A dashing young man with his brooding glance all over his employees was sitting at the head of the table and interrogating them for the past five hours not even giving them a break. It was as if he was in the worst mood of the day and it wouldn’t get better. “Hurry up and tell me what solutions you have to increase the sales or you are not going home today,” Gale spoke with authority and everyone was shivering. John was looking at his boss who was being too harsh at his colleagues and wondered the reason for his boss’s angry demeanour. But if he is getting it right it must be Miss Fletcher because his name boss never behaved like that no matter what trouble came his way he had always been very polite and considerate to his employees. It seems Miss Darcy was the only one who could make his boss lose his temper. He heaved a sigh of relief when the meeting was over and noticed then that every individual sitting in the conference room was crossing their fingers so that the boss woul
Now Gale was a bit worried when he heard the way John explained to him. “Now tell me already what is going on?” Gale's forehead was creased with tension. “Well as I told you Miss Fletcher had done her internship in fashion in Paris about three years back, She was a very good student and her design skills are very good as you have seen the clothes that she has designed for the company. But when she was in Paris she participated in a fashion competition and was framed for plagiarising a designer named Sara Blair, Miss Darcy tried to defend herself and prove her point that she did not plagiarize anyone but in the end, as there was no evidence to show her innocence the judges decided to declare Miss Sara Blair as the winner. And Miss Darcy was blamed for plagiarising others' work. But you see she had a very good relationship with the professor named Mr Rowen Brett who came later and clarified that it was Miss Darcy’s design indeed and he had the proof but it was too late because
After the lunch break, the remaining fifteen participants were to showcase their designs. The host began to shout according to the numbers selected by the designers again. The next participant designer came on stage. He was a Vietnamese female designer who took her model on stage with her; she was truly a beautiful model with pure white skin. The model was dressed in her design and walked around the catwalk. Finally, she stopped in front of the judges and stood still. Everyone around the audience as well as the judges looked at the beautiful work of the designer Vietnam's rich history of textiles includes a custom of silk weaving and weaving in general - which stretches back for centuries. During the medieval period, silk was viewed by the Vietnamese as an almost outrageous extravagance, with deeply held connotations of royalty, respectability, and nobility. Darcy observed that the designer had used multiple colors to showcase her design which represented the combination of modern d
Darcy had become the focus of attention and attention of the audience. Just as Alberto had said. “If you work hard and give your best no one can beat you.” After the amazing performance by Darcy people had more expectations from the rest of the finalists. Darcy had to submit her work to the organizers so it took some time by the time she arrived there were only five participants left. She witnessed the most spectacular designs of two more designers from China and Turkey. Darcy had already done her study, Cotton, silk, and wool have a long history in Turkey and are still popular exports. Today, Turkish fabrics are sought after for their luxury feel and quality. Some of the popular Turkish fabrics today include Şile Bezi, Yazma, Ikat, and Suzani. Turkish fabrics are prized for their quality, beauty, and versatility. They are used to create a wide variety of garments and accessories, from traditional Turkish clothing to high-fashion designs. In recent years, there has been a growing
The celebrations are ongoing but Darcy had to leave the venue as she had received the location of her brother Louis from her investigator telling her that he was seen around that area. He had already sent her the location and the address. So Darcy excused herself and walked out of the venue only to realize that it was raining quite heavily. The rain had been pouring since the afternoon and they did not realize it because they were inside the venue and she had been quite busy. She had already requested a rented car for her to be taken to the place she had wanted that morning so it would be easy for her to communicate. When she got inside the car the driver mentioned that it would be very hard to drive in the heavy rain. She requested him to drive as slowly as he could through the safe roads where it was safer in this way they would reach early as well and it would be safe from the disastrous accidents happening on the main road. She was sitting in the back seat and tried to
