While Louisa was getting hysterical, Harriet didn't even bat an eye, she said sarcastically, "The upbringing of the Jones family is really not well principled, I definitely overestimated your inner qualities, Miss Jones. If you think about it, we couldn't really tell who is more entitled to marry Mr. Smith between me and you."
"What do you mean?" Louisa glared at Harriet.
"Well, people would think that we are at a wet market and not at the Pop Culture Group company when they see you baring your fangs and yelling on the top of your lungs, Miss Jones. You have no respect for the company rules at all."
When it was just her against Louisa, Harriet wasn't afraid to cross the line at all. However, she was afraid that Wesley would say something and be on Louisa's side, and everything she fought for would be for nought.
Though this time, Wesley wasn't acting like he used to before. He wasn't trying to protect Louisa, he just coldly gazed at Louisa and said, "Louisa, this is not your territory."
"Wesley, are you going to be on her side as well?"
Louise looked hurt and she was pouting, but she drew in her horn and stopped acting like a hysterical person. She and Wesley were childhood friends, she knew very well not to test his patience. Plus, she wasn't here today just to make a fuss.
"Escort her out," Wesley ordered.
Louisa couldn't believe her ears, her eyes were wide open. She was humiliated in front of so many people and now Wesley wanted her out?
"Wesley, what do you mean?" Louisa tried to break free from Jack's shackles, "I'm not going to leave! You haven't promised me that you will renovate my bar for me!"
Wesley's eyes were now cold as ice, he stared straight into Louisa's soul and got mad at the girl for once.
"Do you really think that I'm obligated to clean up your mess every time?"
This was Louisa's first time being yelled at and losing face in front of so many outsiders, she couldn't care less that she was in public and said conceitedly, "You are the one that wants to get married to me, what's wrong with me asking you to help me out with some trivial matter? Also I haven't even got angry at you about your shady affair with this wench!"
Harriet was just minding her own business and was for some reason being brought into the conversation, she retorted without any hesitation, "Miss Jones, you are the one that's having an affair with another man, why are you pointing fingers and blaming Mr. Smith instead?"
"Since when I've been having an affair? Don't make false accusations!"
Louisa was acting tough on the outside, but in reality she was a nervous wreck inside. She did tell her friends that her boyfriend was Colin and not Wesley, but only her close friends knew about this. She was puzzled why Harriet, a nobody, knew about this matter.
Harriet didn't actually know about anything, though it didn't stop her from making up stories.
"It's true, isn't it? If it wasn't the case why didn't you save Mr. Smith's face during the birthday party?" Harriet continued saying leisurely, "Also, you insulted me just now. I'm just giving you a taste of your own medicine. If I was wrong about you, then please forgive me Miss Jones, don't be so petty."
"You!" Louisa scowled at Harriet, she knew that she won't win against her in this argument, so she said to Wesley instead, "Wesley, if you're going to be like this, I'm going to tell my parents that I want to call off the engagement."
She thought that she could threaten the man like this.
However, Wesley wasn't reacting to it at all, he just answered plainly, "Go ahead, recently I was also thinking if this engagement isn't suitable for the both of us."
Louisa's eyes were wide open in shock, she didn't expect Wesley who always pampered her would say something like this. But she calmed down immediately.
"Are you serious, Wesley?"
Even though her value as a woman would drop if the man proactively called off their engagement and her family would become the joke of their circle, but, Louisa thought about Colin. She felt that it was okay to embrace the shame so that she could marry Colin instead, as she didn't have another marriage constraining her anymore.
"It is not that easy to enter the Smith family, and we don't like to force somebody to enter our family." Wesley replied slowly. He signaled Jack, turned around and walked back into his office. His patience had run out with these women.
It was the first time that Louisa hit a wall with Wesley, her eyes were filled with confusion.
"Wesley, you should at least help me with the renovation of my bar. I'm tired of the current interior design, it doesn't feel trendy enough. I want it to look more unique."
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