Chương 30: The girl with the diamond card

Stephanie's face got twisted a little bit. This girl has got quite a bit of temper.

"Do you realize that you are indirectly insulting the Jones family. This is my daughter-in-law".

"Really? Then the Jones family has bad taste. Tsk tsk tsk, don't tell me you guys are blind too".

" How dare you? How dare you, young lady?" She told her guards to seize her and lock her up. "Oh, on a second thought, she is yet to pay my compensation".

"You should behave like a socialite and not like....." Violet coughed and the people around got the message.

"Violet, if you have done something wrong, it's necessary you take responsibility. I will not be blamed should anything happen to you", Sandra sounded like a good cousin.

Violet ignored her and she gritted her teeth.

" I will pay for the compensation but Mrs Jones will have to apologize for the emotional damage she caused me", Violet had an aura no one could ignore. Maybe it was due to her daily interaction with Lucas or due to where she worked but she looked imposing at the moment.

"Pfft! Is something wrong with your brain?" Sandra scolded her.

Stephanie was speechless, where did this lady get her guts from?

"I take that as a yes", she turned around leisurely and she slapped her diamond access card on the counter. The shiny card almost blinded people's eyes especially the gasps from the attendants.

Stephanie took a step backwards, a diamond card? something she couldn't get which is exclusive to shareholders only.

"Do I need to say it before I get served?"

The manager heard that a diamond card user has come and he came running hastily almost tripping.

"Hello, Miss....."

"Oliver"

"Miss Oliver, welcome to our store. We would like to give you the best of our services please come this way and rest while we attend to you", the manager flattered. Only the president of Clayton's group of Industries has this card and this must be his girlfriend because it's only one of these cards in the whole world.

" No, I feel comfortable here. Let me deal with this, I will rest later on".

The manager nodded awkwardly and stood obediently at the side.

Sandra was surprised at the turn of events while Stephanie roughly understood the whole thing. So she has such a powerful backer because this departmental store belongs to Clayton's group of Industries.

They brought out the latest collection of clothes for that season and Stephanie couldn't help but point haughty at the one she wants.

Violet smiled slyly, she is done playing this game.

"Mrs Jones, the price for this gown is three times that of your gown. That means I'm going to give you something worth your status because I'm not a stingy person", she pointed a fair slender finger at the gown. "Wrap it up for her and get me the one she wanted me to compensate her for", the attendant trembled and the people around didn't have a good feeling about her request.

When Violet laid her hands on the gown she used it to clean the nearest transparent showcase. The people around spluttered blood mentally.

This woman is too darn daring, She is biting more than she can chew. Does she mean to show that the dress Mrs Jones cherished so much doesn't mean anything to her?

Violet let it drop like it was a piece of trash and then wiped her hands. "I guess that's settled", she turned to the manager and raised his brows arrogantly.

Stephanie and Sandra looked like fish out of the water, what just happened? The people who came to shop had uploaded the video of what happened and it trended on different platforms.

Public opinion was in favour of Stephanie at first because of her social class but when the video was reposted several times and many people watched from the beginning, the tide turned against Stephanie.

Stephanie looked like she just swallowed a fly, she stormed out of the store while under a live stream. She had to grab onto the last shred of her dignity because she had a social class to maintain compared to a bird-turned-phoenix.

Violet crossed her legs one on top of the other and drank her tea leisurely as the manager waited on her. She finally bought an exquisite tie and diamond clip for Lucas. She picked a gift for Avery's son's birthday. She would just go say hello when Lucas's party ends.

Stephanie left her shopped items immediately after she arrived home and threw herself on the couch. Kevin came downstairs and blame her for her rash actions at the store.

"Mom, you are trending online right now. What were you thinking when you did that? The Jones family is being dragged in the mud", Stephanie was shocked to see a video of what happened at the store.

"Fortunately, the news is being taken down at other sites", Kevin said.

"Who could have taken it down? is it your dad?"

"I don't think so, mom. Dad is busy with company matters and doesn't have time for such issues", Kevin analysed.

Stephanie kept thinking, why would two people be so different, one is like trash and the other is like an empress. Although he hated how Violet treated her but compared to Sandra who knows nothing but to scheme, the latter is like mud on the ground while the former is high up in the sky.

A certain rich young model who made it in the entertainment industry saw the video online. She had been secretly in love with the legendary president of CLAYTON'S GROUP OF INDUSTRIES and bragged about it to her naive friends who were envious of her. All her success in the industry was attributed to Lucas even the directors and managers had to be respectful to her and cautious. Riding on the coattails of the rich and powerful president felt good to her until she saw the news.

