49

After hours of going from one stall to another, Lily and Sheila were almost done shopping when the little girl pointed a red dress to Sheila.
” Beautiful sister, can you try that out. It is so beautiful.” The little one said and Sheila being Sheila walked to take the dress.
She would do anything as long as it’s her sweet baby who requested her to.
Just when she was about to take the dress, another person snatched.
“I’m sor…” the words that she intended to say died on her throat when she recognized the other person or should we say’ customer’
Laura’s face was painted with disgust as she looked down at Sheila as if she was some dirt.
” What I coincidence. I never thought that this mall accepts low class pests to roam free.” The words rolled off her tongue with utter disgust.
Sheila who realized that the woman did not mean any good by the so called coincidence smiled confidently.
” If I an a low class pest, are you not one too Miss Anderson?” Sheila retorted, her comeback making Laura seeth with anger.
” How dare you insult me? Do you know who I am?” Laura’s voice was hightpitched, attracting the attention of the people.
” Just because you are a kept mistress, do you think you are now a bigshot?” Laura added, her eyes burning with flames of hatred.
Faced with such an accusation, Sheila did not know how to reply. The people who years Laura brand her a mistress started cussing her.
She felt wronged but did not know how to defend herself.
” She is my mother and will soon marry my father. You should respect her.” Lily’s voice sounded as her small body stood before Sheila, shielding her from Laura.
” What are you saying? Has this shameless woman brainwashed you? Your mother left three years ago. How can you call someone like her mother?” Laura gently scolded Lily.
Looking at the child defend her so courageously, Sheila felt warm inside.
Other people’s opinions did not matter to her, as long as Lily is happy, others can think whatever they want to.
Anything to have them sleep peacefully
She meant to inform everyone that Sheila was using the child’s affection to make her way Into David and Lily’s life.
” If she can’t be the Mother to my daughter? Are you qualified to be one?” A cold and authoritative voice rang from the entrance making all the people who had gathered turn to look at the direction of the voice.
David who had just arrived to find a nobody insulting and degrading his little woman had his face morphed in anger.
Taking long strides, he walked towards Lily and Sheila.
Two bodyguards followed behind him in their black tailored suits.
” David, you are here!” Laura walked to David, a big smile plastered on her face.
Instead of acknowledging her, David glared at her with a ” get out of my way ” look.
Seeing his expressions, Laura stepped aside.
David pulled Sheila into his arms, hugging her tightly.
Today was supposed to be their happy day, who would have thought that they would run into the hateful woman?
” Are you alright?” His voice held a hint of fear and anxiety as he asked.
He pushed her at arms length before inspecting her, even spunning her around.
” I’m fine.” Sheila answered monotonously.
Her mood was already dampened, how could she be alright?
Seeing Laura was enough to foul her good mood.
” Miss Anderson, I would advise you to think twice before saying anything about my fiance.” David warned coldly.
If she insisted on making his little woman angry, he would be forced to take drastic measures.
He did not want to result to such extreme actions considering the relationship between the two families.
” I am just saying the truth. She is from a poor family and knows nothing about the high society. How can she be Lily’s mother? Besides, having someone like her for a fiance, isn’t that an embarrassment to the Brown family?” Laura was unwilling to give up.
She was not ready to let Sheila have David all to herself.
She would fight, it didn’t matter is she played foul and exposed Sheila’s humble background.
David was hers. Nobody would be taking him from her.
David’s fists were clenched tightly as he fought the urge to smash them into Laura’s ugly face. A fire of anger brew deep inside his body.
Seeing David say nothing about her comments, Laura became even more confident with herself.
” You are the head of the Brown family, how can you marry someone who will not be able to bear your burdens? She can’t help you in business, so what’s the use of a stay at home wife? She’ll only drag you down.” Laura shamelessly declared.
She had a concealed smirk, pretending to care about David when all she wanted was to ruin the relationship between them.
Laura’s words were like thorns pricking Sheila’s heart.
They reminded her of the large gap between the two of them socially.
Yes, she’s just a poor girl who was abandoned by her parents and orphaned.
How could she ever think that she would be enough for David?
Laura was right, she will bea liability in David’s life and can’t help him at all.
Even though she knew that since the start, hearing it from her rivals mouth still hurt her. Not considering that everybody heard her being belittled.
Just when David was about to say something, the manager of the mall came running to him before bowing with utmost respect.
” It is an honor to have president Brown visit our humble Mall.” The manager uttered, his voice full of respect.
” Humble?” David asked sarcastically.
” I am afraid that this Mall is filled with egoistic people who don’t know how to mind their own business. Tell me Mr Connor, is this how your Mall runs? Allowing just anybody in?” David questioned coldly.
” I’m sorry about that Mr President. I’ll get rid of her immediately.” The manager was wise enough to understand the deal between the three people standing before him.
He had heard from a staff worker that a rich brat was causing a scene downstairs.
That was normal so he Ignored it but the moment he heard that president Brown was visiting the Mall, he came down running to greet him.
Afterall who doesn’t not know about the business tycoon David Brown. Who would have thought that the woman being offended was David’s woman.
Since the damage was already done, he could only try to appease the man who was fuming angry.
” Drag this woman and throw her out. From today onwards, she is blacklisted in all our malls.” Manager Connor ordered two men who immediately grabbed Laura, intending to throw her out as instructed.
” You can’t do this to me. I own a VIP card for this branch. Do you know who I am?” Laura yelled.
She did not want to believe that the manager would still be willing to throw her out knowing that she is a VIP customer and also the miss of the Anderson family.
Anybody with a brain would know that she’s more important than a poor and worthless woman who can only rely on men.
” Thanks for reminding me.” The manager grinned.
” Cancel her VIP card too.” The manager ordered to one staff who was standing not far.
” Miss, our Mall does not tolerate people who look down on others. VIP, regular customers and even one time customers are treated equally here.” The manager announced.
Seeing the seriousness of the situation, coupled by her father’s warning, Laura decided to leave.
Putting up a fight would end up embarrassing herself even more.
Taking one last glance at David and glaring at Sheila, she turned and walked away.
In her heart, everything that happened was Sheila’s fault.
She had originally came here to put sheila in to her place and remind her that she’s a nothing and will never have David.
At the end of the day, she had her VIP card cancelled after painstakingly using her father’s connection to get one.
‘ When I finally get rid of you, I’ll show you what it means to offend someone like me.’ Laura swore Inwardly.
” I am sorry for what happened Miss. Our Mall will pay for all your items as a way to show our sincerity.” The manager spoke addressing Sheila.
” No, I can’t accept…”
“You are too modest. Then we will take our leave.” David said, successfully interrupting Sheila who was about to decline the offer.
Amidst her confusion, David dragged her away.
” Goodbye Mr and Mrs Brown. We hope to see you again.” The manager said, bidding the two goodbye.
Judging from how protective the man was, he could already tell that the woman would be the future Mrs Brown sooner or later.
” What was that about?”