Suddenly she realized something and asked. “The driver?” “Don’t worry he was still breathing, they have taken him to the hospital,” Gale assured her. “The masked women?” Darcy asked again. “They have all been taken away to the police station. I will deal with it. They will inform us if they have news about the attacker. But for now, let’s head to the hotel and clean you up.” Gale spoke patiently. “But I have to reach somewhere and it’s urgent.” Darcy pleaded. “Women you are already wounded and completely wet. Where do you think you are going?” Gale asked as Darcy could feel the irritation in his voice. “But I must find Louis or he will vanish again,” Darcy spoke pitifully. Gale looked at her helplessly for a second picked her up and went straight to his car.Darcy tried to protest but Gale did not even look at her as he walked to his car with her in his arms. Once inside the car Gale took his coat and wrapped it around her. Darcy wanted to cry as she did not know how to than
The taxi was driving through the most deserted city streets, Darcy was conscious once more of loneliness, of a desire for companionship, utterly foreign to her. And she forged her thoughts ahead to the coming meeting with Louis to combat it. It had come out of the night like some secret thing that evening before, and now it would not let her go. She had gotten a call from Mr. Russo when she was done meeting the buyers and her favourite designers and he had told her that he had found Louis's address. But the most shocking news he gave her was that it was not Louis who had come there the day before somebody was trying to block their paths in finding Louis as the man whom Mr. Russo saw was a lookalike of Louis. And the man who had followed him had lost track of the imposters on the way but Mr Russo was able to find Louis' address from an art collector who had met him a few days back.Knowing what was in Louis's mind in meeting the art collector Darcy was assured that she had finally
When she reached the main road, she took a bus back to. The hotel, but she could not remain in the hotel all day. She did not want to disappoint her father who was waiting for his son to return and she made up her mind to find Louis single-handedly after what had happened she did not want anyone life’s to be in danger. But she missed meeting him just for a week so she decided to come back again as she was sure to find out something the next day and try to find out where Louis had gone. Over her solitary, she watched the revolving doors, her heart sinking in disappointment. Each time they revealed an unknown phase, it was easy to understand why big cities were considered such lonely places. At six, she went out because she could not bear to sit watching any longer, and on the first corner, she bumped into Gale. He was alone and he gave her a searching look as they came face to face. “I have been parking the car,” He explained. “What luck did you have Darcy?” She shook her head beca
"You once said.......,” she repeated determinedly, “that I would never admit love till it became the dominant emotion in my life, outgrowing everything else. She raised misty eyes to his and the shining quality behind her tears could be mistaken. “It’s like that now, Gale,” she said. “I love you. If you want to go back to Ireland or Paris wherever you go take me with you!”" “We can go to Ireland, Cannes, Paris or any part of the world but on our honeymoon,” he told her. She pressed her face hard against the roughness of his coat, ashamed of those days when her love had not been as sure as his. After all, Darcy lived in a happy dream where her family and her family business were still precious but not the centre of her universe. There had always been other interests in her life, of course, and her family might have been something of an obsession, but now she saw herself lucky enough to possess so many things the greatest of which was love. Gale wrapped his arms around her and captu
“Well the party was in full swing and I happened to take pictures of the beautiful gowns worn by the celebrities and models to show to my designers so that they could get some inspiration but all of a sudden an angry female who was wearing the most beautiful mask was looking at me angrily as I was about to click her picture and for a moment I was distracted by her beautiful sparkling eyes and forgot to take her picture. “You, what do you think you are doing?” She spoke angrily and she pointed her fingers at me. Darcy who was listening to his narrative was somehow shaken to the core and she tried to think about the time three years back when she had participated in the backstage party wearing her winning mask and said the same thing to the masked guy who was looking at her intently. She looked at Gale in confusion but Gale chose to ignore her and continued. “I was too busy looking at her and was amused at her outburst, she was so feisty and even with the mask she looked like a diva.
