Chapter 10 - A Little Humiliation

Alex stood right next to her friend and did not say a word. At the first sight of Aria, she recognised her. It was her little sister, her stepsister to be more accurate. She had not changed much, always with her princess attitude, thinking that everything turned around her and only her. She remembered the year they lived together, at first she was happy, she thought, having a little sister was a great thing, thus she had already dreamt of many things to do with her, but she soon regretted that thought when this new sister of hers started bullying her and competing with her for everything.

Seeing that Alex did not respond, Aria continued with her plan looking disdainfully at Alex, ''Oh, then you can go back, this store does not take just anyone in, you need an invitation like this.'' She held a pink card in her hand that read CANDIDE. After saying that, she and her friend walked confidently into the store."

Behind them, Fidelia suddenly realised something and said, "Ah, now I know why I thought she reminded me of someone, she's the one who lost the ELIA endorsement to you, originally she was supposed to be the face of the brand, but change their mind when they saw you!"

Alex just smiled, nodded, "Oh... That's why she's so resentful, I thought she'd recognise me!" She looked at Fidelia with a mocking smile "she's my father's daughter."

"Really? You guys do not really look alike ah ah, she looks so fake... Look at all that makeup! Did not someone tell her that she looks like a white mask before she goes out? I am confused... How come a model is not aware of that ?" Fidelia was laughing now that the two women were gone. She wanted to laugh as soon as he saw Aria face looking so fucking ridiculous with all that make-up on.

Alex replied with a nod and laughs as hard as her friend "Not everyone knows that 'less is more' ah ah... besides, I took my beauty from my mother and she took from hers, just saying..."

And then they burst out laughing even harder.

When they arrived in front of the store, Aria took out her invitation with a wide smile and handed it to the security guard, who recognised her and let her in.

Immediately after, Alex and Fidelia arrived in front of the security guard who stopped them.

"Your invitation please ?"

"We do not have an invitation; but can we still take a look?" Fidelia asked all smiles, she was already happy just being outside her favourite store.

"I am sorry, ladies, we are receiving by invitation only."

Aria, who was watching the scene with delight, could not help but comment.

"Ah ah... It seems that after all, you are just a two ball model you can not even go into a store like this, you should quickly leave to avoid shame, I advise you to head to the stores on the other side where people like you should go."

The manager of the store who was just passing by stopped at the sight of the crowd that had formed in front of the store and walked towards Aria, who he recognised by her always loud voice.

"Miss. Aria Porter, how can I help you?" The manager asked in an attempt to make her shut her loud voice.

"Ah, Julien hello, I do not really have a problem, I just asked these two women not to obstruct the entrance of the store and go somewhere else.

"The curious manager looked at the entrance of the store, his gaze landed directly on Alex, whom he immediately recognised. Surprised and startled, he rushed towards her while trying to remain calm: Madam, sorry for the inconvenience, I guess the guard did not have time to study the management of the house. He glared at him angrily and continued, Please enter ... ."

Alex just smiled and followed the manager in as he was already on a mission to show her around personally.

Aria, who was watching the scene, did not understand what was going on and interfered "Julien, they do not have an invitation, so they should not be able to enter. I do not want to share my shopping moment with such people." She exclaimed and looked at Alex disdainfully.

For his part, the manager was horrified as he listened to Aria. He knew that she was a capricious customer who thought she had the world at her feet, but since the customer was king, he always tried to fulfil her wishes. But today was not the day to indulge in that kind of capriciousness.

"Miss. Porter, this is the owner of CANDIDE, I can not chase her out of her own shop. I suggest you go to the fitting room, the clothes you selected on the website are waiting for you there. We have assigned you the most luxurious box as requested." He said with a very polite smile:

CANDIDE was the brand Alex's grandfather had founded in New Bell, after losing his couture house to her father. Back then, it was only a small brand, but it could help pay Alex's bills or school. After her grandfather died, she inherited the brand and developed it into a brand with small stores around the world, thus little by little with hard work and her connection to the modelling world, the brand had become an exclusive one. It was an exclusive brand that accommodated exclusive fashion with limited inventory to make her customers feel unique. So many celebrities started to pay attention to the brand and its name became famous.

For her part, the only word in Aria mind was "owner". She could not believe that this girl she hated and wanted to teach a lesson to, was the owner of one of her favourite stores. According to her memory, the owner and creator of this brand was a certain Michell, an old man.

She then replied with a protest, "Who are you trying to fool, I have been wearing this brand long enough to know that its owner is Mr Michell!"

Alex, who was no longer paying attention to Aria, was on her way to the shelves when she heard her grandfather's name. She replied calmly, stroking the ring she always wore on her finger; it was a reflex, she had developed every time she thought of her mother or her grandparents. In fact, this ring had been created by her grandfather, "Mr Michell is my grandfather, this business is mine, do you have a problem with that?" Her gaze was cold and threatening at that moment. "You should update your information," she added with a smirk.

After that Alex smoothen her expression with a smile "Well, since you are a good customer, I will forgive your impertinence, besides, I am in a good mood, the dresses reserved today are offered to you, what do you say?"

Aria, no longer knowing what to say and ashamed, replied deeply frowning "I do not need charity, I have enough money to buy all the dresses in this shop if I wanted to!!!"

Clara, who was standing right next to Aria and heard Alex's suggestion, jumped up with joy and said "hey, you should accept!! You said your card was not blocked by your father no? how about we took her offer? I think that she is a good person, this Alex!!!"

Aria looked at her friend angrily and shouted, "Shut up!", then walked to the exit of the store pulling Clara by the arm.

Fidelia, for her part, could not help but burst out laughing.

Aria's voice could be heard outside the store yelling at her friend, " Are you an idiot or what? How could you embarrass me like that?"

Clara understood her friend's annoyance and replied, ''Eeerh, but I told the truth, why are you accusing me? I was thinking about you! You could have the dress for free, why did you refuse? "

Aria was exasperated "Seriously? We were trying to humiliate her, remember? "

Clara, who remembered her main mission, replied with a dumbfounded expression, "Ah yes, that's right ... But wait, aren't we the ones being humiliated by her now?"

Rolling her eyes, Aria was now fed up with her friend, "And whose fault is that?"

Aria could not take her friend's stupidity anymore and furiously wondered why she was still friends with her.