Chapter 571 - Stop being a Bridezilla (4)

5 June, LY Studio, City K

Joan stood there stunned for a few seconds before saying "What did you say?"

Hearing the slight reduction in the anger in Joan's voice, Lexi quickly said "You heard what I said. Stop being a bridezilla."

"How dare you!" Joan immediately responded, the anger in her voice ratcheting up again.

"You really want me to explain why you are being a bridezilla. I get that you are stressed because you want to perfect wedding, but seriously look at your behaviour."

"You said it, I want the perfect wedding, and why should I not have it?"

Lexi slightly shook her head, which Joan reacted to "How dare you shake your head at me. I deserve the perfect wedding."

Lexi at that moment realised that Joan could get even worse about the situation. They needed to have this out, but not here. "You want the perfect wedding? You think as your friend I do not know that. But the perfect wedding, starts with getting the perfect dress for the bride. That, given you being my friend and your fiancé's money, will happen. But getting there, you need to cooperate or it will be impossible. Plus, I can ensure that your groom and both of your attendants are wearing the perfect items. But seriously, you want to keep going, do you think getting the perfect dress will happen? No. And any other designer. Most would have told you with the time frame that you gave my team and I where to go, because it is almost unachievable. You keep going or want to go to another designer, go, but do not think that you will get the dress you want nor will I give over my team and my hard work to any other designer simply because you ask to enable you to get the dress you want because that is the only way they have a chance to pull off giving you want you want."

Lexi paused for a couple of seconds, looking directly at Joan, and said "You want to continue? Go ahead, but…"

"How dare…"

"I? I do Joan? Let me put it this way. Do you want the perfect dress or not? Your choice, but if you do not cooperate or accept that in ensuring the perfect fit you might occasionally get accidentally stabbed with a pin, you can change and go elsewhere."

Lexi observed Joan looking at her and attempted to keep her face as serious and determined as possible. If she relented at this time, Joan would work over everyone until the wedding. That was something she did not need to address, as despite the design team working together for the benefit of the business, they had egos that challenging clients would upset causing friction afterwards.

As she maintained eye contact with Joan, eventually Joan broke away. Lexi paused before saying anything because that was interesting. All the time she had know Joan, she liked to be the one who dominated the situation. Even with what happened with heir holiday, in the end Lexi despite being terrified with what happened and Joan's games was not able to control the situation. Joan ended up winning. Yet, this time Joan was willing to give in. What was going on?

Without saying anything Joan moved over onto the pedestal and allowed a couple of assistances to come in and make sure the dress was draping properly as she stood.

Sensing she had control at this time Lexi calmly said "Joan, I know we have discussed it before, but I need an absolute answer today. Are you going to wear a tiara?"

Joan closed her eyes briefly, dealing with Lexi currently was testing her patience. She knew what she wanted for her wedding and needed to push for it. That was despite her knowing that the ceremony would not happen. Fooling everyone was part of the plan. She knew, despite what people would say, there were things Lexi could pick up on. That was especially true when it came to close friends like her and Rachael. Thinking of Rachael, that made Joan wonder, what had that witch said tom Lexi. That, however, was a discussion for later because there were too many people around. She knew she required plausible deniability when it came to the discussion that had to be had.

Opening her eyes Joan calmly said "Yes, but I can not give it to you. There is no way that I would even think of trying to get my hands on the family tiara, as I suspect the old man has had a replica made and sold the original simply because he needs money for his w*ores. But after discussions, my David told me he decided the other day to have one commissioned from a jeweller who owes him a couple of favours, but it will not be ready until just before the ceremony."

Lexi resisted snapping. This was a critical piece to the design puzzle. She could produce the most amazing dress with the most perfect embroidery on it, and on the veil and train, but if it clashed with the design of the tiara, it would look ugly. Shifting slightly in the chair Lexi, said "What is his number. I need to talk to him."

Joan, stunned for a couple of seconds opened her mouth, without anything coming out. No way would David want Lexi and by extension that idiot Matthew Rong, to have a contact number for him that could be used to undermine his plans. As she quickly pulled herself together, thinking on her feet, Joan responded "Let me call him. He hates anyone having his number as apparently in the early stages of his business a competitor used his mobile to try and hack the computers. Luckily, he was conscious of tactics like that, but you can understand his desire to minimise the risks to the business he created with his own hard efforts, because you have done the same thing."

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