Chapter 56: Don't Blame Her for Protecting Herself
While drinking tea, Mrs. Ruskin's assistant suddenly whispered something and then Mrs. Ruskin looked a little grim inexplicably, "Why does he let me go there? Doesn't he know that I don't like that woman."
The assistant was in a dilemma and whispered, "James said that after all, he left this jewelry design in that need to help him to mediate a settlement, in case that he will be embarrassed."
"What's wrong?" Jocelyn asked, "What happened to the jewelry design?"
"No problem," said Mrs. Ruskin with an impatient look. But when she looked at Jocelyn, she eased down a little.
"James has never found the suitable person before. He heard from others that Monica Tours, a new designer in Yanjing, was good at jewelry designs, so he trusted this matter to her. As a result, he has changed his mind now. He doesn't want to defend that woman but let me go to have a talk with the woman. He is really good."
Hearing the name "Monica Tours", Jocelyn felt a little cold in her heart, but still calmed down. "Is it the wife of the President of the Leonard Group, Stan Judd, Monica Tours?"
She was really greedy. Once there was a chance, she would make a good use of it to seek connections with those in power. Didn't she really know her own poor ability in designing? Once James was unsatisfied with her design, wasn't she afraid that Stan would blame her for defending James? "That's her," Mrs. Ruskin hummed angrily.
"She is that unskillful designer who gave me a brochure and told me something privately before the auction last time when we knew each other, which almost made me lose face in front of the public. James really trusts in a wrong person this time."
Previously, on the matter of "the pendant around the eyebrows", Monica really defended Mrs. Ruskin.
"Maybe that's a misunderstanding."
"Maybe. Then she went to my home to apologize to me. I haven't seen her yet," Mrs. Ruskin twisted her eyebrows with a little anger, "But when I chatted with you before, your words reminded me. This woman is really powerful that she can let Stan marry her just after the accident happened to Leonard family."
Not only was she powerful, but also she was cruel.
Jocelyn and Mrs. Ruskin had often come out and chatted with each other at weekends since they knew each other. Jocelyn intentionally exposed some habits in front of her which Joanne had in the past, making her recall her former friend, Joanne and warning her by the way. After a long time, Mrs. Ruskin habitually hated Monica and Stan.
So even if she went to the banquet hall to meet Monica, Mrs. Ruskin would not treat Monica well.
"Mrs. Ruskin, you'd better go and meet her. The fact that what kind of person she is, is certainly has nothing to do with you, but James is your good friend. And he really hopes you to help him mediate on these occasions."
"James, an old lad, he really comes here to bother me today deliberately."
Mrs. Ruskin sighed helplessly and got up, "Then don't stay here any more. It's boring. The hot spring here is not bad. You can have a try. After I solve this problem, I'll go to see you and relax ourselves with you."
"OK."
Jocelyn had guessed that What would happen in the banquet hall would embarrass Monica. She was not in a hurry to be a onlooker in case that Monica would be so angry that she would trouble her. So she adopted Mrs. Ruskin's advise to relax herself in the hot spring pool.
On the other hand, Monica understood Mrs. Ruskin's words and she realized that Mrs. Ruskin was helping James to refuse to ask her to finish the jewelry design. Although she said that didn't matter, as soon as she turned around, she looked angry.
Stan stood beside her, murmuring, "It doesn't this business has failed. You don't need to be angry. The doctor said that you had a bad fetal position, and you still need to have a good rest at home. Don't worry about the things about social relationships. I can deal with it myself."
"Originally, it's a matter of absolute certainty. As long as we help James to design a set of jewelry as a birthday gift to her mother, he will be grateful for us and we will have some connections with him. But Mrs. Ruskin has interfered this matter, and it seems that she is deliberately troubling us."
"Don't talk nonsense. What does it have to do with Mrs. Ruskin?"
"Why doesn't it matter? You haven't realized it yet? Now the designer James has chosen is introduced by Mrs. Ruskin. She hated me because of the previous thing. I have gone to her home and apologized to her several times but she refused to meet me. This old woman really bore the grudges and she thought all the time that I was deliberate to make her lose face that time!"
Mentioning this matter, Stan was also somewhat displeased.
"Such a trifling thing, you can not make it even. You are a designer, why do yo not know how to wear a jewelry? If Joanne is there..."
Monica suddenly looked grim. Even though Stan didn't speak out the rest words, she still looked angry. She immediately got rid of Stan's arm and gritted her teeth.
"Now you recall her kindness? What I did is for your good. You compare me to her for such a trifle?'
"I just said it casually. Are you so excited? Others are watching us."
"Just let them watch. Don't touch me."
Monica was pregnant so now she was very arrogant. Immediately she was angry and left Stan behind, "Go ahead yourself, I want to be quiet." Stan had not been very successful during this period. Thinking that it was obviously Monica's fault, he was also angry but did not ventilate her anger considering that they were joining a party. So he went away calmly and didn't look back at Monica.
Monica saw that he really left, so she turned around to follow him. After walking several steps, she felt shamed and stopped with her teeth gritted. Only depending on herself, it was not enough to make Stan stay with her willingly.
After inquiring others at the banquet, she realized that the designer who snatched her business of customizing jewelry for James was called Jocelyn Turner. She thought that maybe it was just that different persons had the same name. But she just saw Julia.
That was really her.
She had fought against her for several times and destroyed her business. So Jocelyn couldn't blame her for protecting herself.
The waiter took Jocelyn to the indoor hot spring hall. "Miss Jocelyn, there is a dressing room with clean swimsuits and bathrobes. If you need anything else, just ring the bell."
Jocelyn thanked the waiter and looked around in the hot spring hall.
This indoor hot spring hall was a small gathering venue. Although it was not big, it was suitable for three or two friends to come here and meet each other. There were more than ten such venues in this hot spring villa.
Because it was in summer, the air-conditioning inside the house was very strong. Behind a screen was a high exclusively-made roof. The roof lights could change into several pattern, such as night, day and rain, making people feel that they were relax themselves in an Open-air hot spring. Jocelyn put on the bathing suit and bathrobe, pulled up her hair, sat by the pool to test the water temperature, and then she took off her bathrobe and went into the water. The taste of sulphur in the water came out, the water on the rockery was bubbling, and the ice buckets filled with red wine and fruits were floating on the water.
Unconsciously, Jocelyn pillowed beside the pool, somewhat drowsy.
The steaming water in the hot spring pool almost submerged her and it seemed that she had been hidden in the steaming water.
There was a sound of footsteps behind the screen.novelbin
The sound of "crashing" was particularly clear in the silent air. Jocelyn opened her eyes in a trance and dimly saw the man's strong chest.