Way Back Into Love (Essie)

Chapter 95 You Pissed Me Off

At eight o'clock sharp in the morning, the designers and stars arrived at the studio on time.

The moment they entered the room, they were all dumbfounded.

Essie and Nicole immediately rushed towards the mannequin wearing the dress Essie had made.

Mortified, they saw that there were several holes at the hem of her dress.

"Who did this?" Beck, Nicole's assistant, shouted.

The photographer immediately called everyone in the crew of the program over.

"Was it bitten by a mouse?" one of them muttered.

"It's more than one foot away from the ground. How could a mouse do it? Jump on it and bite? What's

more, none of the others are ruined, just ours. I think someone must have felt threatened by how well

we were doing, so he deliberately destroyed our dress! Don't you all agree?" Beck said unkindly.

The director pointed angrily at several cameras on the wall. "When did you turn them off?"

"After everyone has left and the room has been closed," the photographer answered.

"It should be on twenty-four hours a day!" The director's eyes were burning with anger as he shouted at

the air. The show hadn't even started yet, but it was already in chaos.

"Should we delay the shooting?" the assistant standing behind him asked.

"Since the special guest is already here and audiences will be here on time, we can't afford to delay the

shoot," the supervisor said.

"So are you telling me that I will have to wear this dress and tell everyone that a mouse ruined it?"

Nicole snorted and cast a sharp glance at Zoe. She thought to herself, 'This bitch must have messed it

up. She wants to humiliate me and kick me out.' Zoe then stared back at her with a gloating look on her

face. Meanwhile, Sunny, who was standing next to Zoe, was laughing in a sinister and complacent

manner.

'You little bitch, you're dead!' Sunny thought.

However, Essie was not in the mood to think about who the culprit was. The only thing she could think

of was how to save the dress. "The program can be recorded as usual. I can find a way to fix it." While

saying that, she picked up a pair of scissors and walked towards her dress.

The director asked the photographer to record the whole scene. In this way, the audience's interest

might be increased.

Then, Essie cut off the damaged part and altered the hem of the dress to be asymmetrical.

"The dress used to be nimble, elegant and graceful, but now it is edgy and nifty," Joel said, giving Essie

a thumbs up. The other designers also gave their praises to her. They had thought before that she

already had a design for her dress before the competition had even begun, but now, they completely

believed in her extraordinary talent and ability as a designer.

Nicole smiled, making everyone in the crew feel relieved. The director and the supervisor had a

favorable impression of Essie. They thought that a beautiful and capable woman like Essie would

guarantee the recognition of their show!

After sewing the well-tailored dress, Essie walked towards the cosmetics and accessories sponsored

by a famous brand to select shoes, make-up, and a hairstyle for Nicole.

Following Essie's suggestion, the make-up artist dolled Nicole up as a beautiful and cool summer

goddess. Nicole looked at herself in the mirror and was quite satisfied with her look. This material belongs to NôvelDrama.Org.

It was the first time that Essie had ever been in a studio. When she waited in the lounge at the

backstage, her heart thumped nervously. She was dressed in a low-key style. Just a white T-shirt, a

casual skirt, and some light natural makeup. First of all, Nicole was the main focus for this show. She

didn't want anyone to focus the camera on her. However, since her T-shirt had the name of her shop

and her website printed on it, she secretly asked the photographer to get a close shot of her clothes.

She had no idea how far she could go, and she didn't want to miss the chance to get some publicity for

her shop.

Nicole managed not to look into her eyes to avoid laughing.

Essie didn't know that Zac had come. He was sitting in the middle of the audience. He wore a baseball

cap, and the brim of his hat was so low that it covered half of his handsome face. Furthermore, he wore

a pair of black rimmed sunglasses. This way, even if the photographer accidentally captured him on

camera, no one would recognize him.

There were six judges. And three of them had been replaced temporarily by Emperor. Sunny's family

had already hand-picked three of the judges, so she only had to win over the other half of the judges.

Zac, on the other hand, didn't ask any of his subordinates to mention Essie in front of the judges. He

just stressed that the competition should be fair.

The special guest for this part was the prince charming, Andrew.

Nicole was the last one to appear on the stage.

The moment she came out, screams and applause immediately boomed from the audience.

Her beautiful skirt looked like ocean waves in the summer breeze.

When Essie showed up in the audience, Zac coughed from her appearance. She had apparently

changed herself into a moving advertising board!

Hanson had thousands of words that he wanted to say, but all of his words only ended up being an

undetectable sigh.

Without hesitation, he gave a full score. The other three judges and Andrew also gave the highest

score they had given in the match, while the two who had been bought off by Sunny gave her the

lowest score possible. To everyone's surprise, the scores they gave Essie were unusually low, while

they gave Sunny a perfect score. The crowd hissed in discontent and everyone gave the two judges a

thumbs down.

