When Leila walked into the dressing room, she heard about the gossip. But instead of feeling embarrassed and walking away, she pushed the door open and stepped inside. The women inside were surprised to see her. They looked at her, speechless and awkward. Leila pretended that she didn't hear them, but in reality, she wanted to laugh.
She found it funny that all these woman knew were to gossip about her behind her back. They felt jealous about the fact that Leila did so much better than any of them in such a short time. She, however, didn't give a damn about their thoughts. Deep down, she looked down upon them. Although they were working in the same place, somehow Leila felt that she was different.
Leila believed that she wouldn't stay here forever. This setup was just temporary.
Other women felt embarrassed when Leila caught them gossiping about her. But as they saw Leila acting so indifferent, not even feeling angry at all, they were further infuriated. Leila being so aloof made them want to tear her apart.
Annoyed, the woman with a heavy makeup walked towards Leila and intentionally bumped into her. Leila exclaimed as she felt a great pain from her shoulder. She rubbed her shoulder and lifted her head, glaring at the woman.
"What? What are you staring at?" the woman asked in an angry tone as she rolled her eyes, obviously, asking for trouble.
"A blind woman wants to make a scene. Why can't I take a look?" Leila talked back furiously. Her face blushed as blood rushed to her head, which made her more attractive.
"Who are you talking about?"
The tension between them rose, but no one in the room wanted to step in and stop them. Instead, they just crossed their arms and stood aside, looking forward to a huge fight.
"I'm talking about you. Why else would you bump into me if you're not blind?" Leila shot an unconcerned glance at the woman, like she was a piece of trash.
The woman was already furious at Leila's behavior. And what Leila just said pushed her button. The woman couldn't put up with her any more. She lifted her hand, wanting to catch Leila's hair and teach her a lesson.
But Leila saw through her and she was able to dodge in time. Everyone in the dressing room was surprised when they heard a loud sound immediately after.
It turned out that Leila slapped the woman. Leila decided that she could not give in today. Otherwise, people would start to pick on her at work and life at the night club would end up a lot wearisome.
Everyone was startled. They couldn't believe that Leila's arrogance would drive her to do such a thing. Seeing things almost go out of control, the other women now stepped in and persuaded Leila and the woman to both calm down. But basically, most of them were stopping Leila, making sure she wouldn't take advantage of the woman.
Pissed off, the woman that Leila slapped went crazy and rushed to fight her back.
Good thing the manager came into the dressing room. She was wondering what was taking the ladies too long to start working. Now that she got into the room, she understood what happened.
The manager's face turned gloomy. She narrowed her eyes and looked around, scaring the ladies.
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