Rachael came to the office in search of Louis that afternoon and Darcy thought that she looked unhappy, in spite of the fact that her romance with Louis was spreading like wildfire all around Michigan. She was running after Louis like a woman head over heels for him and Louis being an extrovert was trying hard to give his best to the only women who would scold and love him at the same time but the most important part was she never judged him for what he had done in the past and accepted him with his flaws making it utterly impossible for Louis to resist her and fall madly in love with her. Darcy,” she exclaimed, “why are people so difficult? Especially the people one loves most!” “Because you can’t let go of loving them, I suppose. Other people don’t count so much. Can I help you with anything Rachael?” She thought that the trouble with her little brother was over ages ago and she had already decided that Rachael could manage Louis better than her and she had shown by her actions i
Darcy did not know what to think. “Louis,” she begged, “don’t say anything about this just now. It might only worry Mrs Harris needlessly. Let's leave it till Gale can deal with it himself." “Which I don’t think will be very long,” Louis said as the old guard came down the stairs. “He’s had a miraculous escape, hope he recovers fast.” Gale”s recovery took longer than they expected. It was two weeks before he was up and about again and a full month before he went back to the mill. In these days Louis became his constant companion, carrying his orders to the company and generally supervising the working of the factory during his absence. In the circumstances. Louis thought Darcy should stay at the office to help. It was a strange thing, but Louis never mentioned the break-in at the office again. The lock was repaired on the assumption that the CEO had forced the door, and that was that, but Darcy felt that there had been a note of satisfaction in her brother’s voice when he had info
“Dr James?” she asked when she finally got through. “Can you come to our company at once?” She was amazed at the calmness of her voice while her heart thumped so hard in the stillness. “There’s been an accident. It’s Mr Harris. He seems to have fallen down the stairs and can’t move his leg.” Her voice trailed off and no further words of explanation would come. She heard the doctor’s answer as if it came from some immeasurable distance, but she knew that he had assured her that he would be there as soon as he could with the ambulance. She did not think that Gale was going to die, nor did she tell herself that he might be seriously injured, crippled perhaps for life. She felt numbed, but conscious, too, of having achieved something, a kind of victory which love could accept. If it was even the victory over her old bitterness, she believed that it would be enough. When the doctor arrived she was waiting beside the curiously wrapped figure on the ground, and the doctor and his help gave
“The debt is high,” Victor growled. “You never be able to pay such a huge amount of debt after what your sister has done. If only you two had done more for the company, things might have been a lot different.” The remark was hardly justified and Melvin knew it. Victor had never really considered them and his generosity with money had been largely to satisfy his ego. A show of affluence had always pleased him and it raised his prestige in Michigan. He had been quite never satisfied with his Money and he firmly believed, money was the only power, and it had been a great shock to him to find himself virtually without it. Melvin knew all these things about his father and he also knew that Victor had realised that signing the contract to sell his company had been foolish of him. Melvin had tried to retrieve it by directly approaching Gale without any success, so there was only one other way for it. He knew enough about the factory and had laid his plans carefully, and when he walked down
And that's what happened, Amy Whiteman was just his girlfriend in name so no one questioned her after the incident and before the matter could be escalated any further she had already escaped abroad. When she found out that Louis had gone abroad, Amy wasn’t happy as she knew Louis was smart and would do something to stand on his feet. But Shelly was still in Michigan and as she met Darcy regularly she knew about Louis’ whereabouts through her. So when Darcy had told her one day that Louis was in Budapest, she hired an investigator to investigate his whereabouts but somehow Louis came to know about it and escaped. After that Louis was very secretive about his whereabouts and Darcy hardly knew where he was but finally, she was able to take out information from Darcy about his whereabouts and she informed Amy Whiteman about it. Amy told them that she loved money and she knew that Louis was earning well working in the sculpture factory so she found out his whereabouts and start
But as soon as I turned fifteen everything changed as I had a huge crush on Maria remember the girl who had come in between the semesters to our school. She was so innocent that I fell head over heels for her and I knew that I could not continue being with Shelly any more. Although Shelly pleasured my body very well. I couldn’t continue doing whatever I had with her as she was older than me and was dating a lot of guys behind my back. I felt cheated and disgusted so I had already decided to stay away from her but when I met Maria I fell in love with her and we started dating secretly I avoided Shelly for a year till I turned sixteen and lost my virginity to Maria. I was very happy to have a secret girlfriend as Maria had troubles at home and did not want anyone to know about our relationship. We continued to enjoy each other’s company and for the first time, I felt so comfortable with her. But soon Shelly caught us right-handed in the locker room and made it impossible for Maria
“All of you wait and watch I will sue you for harassing me without any proof.” She shouted angrily. “Oh …so pointing a gun at us wearing a mask and trying to kill us is not a crime? Right, that's what you think.” Rachel spoke confidently pointing her fingers at Shelly. “Shut up you little bitch, I was just playing around trying to make you scared. I wasn’t planning to kill you at all. Why are you assuming things? Gale your sister has gone mad.” Shelly tried to defend herself shamelessly by mocking Rachel. But Rachel wasn’t listening as she had seen the truth right in front of her, she was so angered by Shelley’s declaration that she came forward and gave her a tight slap. Gale knew her sister was short-tempered so he came forward and pulled Rachel back towards him.“It’s OK Rachel calm down. We know what she has done and nothing she says will prevent her from going to jail.” The police chief who was listening to all the conversation going on between them finally spok