"Cassie, wow! You need to see this video", her friend scrolled and showed her the video and her face got twisted.

"Who the hell is she to claim relations with my man?"

"That's not the question babe, the question is how the hell did she get her hands on the diamond access card for that departmental mall? You need to keep an eye on your man, don't let these trash girls take him away from you".

Her face was paler than before and she clenched her fist.

"Of course, I will, I will call him now", she faked a call and hung up.

"So what did he say?", the nosy friend asked and she rolled her eyes mentally. Crazy bitch! She scolded her friend Bianca in her mind.

"It's just a hype, nothing more. It's fake". She sighed like she was tired of all these dramas.

Her friend Bianca consoled her and Cassie waved her hands haughtily.

"My man is not like that it's just that all these small fries love being in the limelight and they can do anything to achieve that. It's nothing at all", she got up and waved her hands smugly.

A new wave of news popped up everywhere.

THE GIRL WITH THE DIAMOND CARD

IS SHE RELATED TO CLAYTON'S GROUP OF INDUSTRIES?

A NEWFOUND DISCOVERY, THE LADY IS CLAYTON'S PRESIDENT'S GIRLFRIEND.

Violet was being praised for her bossy and domineering attitude at the store while some outrightly scolded her.

Lucas was in his office when his assistant rushed in with a tab in his hands.

"President, we have a situation here"

Lucas calmly stopped what he was doing,

"What is it?"

"President, your girlfriend.....", Lucas gave him a hard stare and he gulped nervously. "I mean your fiancee is being scolded online terribly".

The handed over the tab to Lucas, as he scanned through the news, the room became colder and colder until his assistant couldn't endure anymore.

"President.... what do we do?"

"Take the news down, find out those IP addresses who scolded my fiancee and give them to me", he gave his assistant a loop side smile and the latter fled.

The President was up to no good, he thought.

Lucas traces the IP addresses of those haters and everything about them. The most vicious of them all happened to be from Cassie.

"Hmmm, this is unacceptable", he reclined in his chair as he narrowed his eyes at the picture on his laptop.

Cassie Donalds, 27years old Model. Works at Cheppy Modelling firm. Born on...

Lucas scanned through the information and made a call.

Cassie was still feeling smug when her phone rang, she picked up and let out a yelp.

"What? How did that happen? I don't care all I want you to do is to find a way and sort it out", she ordered.

"You do not call the shots here anymore Cassie. You should be done playing this game by now. I can't begin to imagine the things you made me and the company do all in the name of 'CLAYTON'S PRESIDENT FIANCEE'. You are too disgusting. Don't be too smart".

"What are you are you talking about?" Cassie's hands felt weak and she slumped in her seat.

"Don't you have a phone? I bet it's for frivolous things", the manager hung up.

An ominous feeling welled up within her heart.

A splash of hot topics filled everywhere.

HAS CASSIE DONALDS BEEN FOOLING EVERYONE ALL THIS WHILE?

Every colleague of hers received the notification of the news, her face got pale and she ran back home. Reporters formed a huge crowd in front of her house. The company has terminated her contract with them, and the endorsements she had has also been terminated due to a false identity and she had to pay for the breach of contracts.

She vowed to find out who that woman was and pay her back in the same coin. Violet sneezed at where she was and felt that someone is planning something viciously about her.

The party was happening that evening at their home. Lucas wanted a warm dinner with less or no interruption. The chefs and maids were busy all through the day with the decorations and meals. The kids were dressed up and looked like little princes and princesses.

Avery had already called and told them that she is on her way to the party. She came a bit early to help arrange some things.

Violet was busy attending to Lucas and she was yet to dress up. She helped him fix his tie and to put the icing on the cake, she used the diamond tie clip.

Running her hands on his broad chest, she admired this Greek god before her. She felt like she was the luckiest woman on earth.

She dressed up in a low-cut backless black shiny gown and paired it with silver heels. seeing her this way made Lucas want to rip off that dress and have her there and then. Violet noticed that look on his face and avoided his eyes.

The family of four came downstairs and Avery only had eyes for the beautiful woman beside the soon, she looked familiar.

Violet stopped short in her track and was nervous. Lucas was surprised and didn't know what was going on.

Avery was the most affected and before she could react, the two kids emerged from behind and Avery stumbled backwards.