Begging For A Reconciliation
Chapter 120

Chapter 120

The incident at the Fashion Week garnered considerable media attention. Given that it was aprestigious worldwide event, the International Federation had to intervene and investigate the matter.The organization was efficient and was able to learn the ins and outs of the episode within a day. Aftercross checking against the recording evidence provided by Leah, they were certain that Becky was themain culprit. As punishment, she was informed that her Fashion Week competition results would becanceled and that she would be barred from participating in any fashion competition for the next tenyears. It was a career-ending move as she could not partake in any events relating to fashion.

This incident has had a far-reaching impact; not only did Becky become infamous, but it had alsoboosted Leah’s popularity. Everyone on social media was expressing their admiration for the latter.

“Is this Cindy, the famous and mysterious designer? She’s so beautiful and elegant.”

“Of course! She’s Mr. Crawford’s granddaughter after all. She comes from a prestigious family.”

“And she also has a sense of justice. If it’s not for her, Emma would have been wronged by Becky.”

“Cindy is extremely beautiful and powerful. I adore her so much!”

“Are you aware that she’s about to release a new set of jewelry? After hearing the news, manyprominent ladies approached her to pre-order.”

“If only I could be her, my life would be wonderful.”

Leah, who was envied by all, was currently nestled on the sofa. She sighed dejectedly as she held herversion of the design draft that had been changed dozens of times.

Serena walked over with a cup of coffee in her hand and sat herself opposite Leah. “Why are you stillamending it, Leah? This set of designs is awesome! The public is getting anxious and frustrated at thelong wait. When do you intend to unveil your new designs?”

Leah sighed and muttered, “I don’t think it’s good enough.”

Serena rolled her eyes and scoffed, “Stop nit-picking! I’m going to go crazy from their incessantquestioning if you refuse to unveil it soon.”

“I’m sorry,” Leah replied half-heartedly.

Serena decided not to harp on the matter any longer. Instead, she shifted the conversation to anothersubject. “I’m still interested in the volunteer teaching opportunity that your fiancée mentionedpreviously. How’s it going?”

“Why would a person born to a privileged background like you be interested in volunteer teaching?”Leah asked causally.

Serena shook her head and explained, “I have always read about such opportunities in the newspaper.I wish to experience it for myself. Moreover, my dad is constantly nagging me to return home andmarry. I refuse to return, so I need to keep myself occupied.”

Leah nodded her head in agreement. She knew that Serena was a mixed-blood and her father was areal estate tycoon from Melville. Although the Colemans were a wealthy family, they were lacking inpower. As a result, Serena’s father planned for her to marry a politician’s son. The two families werefavorable to the marriage, but Serena refused as she had someone else in mind. In addition, she wasnot one to give up her desires to please her father.

Suddenly, a phone call from Ian cut into the duo’s conversation.

“Sarah, I’ll come over to get you guys later for a meal with Sunny. There will also be other volunteerteachers present too,” Ian informed.

Leah replied, “All right.” After hanging up the call, she said to Serena, “What a coincidence! Ian calledto ask us to join them for a meal tonight.”

“I shall get dressed up then!” Serena said excitedly.

Leah rested her chin on her palm and said helplessly, “Please restrain a little. Unlike you, those peopleare conservative.” After Leah’s repeated persuasion, Serena reluctantly gave up wearing her sexy topand hot pants in favor of a figure-hugging dress.

The evening soon arrived and the vehicle pulled up outside the restaurant. Leah was wearing ashoulder-baring top and a black wide-leg pants. Coupled with her stiletto heels, she looked elegant yetclassy. Many patrons could not help but to steal a glance the moment the ladies entered the restaurant.Ian hurriedly ushered Leah and Serena to their seats, where Sunny and the other volunteer teacherswere already seated.

“I’m sorry for being late. The traffic was bad.” Ian smiled apologetically.

Sunny and the five volunteer teachers seated at the table turned their attention to the newly arrivedguests. The division between the two groups was obvious. The two female volunteer teachers worelight makeup and dressed simply, while the three male teachers had a down-to-earth demeanor. Leahand Serena’s appearance made Sunny and the gang felt uneasy. They hastily stood up and wavedtheir hands. “It’s all right. We just arrived.”

The waiter served the food after noticing that all of the guests had arrived. It was a four-star restaurantthat specialized in spicy numbing food. When Ian took Leah to the restaurant previously, shethoroughly enjoyed the food. Most of the volunteer teachers, however, were nervous because it wastheir first time visiting such a high-end restaurant.

“It has been two years since we last met, Ms. White. You were already so awesome previously. I was alittle surprised to learn that you are Cindy when I saw the news report.” Sunny shifted his glasses andgrinned at Leah.

The woman shook her head and replied abashedly, “I was just lucky.”

“It’s a strength to have luck on your side.” One of the male volunteer teachers interrupted. “I wasthinking about how envious I was of you yesterday. Little did I know that we will meet in person today.Hello, Ms. Cindy. I’m Bryan Foster, a Doctoral Candidate from Hudson University. I’m participating inthis round of volunteer teaching.”

“Hi everyone, I’m Sarah White,” Leah said politely.

“Sarah White? You belong to the White family? Two years ago, they…” One of the female volunteersfrowned and asked.

Sunny quickly interjected, “It’s been so long, let’s not talk about it.”

The woman bit her lip and tried to control her anger as she was annoyed by Sunny’s interruption.However, she noticed that Leah looked a little forlorn at the mention of the White family’s incident.

After a round of introduction, Sunny and the rest of the volunteers started sharing about their pastexpedition trips. Serena was amazed by their experiences and fielded many questions.

“Are you interested in joining us?” Bryan smiled and asked Serena. The woman noddedenthusiastically and replied, “Yes, I’m coming with her!”

“Well…” Sunny turned to Ian and asked after a moment of hesitation, “What about you Ian? Are youcoming along?”

Everyone’s attention was focused on Ian as they waited for his reply.