Bride To Be Not Me (Janice and Simon)

"W-What?" Heidi frantically opened the webpage, her hair standing on end when she saw the second trending topic.

"The so-called genius overseas exposed for her bad temper?"

Her hands trembled as she clicked on the link. The video made her face go pale.

In the footage, both her and Janice's faces were captured clearly, along with the words she had shouted, "It's clear now that your parents died early!"

At the time, she had been too focused on making things difficult for Janice to notice that Janice's phone had been propped up, recording everything.

It was over.

That wretched Janice had secretly filmed her! She did this on purpose to ruin her!

The online discussion was growing rapidly, and the tide had turned completely against Heidi. Especially among the citizens of Greenfield City, nearly everyone was siding with Janice.

Most people had already heard about the incident between Janice and Simon, the owner of Refined Threads Co. Even though neither party had ever spoken about it, anyone with half a brain could figure out what had happened after that disastrous wedding where the bride was replaced by a bridesmaid, leading to Janice resigning. It was obvious.

To the public, Janice had long been seen as a victim of mistreatment.

Now, with Heidi insulting her so viciously, public sympathy was at an all-time high, and Heidi's social media pages were flooded with insults.

Just then, her mother, Emma, called.

"Didi, what's going on online?"

Heidi's voice trembled. "Mom, get someone to take down the trending topic! Spread the word that this was all Janice's doing, that she staged this to hype up Prosper Stitch Group for the Winter Tournament!"

Emma sighed. "Alright, I'll handle it."

She knew her daughter's temper well, so before even making this call, she already had someone verify the truth of the situation.

After the initial panic subsided, Heidi felt a wave of heat rush to her face.

She had just finished badmouthing Janice to Barbara and Calvin. Wouldn't they now think she was twisting the truth and slandering Janice?

That vile woman! Her tactics were disgusting!

Heidi paced around the office anxiously before a thought struck her-Simon Fitzgerald.

He was her best bet!

She called him immediately and explained the situation. After a moment of silence, Simon said, "I need money right now."

Heidi gritted her teeth. "How much?"

"Fifty million dollars."

"Fifty million dollars?" Heidi's voice shot up. "Do I look like a bank? Who has 50 million dollars lying around?" Simon said, "Ms. Ryan, you're the renowned Shirley Olson. If one of your works were auctioned, wouldn't that sum be nothing?"

Heidi clenched her phone nervously. "I don't have any pieces ready for auction right now."

"In that case, I—"

"I can scrape some together. Just smear Janice's name in the media! Make sure everyone believes she's a liar and a fraud!" Heidi gritted her teeth.

Simon wasn't stupid. "That would mean completely offending Prosper Stitch Group. Ms. Ryan, if you can't elevate Refined Threads Co. after this, I'll be my loss."

"You don't trust me?" Heidi narrowed her eyes. "I already said that I'll provide you with crochet pieces under the name of Shirley Olson. No one will be able to defeat Refined Threads Co. then."

Simon paused before chuckling. "Alright. I'll remember what you said, Ms. Ryan."

After hanging up, Heidi quickly ordered her assistant to select a high-quality crochet piece to send over.

She didn't think Janice had any real skill. Her own work wasn't bad, and she didn't take Prosper Stitch Group's seamstresses seriously at all.

As for that double-sided crochet piece Janice had presented last time? Heidi still believed she must have bought it from some old seamstresses.

With her years of refined crochet training abroad, winning a domestic competition would be a breeze!

At that moment, Edward had just finished a meeting when Harrison sent him a video. The insults directed at Janice were all too clear.