Sophiaâs high heels stopped for a while but she didnât turn back. Then, she walked straight to her seat.
After she sat down, Judge and Corrado sat beside her. Ivan came with her today too, and he remained expressionless. He didnât even speak and the only thing he did was bow his head while playing with the shopâs treasure on Judgeâs neck.
Judge loved to attend these kinds of grand events because it made him look superior. As soon as he sat down, he nudged his paws against Sophiaâs shoe. Knitting her eyebrows, Sophia took out her phone and turned on the beauty camera. Then, she took a few handsome photos from the side and posted them on his Twitter. Judgeâs photo must be taken using the beauty camera; otherwise, he would get upset.
Undoubtedly, he was a dog with vanity.
Judge had been a famous star for a long time in Baysideâs world of dogs. After all, his father, Stanley, was a famous dandy in Bayside while Judge himself was Pourlâs main signed model. Even though he slept on the carpet at home, he should seem glorious on the outside. After Sarah made Judge popular, it actually improved Pourlâs business.
Bowing her head, Sophia focused on playing with her phone. She didnât even talk to the people beside her but that didnât stop the others from looking at her, especially the Mitchells.
Ever since Cooper came back, he had only appeared twice, which was the day when Woody passed away and when he was buried. Unfortunately for the Mitchell Family, they couldnât lure him back.
Therefore, the Mitchell Family had never seen Cooperâs legendary daughter. Judging from her skin color and eyes, it seemed like Cooper had her when he lived overseas for a few years.
Todayâs spotlight was naturally on Sandra and her fiancé, a legitimate son of the Edwards Family and was also Lucyâs cousin. Most importantly, he was worth hundreds of billions.
âScarlett.â
Sophia heard Sandraâs voice while she was playing with her phone so she lifted her eyes from the screen and looked at her. At that moment, Sandra had stopped beside Sophia while a young, handsome, black-haired man stood beside her. Both of them looked like a perfect couple when they stood together.
Sandra held onto that noble, handsome young man as if she was flaunting a rare treasure. âThis is my fiancé, Ian Edwards.â
Ian extended his hand to Sophia and greeted her politely, âNice to meet you, Scarlett. Iâm Ian and Iâve heard much about you.â
Sophia had a simple handshake and a small talk with Ian. After that, Sandra pulled her fiancé away while Sophia lowered her head and continued to play with her phone.
While pulling Ian away, Sandra couldnât help looking back at Sophia. If she wasnât mistaken, Sophia must be drowning in jealousy now.
It went without saying that every noble lady in Bayside envied Sandra. After all, Ian was the legitimate heir of the Edwards Family and he was also the right-hand man of the family leader, Jordan. Therefore, he had an extraordinary status in the Edwards Family and he was about to be her husband. Now, she not only completely destroyed Scarlettâs business, she also had such a flawless fiancé and a noble identity. But what did Scarlett have?
Seeing that Sandra and Ian were close, the Mitchell Family felt relieved. Their marriage would mean that the Mitchell Family and the Edwards Family had a long-term collaboration. At the same time, they would be as close as one family in the future. However, they didnât notice that Ian seemed confused after having a handshake with Sophia and even turned back several times to look at the girl that was named Scarlett. Had he met her before?
Four years ago, a girl named Sophia once appeared in the Edwards Familyâs meeting. They had lunch together, discussed stocks and even became friends on Messenger. She was Taylorâs wife and had passed away three years ago. Besides, she had a husky tooâ¦
As Sophia started to get bored with her phone, the product launch ceremony was finally about to start.
The ceremony started with Sandra going on stage to give a speech, followed by the new productâs exhibition. The male models walked on the show with pets embellished with jewellery, passing by in front of everyone and displaying Kingâs latest product.
Getting into the business of branded pet products was only the first step. King and Pourlâs were planning to produce branded human accessories next. King had taken its first step by holding todayâs launch ceremony, starting to exhibit branded products for humans as well as luxurious accessories for pets.
Sophia lazily looked at the stage. Kingâs main designer, Billy Kim, was the apprentice of Pourlâs main designer, Ivan. The two shopsâ designs were so identical that it seemed like plagiarism. However, since King was more domineering and frequently sent out invitations to their customersâ doorsteps, it had surpassed Pourl in terms of business. Most importantly, King had expanded their market and became international, whereas Pourl was ranked second in the country. Therefore, Pourl had been accused of plagiarising King.
However, only Ivan and Billy knew the truth. If everything went as planned, Kingâs Spring Festivalâs products for this year would be familiar to Ivan as well because every product would have his style.
However, that incident happened too suddenly in the past and many of his design blueprints that hadnât been published were stolen by Billy. Sadly, Ivan didnât have any evidence to prove that it was his!
Therefore, there was nothing he could do even though he almost exploded in indignation.
Naturally, the best product would appear at the very last. The biggest product for this launch ceremony was a galaxy collar, and it was worn on a female huskyâs neck. That female husky had a light coloring and she looked gentle; even her temperament seemed gentle while she was brought up the stage by a male model. The dark-colored collar almost blended with her coat while delicate jewellery dangled at the end of the tassels, embellishing her with bits of starlight. Everyone was stunned at the galaxy that appeared on the dogâs chest.
The designer, Billy Kim, proudly introduced his proudest work.
âI named this collar Starry Night. This collar is not only gentle but itâs natural as well, matching well with the petâs coat. While keeping a low profile, itâs elegant and will be the latest fashion trend this summer in the luxury pets worldââ
âPlagiarism! This is plagiarism!â
Suddenly, an angry voice cut off Billyâs speech. Everyone looked toward the direction of the voice, only to see a young man charging at Billy who was on the stage, a look of grievance and indignation on his face.
âYouâre lying! What Starry Night? I designed this for my cat but you stole it! Youâre a thief!â
The crowd went into an uproar. When Ivan saw Starry Night, he lost control. He designed that for his cat.
Unfortunately, he not only lost his design draft but his cat died as well. Therefore, he could only act as if he did not design it. Unexpectedly, that draft was stolen by Billy!
With his eyes red in anger, Ivan recalled his cat had suffered a painful death. This collar was initially meant as a birthday present for his cat. Unfortunately, Ivan couldnât make it to Billy before he was pinned on the floor by guards that rushed over.
Billy didnât ask the guards to throw Ivan out immediately because it would be boring if he did so. Since Ivan appeared in front of him on his own to be humiliated, Billy would gladly fulfil his wish.
Billy acted surprised when he commented, âOhâitâs you, Ivan, Pourlâs designer. Did you say that I plagiarised? Hilarious! Since you accused me of plagiarising, please show me the proof!â
Ivan was the one who guided and taught Billy since he entered the profession, yet Billy acted as if he had never met Ivan until now. Could he be more fake?