I'm Your Sister, Brother Chow

Leslie's boutique had always served ladies only from the most elite of the elites. Of course, he would have had heard the rumours about the Howards too.

It was just that the incident had happened nearly two years ago. If Celine hadn't reacted the way she did just now, Leslie wouldn't even have thought of it.

But for now, a flash of understanding appeared in his eyes.

However, since he was in the service industry, he didn't let it show even if he thought of her in disdain. Instead, he smiled kindly at her. "My bad, Miss Vivian. Please don't mind what I just said."

Celine hadn't even introduced Vivian to him yet, but Leslie already knew who she was.

Her identity had been thoroughly exposed.

Vivian bit her lip hard, blushing red from embarrassment.

Although she never hated her mother, she had never approved of her mother's role in the Howard family.

She knew that her mother didn't get together with Uncle Dylan for his family background nor his inheritance, but in the end, she had still coveted a married man.

...

Vivian had been feeling shameful since young because of her mother's identity, but for her, the grievances she had suffered were not unjustified.

She was indeed ashamed of her mother's embarrassing identity.

How could she be worthy of a man who was so high and mighty and as noble as an emperor?

Vivian suppressed the bitterness in her heart and flashed a hurried smile at Leslie. "It's fine."

Since the goal of humiliating her had already been achieved, Celine didn't pursue it any further.

She smirked as she spoke up, interrupting the awkward situation. "Leslie, didn't you say that you had a few new dresses for me to try on? Vivian still has a lot of homework to do at night. We should hurry up."

To any normal bystander, they wouldn't catch the meaning behind Celine's words.

However, with his years of experience dealing with female clients in his business, Leslie caught on to her hidden meaning at once. He immediately turned his attention to her.

"Yes, of course, I'm sorry for being so long-winded. Please follow me, Miss Celine. The first draft for your custom-made dress has already been prepared. Mr. Madison was about to ask you to come over to have a look, but since you're here today, you might as well see it now."

Hearing him say that, Celine's smile became a lot brighter.

After all, Jenne Madison was the renowned chief fashion designer of this exquisite boutique. It was an identity symbol for anyone to wear a gown designed by him, let alone specially tailor-made for them.

Celine lifted her chin proudly. Even though she had always been careful with her words and actions and constantly paid attention to her public image, she still couldn't suppress the pride she felt.

However, none of this made any difference to Vivian.

Vivian had always been a bookworm. Aside from studying and sketching, Vivian only had eyes for Chow. She never paid any attention to luxury brands or famous fashion designers so she wouldn't have known who Jenne Madison was anyway. 

What's more, she was still brooding over the awkward situation just now and hadn't snapped back to reality yet.

She silently followed Celine and Leslie into a VIP room that was decorated even more lavishly with many expensive-looking gowns hanging on the racks.

for Leslie to bring over

gown? I was thinking of wearing it for

Celine had quite

cutting as compared to the other heavily embellished ones. Except for the delicate embroidery

but its simplicity brought out

you would choose this

spoke, Leslie leaned closer to Celine and continued with a wry smile. "Mr. Madison said that his inspiration came from wedding gowns. Speaking of which, I believe that we'll be hearing wedding bells in the future for you and Mr. Howard, is that right? A little birdy told me that you're trying

A wedding gown?

as she

at Vivian before rolling her eyes at the attendant. "Who's the one spreading that nonsense? I've been keeping quiet about

blushing face. Has

most probably be flown in from overseas, but we'd be really honoured if you'd let us design your bridesmaid dresses,

a few simple sentences, Leslie brought the topic

think that the decision would be up to my bridesmaid." She turned to look at Vivian. "When

married to Chow, will you be my

"Will you?"

"My bridesmaid?"

She didn't want

with a start, realising that Celine wasn't really forcing

huge sigh of relief. It was just a terrible dream. She was covered all over in cold

thought that Celine's words had such a huge

to be ashamed of herself for being

Marriage.

the marriage between

feel so hurt when

that they

she had never thought of being their

the blink of an eye, she had already been

no matter how overbearing he was, she would definitely be staying far, far away when

terrible tragedy. She could never allow herself to make

really didn't know that they had already

going to have to leave Chow

Click!

suddenly appeared in the

had been so soft that it would have gone unnoticed had Vivian's room not been

with this sound. Her heart

door connecting her bedroom

appeared

with a start. She had no idea how late

darkness of the night outside,

time or the occasion, Chow would always come over

tightly. She wasn't ready to face Chow,

heed to her wishes and quickly approached her

shower and he still smelled

a quick shower after