Chapter Five

She had a far-flung gaze as she stared into nothingness with a glass of red wine between her fingers.

She let out a deep breath, her face cringed with loathe, she was so close, so close in sealing the deal but no… she just had to show up at the last minute.

Everything went according to plan, right? All that was needed to be done was create a little incident to make Caroline late and unable to catch up with the meeting with the Princess while she will be busy trying to seal the deal with one of the society's annoying colorblinded socialites she on the other hand would be impressing the Princess with her designs but somehow that weasel managed to make it.

She would have finally gotten what she deserved, with the Princess approving her design she would finally outshine Caroline, people will eventually know who had the real talent but it didn't go exactly as planned and it made her furious.

Ugh!! It was so frustrating. No matter how many times she tried to sabotage her or ruin her she'd always find a way to get back up. It was so infuriating!.

The door was pushed open and a woman in an ash suit walked in meekly, distracting her from her train of thoughts. She wore thick glasses and covered half of her face with the tablet she held.

"I am sorry for disappointing you ma'am but I don't know how she…".

"Oh just shut it!" Macy hissed at her, her eyes were flaring with rage.

She shivered where she stood. Seeing her boss' expression she knew she was in huge trouble.

"I don't even want to think about it" she placed the glass on the table in front of her "Now, we have gotten another opportunity to beat her!" She looked less angrier than a few seconds earlier.

The lady lowered the tablet and stared at her a little confused.

"What do you mean ma'am?".

She rolled her eyes at her, "If you must know, the Princess agreed to our design!" There was a proud look on her face.

"Really ma'am?" Her eyes lit up in delight.

Macy nodded.

"That means we are actually going to make her wedding dress, so she didn't choose Caroline's design, this is so exciting!". She giggled and did a bit of a happy dance.

"Not exactly!" She stopped dancing on hearing those words.

"I don't understand ma'am".

"She got an approval to!" There was anger in her voice, the smile on the lady's face became the opposite "but not to worry, we will beat her when the Princess chooses my dress over hers and then we will get our spot at the top and Caroline…" she scoffed " She will go back to where she actually belongs, the slums!".

A wide grin spread across her face as she stared at her assistant who smiled back at her nervously.

' I hope this works or I will be at the receiving end of everything!' She thought whilst staring at her boss.

"Gather all the top designers Gabby! We have work to do!" She ordered.

"Yes ma'am!" She said before leaving.

"Oh, Caroline I am so going to win this and when I do, I will make sure that no one will ever know about your existence!" She cackled knavishly whilst taking the glass of red wine from the table and taking a sip.

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Caroline walked into her office with Jenny behind her. She ran her hand through her hair as she paced about.

"I can't believe she did this! Was it so hard to make a decision? Now, I have no other choice but to agree to this stupid competition with that annoying ancient Macy and her moss- growing designs, Ugh! I hate this!" She exclaimed.

"I know you hate this, but what choice do we have!".

"I know, at least the meeting went well with the other designers, we will start making the gown immediately!" She said with a little positivity in her voice.

"We have seven designers that are less busy including you, this wedding dress will be amazing!" Jenny assured her.

"I hope so!" Caroline walked towards the couch in her office and slumped on it.

"Anything else?" She asked, stretching her hands to reach for the remote control on the coffee table in the office.

"Yeah, I have already ordered for the diamonds that will be used on the dress, they will be here next week!".

"That's good!" Caroline said with a nod.

"Oh and one more thing!" Jenny spoke quickly.

Carol groaned "What is it?".

The sound of more work gave her a headache.

Jenny chuckled "Uh, you have another client to meet today, he called yesterday and requested for a meeting!".

"Okay! Call him in!" She said with a wave of her hand.

"Uh! Here is the thing, he wants to meet you in a restaurant downtown!".

Carol had a puzzled look on her face as she pondered on who the mysterious client was.