"Ah, I don't think you know about this, Ms. Lierger." The lady quickly huddled closer with Carla when she picked up the interest Carla showed. "He has two boys and a girl, and oh, how wonderful are they. They look just like the cherubs in those oil paintings we see. If I'm not mistaken, they're Randy, Josh, and Venus, aren't they?" The lady beamed at Zayn.
"Yes." Zayn looked at Carla quietly.
A few scenes popped up in Carla's mind, and she wanted to immerse herself in them, but she started having a headache, and she held her head, trying to keep everyone from noticing.
"Oh, and they have a little parrot at home." The lady seemed delighted. "It's called Dori."
"Dori?" Freda and Rogan looked at each other. That's the name of our pet.
"How do you know so much, Mrs. Rogana?" The other ladies were interested.
"Of course I do." Mrs. Rogana arched her eyebrow proudly. "I read everything about Mr. Giblo's wedding. His love story is so much more romantic than any romance movie, and I was moved to tears."
"I saw it too, but I didn't pay much attention to the content." another lady said. "All I know is that his wife is the young heiress of the Dorilo Group."
Zayn froze and looked at Carla.
Dorilo Group? Carla stared back at him with a complex gaze.
"Dorilo Group's young heiress? Is she the one who stood against Ms. Lierger?" Mrs. Rogana glanced carefully at Carla and stopped talking.
"No. That's Shelley, an illegitimate daughter. Mrs. Giblo is the lawful daughter of the Bendays. I'm sure she's—"
"I'll be leaving now if all everyone does is gossip, " Zayn interrupted Mrs. Lorenzo and stood up to button his suit. "Go on ahead without me."
Mr. Lorenzo quickly stood up to apologize, "I'm sorry for my wife's behavior, Mr. Giblo. I'll have a long talk with her later."
"Yes, same here, " Mr. Rogana apologized too. "Why don't we send the ladies back home and talk about the project?"
Everyone quieted down and looked at Zayn expectantly. At the same time, Carla knew she was powerless before Zayn in the business world. All he did was say he'd leave, and he had already forced her out of the game.
Zayn looked at her coldly. "The project, huh?"
"Mr. Giblo!" Carla beamed. "Why don't the three of us have a little chat?"
"We'll see." Zayn left, but not before giving her one last, emotionless glance.
Nice! Benard cheered quietly as he followed Zayn out. Bugara shared his sentiment. For once, they finally managed to teach those wenches a lesson.
"Goddammit!" Freda gnashed her teeth.
"Um…" Everyone looked at one another at a loss.
"I'm sorry, everyone, " Lucas apologized quickly. "This is an oversight on my part. I didn't tell him about my plan. He was just angry at me, not you guys."
Carla looked at Lucas gently. He's kind. The first thing he thinks about is Zayn's reputation instead of his.
"Don't mind it, Sir Lucas. We were in the wrong. We shouldn't have talked out of line and anger Mr. Giblo." Mr. Lorenzo and Mr. Rogana raised a toast in apology.
"Your wives said nothing wrong, Mr. Lorenzo, Mr. Rogana. Mr. Giblo is just too easily offended." Carla smiled. "To our friendship. Let's go on without him."
"Is that really the right thing to do?" Everyone was nervous. "Why don't you talk to Mr. Giblo, Sir Lucas? We're fine by ourselves."
"Um…"
"Lucas and I will see him later. Let's have our dinner for now, " Carla said.
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