Due to those judges, Essie ended up being in second place. But Essie was already very satisfied to get

the second place. In fact, she could hardly wrap her head around it. Her goal was just to get second to

last and not be the one with the lowest score.

Meanwhile, Sunny didn't get the first place, but only the third. The score her fiancé had given her was a

lot lower than what he had given Essie.

It was a big surprise for Essie, but not for her partner, Nicole. She seemed to have hopes of winning

the championship.

In the audience, Zac's expression was deep and unreadable.

It seemed that he had underestimated Hanson. Apparently, he wanted to get both Bella and Essie.

Back at the apartment, Zac wanted to celebrate with Essie, but she immediately wore the apron the

moment she entered and began cleaning.

The house was very clean and spotless. What did she even want to clean?

"You have been busy for two days. Aren't you tired?" He raised his eyebrows. Essie always thought the

opposite of everything. Her thoughts were always different from normal people.

Essie rolled her eyes and wanted to ask if he wasn't tired after being with that woman last night, but

she stayed silent.

Zac touched his chin. Her face was cloudy and rainy, and he had prepared champagne in vain. "Are

you disappointed that you were only in second place?" he asked tentatively.

"No, I'm not. I didn't even expect to get second place," she said while mopping the floor.

"Then why are you upset?"

"How did you see that I was unhappy?" She pouted.

"With my own two eyes." He grabbed the mop in her hand, picked her up and threw her on the sofa.

Essie jumped up and wanted to run away, but Zac grabbed her shoulders and pushed her back hard.

Then, he pressed his two arms on the back of the sofa, putting Essie in a brutal position. "Who pissed

you off?"

'It's you, a sponge animal who can only think with the lower part of your body!' she said angrily in her

mind.

Essie shot him a ferocious look, and Zac had a sudden realization.

"Me?" He opened his thin lips and slowly spat out the word. His eyebrows furrowed a little bit with a

sense of confusion. He could not remember what he did to piss off this muddled fool.

'It's you, you dissolute guy!' Essie thought.

Essie's small mouth trembled. Just as she was about to speak, she choked on her words. Why was

she so angry at him anyway? He was free to date and like whoever he wanted. No matter how

insidious and cunning Leila was, he was free to choose to date her, and she had no right to interfere.

Essie swallowed hard to take in all the strange and negative feelings she had.

"I'm tired. I want to sleep for a while." She yawned deliberately, feigning sleepiness.

He slowly leaned in to her until his face was so close to hers that they were almost kissing.

"How about sleeping with me?"

"No way!" She cowered back, afraid that he would start attacking her.

"Absence makes the heart grow fonder. We didn't see each other for one night. Didn't you miss me?"

Zac said as he lifted the corners of his mouth.

"If you dare to mess around, I might kick you like I did in the cave again." Essie licked her dry lips and

leaned back, trying to bury herself deep in the sofa.

The color of Zac's eyes darkened, and he tightened his grip on her long legs to prevent any injuries. He

snickered.

She was frozen in place, and all the words she wanted to say were muffled when his thin lips covered

her mouth. They were only apart for one day, but it seemed like three entire years. Zac missed her so

much last night, so he had to make up for it today.

And he didn't let her go until she was almost out of breath.

Satisfied with her reaction, he lifted her up softly and carried her upstairs.

Now she could go to bed, but he still had to accompany her.

Essie turned her back to him and sulked on the bed.

She was like a helpless lamb in front of this wolf.

He had a girlfriend, but he was still playing with her. She now realized that he wanted to have a lot of

concubines.

When it came to men, the more women, the better. They would never mind having more.

Well, he shouldn't expect that she would be as crazy for him as Leila was.

She would never like him, ever!

Beauty on Runway met the audience on Saturday evening.

The barrage was outrageous. The audience was very fired up.

In one night, Essie had become a hot topic on Weibo and gained a lot of fans.

The titles "fairy sister" and "design goddess" overwhelmed her.

And the sudden influx of orders on her online shop worried her a little.

It was no wonder that a few seconds of advertising on TV could cost as much as ten million dollars.

The effect was really amazing.

But because she was going to take part in the second phase of the competition on Monday, she had no

time to work on the orders.

Seeing Essie sighing with her chin on her hand, Zac walked up to her and touched her head. "Now

you're only responsible for making the design. I'll find someone to sew it for you."

Essie's eyes lit up. This was a good idea. Although the cost would be increased, it was still much better

than cancelling the orders and losing customers.

On the other side of Yang City, Sunny was very pissed off.

The show was meant to flatter her, but to her surprise, Essie became so popular. That girl was so lucky.

She had bribed the security guard of the TV station and asked him to sneak into the design room and

damage the dress, but she didn't expect that Essie would be able to turn the tide!

What was more, Hanson gave Essie a higher score than her, so he must still have feelings for her.

She grabbed a glass of red wine from the tea table and took a big gulp. Her lips were bloodthirsty as

she picked up her phone and dialed a number. "George, can you do something for me?"