"What's with the mystery?" Kendall played the recording and held the recorder close to her ear. But the more she listened, the redder her face became. What the hell are they doing? Yet she held down her embarrassment and kept listening. Eventually, it came to an end, and she put down. This time, she looked at Yasmine in silence, as if saying "I don't know what to say."
"Oh, she's a sl*t, Kendall. A twisted, demented, brazen, shameless harlot. And I can't believe Brian either. Kelly's already pregnant, and he… I can't believe he still did her. I can't believe he's that thirsty." When Yasmine first heard the recording, she was livid and embarrassed. She couldn't believe her brother would rail a pregnant woman.
Kendall stayed silent.
"And Kelly actually recorded it, that c*nt. She played it right in front of Mom, and Mom almost fainted. She's getting back at us, I swear. My mom won't let her date Brian, so she did this to spite her."
"And she sent the recording to Dulcie and her siblings too. They called Mom. Sounded really angry. Dulcie's crying her heart out. Great. Now the Sullivans won't agree to this marriage." And they're gonna hate us. Brian, honestly, how stupid can you get? And she despised Kelly. They used to be friends, but now all Yasmine had for her was hatred.
That's… impressive on Kelly's side. In a sense. In my last life, she let Jackson date me even though she loved him. If I hadn't been reincarnated, she'd probably beat me ultimately. "Kelly and I went for a meetup with a client. They reserved a room in a hotel your family manages. We met Brian and Miss Sullivan at the entrance."
Yasmine froze for a moment. "I see. She must have got jealous and ruined Brian's relationship." Yasmine didn't like Dulcie a lot, but she was at least better than Kelly. "Dulcie's a bit like Kelly. I wondered if they were sisters, but no. She's part of the Sullivans and not connected to Kelly in any way. I don't really like Brian dating her, but he just wants to date her, so we went with it. Can you ask your parents to keep Kelly in check, please?" Yasmine begged.
Kendall took a sip of her water and put her glass down. "They tried, but she told them to stay out of her business. You know she's not their real daughter. She doesn't even listen to her real parents, let alone her foster ones."
"Miss Zorn, my parents have talked to her about this back when she hooked up with Jackson. Got into a big fight, and my folks got really mad, so they stayed out of her private affairs since then. The Woods are her real family, but she never acknowledged them. My foster father tried to talk to her, but she wouldn't listen. Sorry, but I can't help you. You should tell Brian to stay away from her. It takes two to tango, if you know what I mean." Kelly might be a disgusting wench, but Brian is no gentleman either.
Yasmine sighed. "I know part of this affair is Brian's fault. He used to love Kelly. Respected her. But then she, well… We tried to stop him from seeing her, but he'd sneak past us whenever she came to see him." She used to be his one true love. He can't let her go, just like how I couldn't let Dylan go.
Kendall shrugged. "I'm out of options, then. Sorry."
Yasmine cursed Kelly again.
Kendall listened to her for a while, then she said, "Time's up, Miss Zorn. I need to go back to work."
"You actually only gave me thirty minutes?"
"Yeah. Not like we're best friends. Thirty minutes is the best I can offer."
Yasmine pouted. "Fine. You may leave. Thanks for listening to me."
Kendall smiled and left. When she came back to work, she met Kelly.
Kelly was standing right outside the elevator, her arms crossed. When Kendall showed up, she smirked. "Didn't think you were good friends with Yasmine."
"We're not friends. She just wanted someone to vent to, so I went. Wasted about half an hour, but she couldn't even come up with a creative way to insult you. Disappointing. She used to be feisty. Thought she would be more creative when it came to verbal abuse."
Kelly's face fell.
"So, have you been waiting for me?" Kendall smirked and when she noticed Kelly's fury, her smile got bigger. The more she smiled, the angrier Kelly would be.
"What did she say to you?"
Instead of answering, Kendall said, "You should know. You know what you did, so… She called you a sl*t. A whore. A shameless harlot. Not the first time you've heard that. Shouldn't affect you too much."
"Shut it, Kendall. I'm not giving up the company. If it weren't for you, I would've taken over."
Kendall took two steps ahead and leaned forward, smiling. "What's yours is yours, Kelly. But what's not… Well, it'll never be yours. Don't push your luck, or you might lose everything."
Furious, Kelly tried to push Kendall, but Kendall grabbed her wrist and quickly turned her arm around her back.
"Let me go right now or I'll lie down and tell everyone you pushed me. I'm a pregnant woman!"
"Yeah, sure. Let's see if anyone's gonna trust you. There are surveillance cameras everywhere. They'll see if you're faking it."
"Why you little…"
Kendall let her hand go and dusted her hands off. With disgust in her voice, she said, "Ugh, can't believe I touched you. Now I have to wash my hands ten times to get rid of your smell."
Kendall stomped her foot, but she couldn't do anything to Kendall. Kendall was a fighter. Every time she tried to fight Kendall, she lost.
"Anything else? I have to go now." Delighted after her successful attempt at annoying Kelly, Kendall left. Kelly stuck her leg out in an attempt to trip her up, but Kendall stomped her foot down.
"Ow!"
"Whoops, sorry. Didn't see it. You ought to pull your legs back when someone's around. Good thing I wasn't wearing stilettos, huh?" Damn, I wish I were wearing stilettos. Too bad I'm pregnant.
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