied in Chinese too.
" You understand Chinese?" Qiangu asked surprisingly.
" Very well" Arizona smiled and got a hug from her.
" I'm a big fan of yours seriously, you're popular even in China" she said.
" I'm touched" Arizona held her chest and they both laughed.
" The pictures will appear in my magazine tommorow" Zanillia interrupted them.
" You have a magazine in your name?" Arizona asked.
"Yes, Zanillia's magazines is the most popular in China, it's popular here in Korea too" Qiangu said.
" Maybe because I spend all my free time watching dramas, I wasn't aware" Arizona said and Zanillia smiled.
" I love your personality, don't change" she said.
"I won't, someone told me to always be strong, that's the only way to free myself from intrigues" Arizona replied.
" Someone?"
" Yes, a sweet candy" Arizona smiled.
"I'll see you before flying back to China tommorow so we'll sign the contract"
" I'll be in my company" Arizona replied.
"I'll follow her to come see you" Qiangu winked and waved as she left with her sis and mum.
" Yes‼‼!" Arizona scr,eamed.
"We won" Yang said.
"We did it‼" Ming appeared.
Ella and many others from the institute then most of her staffs in the company shrouded around her, greeting her congratulations.
She'll surely get more popular and richer.
"Some bo,oze right?, We need it" Arizona said.
"Yes boss!" They all chorused happily.
" What's the best pork restaurant around?" She asked.
" Madame Park's" Ming said.
" Soju inclusive?" Arizona asked.
"Yes boss!' Ming modded.
" Let's go!" She said, leading the way out while the others followed happily.
*******
Arielle waited impatiently in front of her car, her eyes shows how @ngry she is right now, she could just k,ill.
She's tapping the ground with her heels repeatedly, looking around for when Kevin will show up.
"Calm down Arielle, it's not the end of the world" Bing said behind her and she faced him swiftly.
"Say that again"
Bing shifted back in fear.
"I told you to say that again!, Talk!" She sh0uted furiously.
"I'm … sorry" he said slowly and a car appeared.
Kevin came out of it and immediately he got to Arielle, she gr@bbed him by the collar.
"What just happened!' she said.
"You saw it all by yourself, I never knew madam will change her taste trust me, it all happened so fast and she didn't even tell anyone" Kevin replied.
" You should have just made more investigation!, Now I lost to that ps,ycho after having a f*cking n,ight stand with a moron like you!" She sn@pped.
" Mo… moron?" Kevin said.
" I can't stand that cr,azy Arizona and the fact that she won against me once again, you caused it!" She y,elled.
" Get off me s,ick sl*t!" Kevin p,ushed her away and she staggered on Bing who prevented her from falling.
"You met me willingly and asked what you needed to to if you want the contract, I asked for a n,ight s,tand and you gave in not like I fo,rced you!, B*tch!, Come near me and I'll make you re,gret co,ming alive!" He thr,eatened and got into his car.