CHAPTER 19

Mrs. Penelope's face darkened completely, she saw herself smacking Tessa in the face, how dare a little rat-like Tessa threaten them. 

'Who does she think she is'

Annabelle was boiling in rage, she couldn't see herself kneeling for Tessa, she would rather die than do such a thing. 

How could she kneel for a countryside illiterate? 

Never!

Mrs Penelope's face was ugly now. 

"Tessa, have you forgotten we are from the Winston family, don't do anything that would get you and your family in trouble"

Annabelle nodded to her mom's words. 

"Tessa, you would get your family in trouble, David is running the family's main business, do you think the family would sit down and watch the stock drops? Don't be so stupid"

Tessa didn't give them any response which made them more angry. She simply showed them her phone screen. The five-minute countdown had just begun.

"You have five minutes to decide your fate, or else Mr Dawson will be uploading the video, and the audio together"

Panic could be seen on Mrs. Penelope and Annabelle's faces, they were worried because it was Mr. Dawson, the Kenny family was a lot bigger than the Winston family, if Mr. Dawson personally released it, they wouldn't be able to stop him unless they pay a hefty sum of money to bring it down. 

That would be a loss to the Winston family.

"Tessa, don't you care about your family, they are just farmers, imagine what cutting their supplies would do to them. You are about to ruin your family"

Tessa displayed a half smile when she heard Mrs Penelope's words. 

"Who is going to ruin my family. Your little Winston family, please tell me you are joking. You won't even dare to come to our abode, let alone say this balderdash in our front"

Mrs Penelope's face squeezed more, she wanted to say something but Tessa cut her off quickly. 

"You have four minutes remaining"

Annabelle was done killing Tessa in her mind, but Tessa refused to go away in reality which was increasing the rage inside her, she wanted to strangle Tessa to death. 

'Tessa should know her place, she is just a commoner'

Mrs Penelope took a deep breath and faced the cashier, she thought she could scare Tessa off with threatening words, but Tessa didn't seem to be affected at all, it was definitely because Mr Dawson was behind her. 

If Mr. Dawson wasn't supporting Tessa, she wouldn't have cared at all. 

Mrs. Penelope brought her card out and handed it to the cashier. 

"I will pay for the clothes"

Annabelle's forehead folded. 

"Mom, don't pay for it. It's what Tessa want, we should give her nothing"

Mrs Penelope didn't respond to Annabelle's words, she was so angry that she didn't even hear what Annabelle said. 

If the video and audio get out, it would affect the family company and David would be removed from his position as the CEO, the rest of the Winston relatives would take over, she doesn't want that to happen. 

"Thank you for patronizing us"

"We hope you come again next time, and we have special privileges for top customers"

"Would you please tell me your name, so I can check the system to see if you are eligible for these special privileges"

The cashier smiled brightly at Mrs. Penelope as she handed her card back, she had to play her job perfectly because her boss was standing some footsteps away. 

Mrs Penelope was static on her spot before she angrily collected the card from the cashier. Normally she would have enjoyed the special treatment, but given the circumstances, the cashier only made her angry. 

She turned to face Tessa, the dresses were already packaged so she pointed at them. 

"Here, you can have it. I know you are after the clothes and nothing more, at least you will have something nice to put on when you go back to the countryside"

Annabelle's fist was vibrating, these clothes belonged to her, and now they were going to give it to Tessa, just like that.

What a joke! 

Annabelle faked a smile, she approached Tessa and started clapping.

"Wonderful Tessa, What a way to get what you want for free"

She stopped close to Tessa and lowered her voice. 

"You can have the clothes, I can always buy clothes anytime I want, and I can find them elsewhere, unlike you, you can never afford this in your lifetime"

Annabelle walked past Tessa, Mrs Penelope also walked past Tessa, Tessa turned to face them. 

"That is not all, have you forgotten that you have to kneel down and apologized to me"

Tessa approached the package, she placed her hands on top of the box, and sounded. 

"You only have one minute to do that, otherwise Mr Dawson would just upload everything for me"

Mrs. Penelope and Annabelle's faces darkened, they thought Tessa was only interested in the clothes, no way she really meant what she said about them kneeling to apologize to her. 

Annabelle turned to face Tessa, she couldn't hide her mad expression anymore. 

"You are sick, Tessa. Do you really want us to apologize to you after we paid for the dresses? You must be insane"

Tessa responded straight away. 

"You have forty seconds to do so. Your time is running out"

Annabelle's blood was boiling, she wanted to rush to Tessa and give her a dirty slap but she couldn't move her body to do so. 

"Dream on!!"

She turned to walk away, over her dead body she would kneel for Tessa. She wanted to walk away when Mrs Penelope held her hands. 

"Mom, are you really thinking of apologizing to her, I won't do such a thing. Never!!"

Mrs Penelope faced Tessa with a poker expression, she tried to sound deadly. 

"Tessa, you might think it is payback time, your revenge, but the moment you step out of this place, you are nothing but a nobody! Do you really want to create enemies with the Winston family"

Mrs Penelope let go of Annabelle and faced Tessa fully. She pointed at the packaged clothes. 

"Take your clothes, and let us go. I promise I won't retaliate. I will forget this ever happened, it's just sixty thousand anyway. It's nothing to us"

Tessa checked the stopwatch, it was twenty seconds remaining, she put her phone back in her pocket. 

"Should I be afraid of making enemies with the Winston family? You sure do think highly of yourself to say that to me"

Annabelle's face turned ugly. Mrs Penelope continued. 

"Tessa, this is your last warning, I am giving you one last chance to walk away, I promise that I will forget this ever happened, but if you insist on continuing, don't blame me for what will happen to you after this"

Mrs Penelope remembered the words she told Tessa back in the hospital. She stepped closer to Tessa and muttered slowly. 

"Remember, nobody would even notice if somebody like you disappeared"

She took one step away from Tessa and raised her shoulder like a queen. 

"Don't forget who is the superior being here, a dog must obey his master"