Chapter 234 - Replay, The B*tch is back (1)

7 March, LY Studio, City K

Lexi was sitting at her desk pondering the last few days. Having made her choice to give Matthew a chance, while keeping her secret, most of the weight associated with all the fighting they had been having disappeared. While, deep down she knew she did not want the marriage, it at least gave her the opportunity to determine what they had missed out on.

But that did not mean that her life was not challenge free. Firstly, there was Richard's parents. From her discussions with Matthew after court, she came away with the opinion that he believed that Richard's parents intended legally, or illegally to get Dominic out of the country for him to never return, as they wanted absolute control of the Jax Corp shares they had until Dominic turned eighteen.

Given, what she knew from Andrew and Chester, that was only the half of that. They were looking for control of the company, but other than a few people who they manipulated when they all were younger, they had been unable to convince anyone within the company to support them.

The reality was, while they presented to the world they were Dominic's grandparents, they knew the truth that Dominic was not Richard's son and wanted to destroy her, because they did not have a grandchild that was their own flesh and blood, and his death prevented him from getting the control they wanted. They could not accept that Richard was to blame for his own accident. They were just lucky the truth about his state was never made public. Doing that would destroy their case but it was not in Dominic's interest.

The second current problem was Madam Mo. Lexi pulled out the designs that she and her team had put together for her. The sooner this dress was done, and she was out of the hair of everyone the better. The woman had no sense of what suited her. She wanted a dress that was suitable for someone like Abigail, in a colour that did not suit her.

The question was, would she take reality when it was explained to her. Most likely no, as to her the only person that counted in the world was her, and she was never wrong. Her attitude explained why she was friendly with Richard's parents, but they also fed her attitude, as the few times she had seen them together, they praised each other and looked at everyone around them with distain. Their constant sense of entitlement that the world would bend to them was always visible.

Lexi first turned to the designs that she had done. Looking at them critically, they were poor designs. She realised that she had allowed her own prejudices to influence her own work. While that at times was a good thing, in this case it was not. This was a couture design for a specific person and needed to consider everything about the person. She failed to do that, but at the same time it was not a wasted effort as, with some design amendments, they could be adapted into dresses for the ready to wear evening collection for future releases.

She picked up the other three dress designs and realised could see the difference. Those staff members who did the work did not have her prejudices and approached the design from as neutral of a starting point as they could. Each design on the initial review appeared to be eminently suitable for Madam Mo. The question was, would Madam Mo find any of them acceptable? Given her demands, it was most likely that she would not because it was not what she was demanding.

Pausing a thought crossed Lexi's mind, Madam Mo's demands for a totally unsuitable design was all about causing trouble, as the day she wore it she could constantly state how LY had no idea on how to design a dress for someone like here. That, Richard's parents could use to help undermine her and destroy her chances in the court case.

While trying to think of a perfect strategy to use, Lexi heard playing from her design staff Elton John's The Bitch is Back, and withing a few seconds there was a knock on her door. And a voice from outside said "Lexi, your appointment is here."

Lexi stood up and opened the door, before saying "Madam Mo, please come in."

Pushing her way in, Madam Mo spat "You had no right to keep me waiting, let alone have me shown here by someone so unimportant."

Seething inside, Lexi took a breath and as calmly as possible responded "Madam Mo, my staff do not deserve your attitude. They are here to do a job, and that is unacceptable…"

"Unacceptable, is right. Unacceptable to me and as the saying is 'the customer is always right'. And you know I am right."

Lexi had to bite her tongue as the immediate retort that crossed her mind was totally unacceptable to say to any client. It would cause significant reputational damage to her business. Calming down slightly Lexi responded "Madam Mo, while you have the saying correct, this business has always strived to do the right thing by clients, and I believe we will for you. But that is not carte blanche to be abusive and aggressive to my staff, who by the way are just doing their job simply because you have issues with me. Feel free to take out your issues on me but leave my staff out of it."

"Well if you trained them better, why would I need to even worry about them. But as they say what happens at the top of an organisation filters down to everyone in that organisation."

"While you are entitled to your opinion Madam Mo, but please know that I treat people with the same amount of respect that they have shown me. It is not a two-way street, as respect is as much given as it is earnt."

"What, you have no right to say that about me."

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