Chapter 763
“Why are there so many people here?”
Natalie had a bad feeling.
She and Carly had planned to discuss the dress design today.
But she didn’t expect Carly and her grandmother to run into the reporters Clyde had brought.
The old lady who came with Carly was plainly dressed.
She became reserved when she saw that there were so many people surrounding the studio.
She pulled Carly’s sleeve and said uneasily, “Carly, forget it. You don’t need to design clothes for me.”
Carly patted the old woman’s hand to comfort her.
“Grandma, it’s okay. Don’t be afraid.”
The old woman moved closer to Carly, feeling uncomfortable. “Miss White, what’s going on here?” Carly looked at Natalie with a frown.
“I thought your studio was located in a nice place. Why are there so many reporters all of a sudden?”
The main reason Carly had chosen Natalie as their designer was that her studio was located in a quiet place, and her grandmother would not feel uncomfortable.
Her grandmother had moved from the countryside and had not adapted herself to the loud and busy city life yet.
Carly had to persuade her grandmother for a long time before she finally agreed to let Carly order a custom-designed birthday dress for her.
Carly was shocked to see such a scene just when they were arriving at the studio.
Natalie was helpless and unprepared to handle the predicament that Clyde put her in because he brought his reporter friends over unannounced.
If she had known earlier, she would have shut the door on Clyde’s face.
As soon as the reporters saw the clients, they immediately surrounded them with their microphones and cameras.
“What kind of style and design are you looking for?”
“Are you here to let Miss White design your clothes? How much are you offering her? Do you know, the price of her last order was tens of thousands of dollars?”
“What?”
The old woman gasped in shock when she heard the price.
She hurriedly signaled to Carly and said, “Sweetie, | am glad with your kind intention, but don’t spend so much money on me! I can wear something else. I don’t need such expensive clothes.”
At that moment, Lexi appeared before them with two cups of coffee.
“Ladies, have some coffee first. We can go inside and discuss the design.”
The old woman was already intimidated because of the price the reporters mentioned, so she did not even dare to take the coffee.
Shaking her head, she refused, “Isn’t this coffee very expensive? We are not thirsty. We don’t need it, thanks.”
Carly felt bad when she saw her grandmother scared.
Holding her grandmother’s hand, she comforted gently, “It’s okay, Grandma. If you don’t want to be here, we can leave.”
She then turned around and left with the old woman without even looking at Natalie.
“Miss Reed, it was an accident,”
Natalie tried to explain in a hurry while stopping Carly from leaving.
Carly glanced at her with disappointment and said in a low voice, “Miss White, I only brought my grandma here because I trusted you. I never thought you would disrespect our agreement.”
Natalie didn’t know how to explain and kept pleading, “Miss Reed, it’s not intentional. I did not do this.”
However, Carly only felt that she was making excuses and sneered, “There’s no need for you to say all that. I thought you were different from those arrogant designers, but I did not think that I could have the wrong idea about you.”
She held her grandmother’s hand and left without looking back.
As Natalie watched Carly and her grandmother’s receding figures, she felt aggrieved and angry.
She felt aggrieved because she was misunderstood, and she was angry at Clyde for deciding things on his own without consulting her.
The reporters didn’t notice Natalie’s expression darken.
They kept clicking photos of Carly and her grandmother while flattering Natalie.
“Miss White, you are wise to have your own standards for choosing clients. Not everyone deserves your efforts.”
“Yes, that old woman looked so poor. She definitely couldn’t have been able to afford the commission. Fortunately, Miss White was wise enough not to accept her order.”
“Miss White, the clothes you designed must be elegant and refined, just like the ones designed by Draco Wesley. Poor people like them are not qualified to wear such outfits.”
Those mean words felt like needles piercing Natalie’s heart.
Hannah, the person Natalie considered her own grandmother, was as frugal and simple as Carly’s grandmother. When she brought Hannah to the big city, Hannah had also been very cautious, fearing that she might be too troublesome for Natalie. Hence, Natalie was able to completely understand Carly’s anger and was disgusted by the reporters’ arrogance.
Clyde seemed to be unaware of Natalie’s displeasure.
Flashing his usual gentle smile, he attempted once again to give Natalie the flowers.
“Please take the flowers, Miss White. If you have any ideas about promoting your studio, we can sit down and discuss it,”
Clyde offered like a gentleman.
Natalie was almost laughing from irritation.
Although Clyde claimed he only came to visit, the promotion was the only thing that came out of his mouth.
Since he came in, she had told him countless times that she wasn’t interested in that kind of publicity.
Was it that hard to understand? With a step back, she pushed away the flowers Clyde had placed in her face.
“Mr. Lambert, please go and take your journalist friends with you. Today is a busy day and I’m afraid I had no time to entertain you,” Natalie said bluntly.
Still, Clyde seemed to miss the meaning of her words.
He shrugged her refusal off and continued to persuade Natalie in a serious tone.
“Miss White, are you sure you want to pursue your design for that old woman? You’ve already designed clothes for an old woman before. It’ll lose its novelty once you do it again. You won’t profit much from this project.” Natalie didn’t even have the chance to reply.
He gave her a small smile and continued, “Don’t worry, I will let the reporters know that you refused the old woman’s order to raise the threshold of your design.” A cold expression settled on Natalie’s face.
Now she could tell that Clyde was essentially a very arrogant and rude person who, deep down, despised the unpretentious elderly woman.
A person like Clyde was not someone she could go along with.
But Clyde had helped her once and she couldn’t discount that.
So, Natalie reeled her anger in and politely said, “Mr. Lambert, there’s no need for you to worry about my business. Please leave as soon as possible.”
Clyde stared at Natalie’s somewhat angry expression with interest.
For some reason, he felt even more drawn to her.
Natalie was indeed different from the average lady from a prestigious family.
Not only did she voice out her opinions, but she was also so adorable when she was angry.
Natalie felt very uncomfortable under Clyde’s suggestive gaze.
She frowned, just about to completely lose her temper and drive him away when the studio suddenly turned dark.
All the lights went out.
The entire studio was plunged into darkness.
A flurry of steps sounded, then Lexi’s panicked voice came.
“Boss, bad news! The power is out! We need to call a repairman to fix it.”
