Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Chapter 1186

Before Esther's rumors settled down, another problem popped up.

A video was shared online, taken from a weird angle. It showed Esther telling off a woman in a shop, and the latter appeared to be upset, as if she was being picked on.

As soon as it was shared, people started talking about it.

[I never thought Esther would do something like this.]

[She seems nice on the outside but turns out to be a bully.]

[Did you hear what she said? Would anyone say that to a nice, quiet person?]

[She's been faking it the whole time.]

[That's it, I'm not her fan anymore.]

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Esther didn't expect the woman to record their argument and started to panic.

She arrived at the office and found Pearl looking at some documents. Seeing Esther's worried face, Pearl asked, "What's got you so worked up?"

"It's all over the news today. That woman is twisting the story," Esther replied, frustrated that the woman was trying to make her look bad.

"We'll just turn it back on her," Pearl suggested.

"How?" Esther was curious

"Just wait and see," Pearl said with a confident smile.Property © of NôvelDrama.Org.

And true to her word, that afternoon, a longer version of the video was posted. It showed the woman throwing a tantrum and being rude to Esther.

The people who had criticized Esther that morning suddenly changed their tune.

[I knew Esther couldn't be like that. It looks like she was the one being bullied.]

[She's been in the public eye for four years without any scandals, so why would she start now?]

[Maybe she's just had good PR, but they slipped up this time.]

[Get out of here, hater!]

Esther was in Pearl's office, eating honeydew melon and watching a movie, when she found out. She was so surprised she nearly jumped.

"You're amazing, Pearl. I knew you could handle this."

Pearl simply nodded and said, "That's not all. We're going to make her regret it even more."

"How?"

Pearl got up from her seat, stretched, and messed up Esther's hair playfully. "Just watch."

Esther decided it was best to let Pearl handle things.

Shortly after the video was released, another announcement spread quickly online. All the fashion brands

had come together to announce that the woman was no longer welcome in their stores.

She was banned from the whole fashion industry. If she wanted clothes, she'd have to get someone else to shop for her, because she wouldn't be allowed in any store.