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Monica nodded with a smile on her face, “Yes, she did.”
“That’s great. We’ve suffered enough from her. Today, she’s going to taste our wrath. It’s a pity she’s about to be wear a LUMINOUS brand, when I myself don’t have any.”
Monica nodded happily, “Don’t worry Gabby, mummy will get you a dress from
LUMINOUS after her reputation is ruined.”
Gabriella was overjoyed, she clung to Monica and hugged tightly, “Thank you mum.”
“You’re welcome baby, get ready Oriana will be here any moment, the show is about to begin!”
Gabriella returned to get friends. One of her friend’s asked, “Gabriella, I heard you bought a LUMINOUS princess. dress. Why don’t you change into it? We wanna have a look.”
“Yes, Gabriella, the dress must be so pretty.” Another concurred.
Gabriella laughed, “Don’t worry, I’ll change to it soon.”
Pearl pulled Gabriella’s hand and said, “Look, Oriana is coming down.”
Oriana really was descending the stairs. She was wearing the LUMINOUS dress. She looked really stunning and elegant in the pink princess dress.
The hall which was filled with chatters suddenly became silent, as all eyes were fixated on Oriana.
Gabriella tugged on her fist. Although it was plan for her to wear the dress. She still wished that Oriana would suddenly disappear.
Monica stared at Oriana viciously. It was as though the dress was made with Oriana’s measurements.
Oriana wasn’t just beautiful but she was alluring. If she wasn’t sent off to the orphanage, she would have been. amongst the socialite in L.A.
Monica stepped forward and held Oriana’s little hands affectionately, “Oriana, you’ve changed your dress. Come, let me introduce you to some friends. Hold on, why is your dress so familiar? Isn’t this the princess dress that Gabriella is meant to wear tonight?”
Oriana did not look surprised. She knew the big show was about to be begin.
Gabriella stared at Oriana with wide eyes, “Oriana, why are you wearing my princess dress? Today’s my birthday, right? This LUMINOUS princess dress is a birthday gift from my mother…”
Pearl quickly added, “Oriana, you’re going too far! Today’s Gabriella’s birthday, why did you steal her dress?” Gabriella’s friends knew that she had a LUMINOUS princess dress which she was going to change into. So they begun whispering amongst themselves.
“What’s wrong with this Oriana girl? Was she trying to steal Gabriella’s clothes just to show off? That’s too selfish!” One muttered.
“I heard she just returned from the orphanage, I’m certain she couldn’t get her eyes off the dress. Hence, she stole it. What a shame!”
The stares fixated on Oriana were now unpleasant. Patrick walked over to them. After the previous incident, he really didn’t want any more drama that’ll embarrass him.
He glared at Oriana and reprimanded in a low voice, “Oriana, Today is Gabriella’s birthday right? Why do you want to steal her dress? You really have zero education. Hurry up and go change upstairs. And please, don’t come downstairs until the party is over.”
Gabriella blinked her eyelashes severally as though she was about to cry. “Dad, please forgive her. After all, Oriana and I are sisters. If you want, I could give the dress to her.”
As she spoke, two drops of tears had rolled down her cheeks.
All the ladies and socialites glowered at Oriana with contempt.
“Gabriella’s too kind. If it were me, she must pull off the dress!” A voice sounded.
“Yes, absolutely!”
The scene unfolded just as Monica had contrived. A satisfactory smirk appeared on her face. “Oriana, why don’t you go upstairs for a while…”
Oriana who had been silence the entire time suddenly furrowed her brows and muttered,
“This dress is mine and not Gabriella’s.”
Her words seemed to have ignited an uproar in the crowd. Monica had a bad feeling and quickly said, “Oriana, no need to argue. Let’s go upstairs.”
Oriana gazed at the floor, and with a bit of grievance she added, “The dress isn’t from
LUMINOUS it’s just an imitation.”
Imitation?
Almost all the guest were fans of LUMINOUS. A lady immediately stepped forward to verify the truth in Oriana’s words by checking the logo on the zip.
“This dress is really…a high quality imitation.” The lady came to a conclusion.
What!
Monica and Gabriella’s felt like their souls had just left them. Gabriella hastily moved forward and asked in disbelief, “Are you sure?”
“The LUMINOUS logo has an eagle sign. But this one, just as you can see, the bird really isn’t an eagle.” The lady explained showing the zip to Gabriella.
The crowded gazed at each other, “It turns out Oriana really didn’t wear Gabriella’s dress.
But, why’s she wearing a fake dress?”
“Today’s Gabriella’s birthday. Ma called to inform me, to dress beautifully. But I didn’t have any beautiful dress, so I just spent the last cash I had in purchasing from a fake brand. I know what I did was wrong, but I just wanted attending my sister’s birthday party.” She explained in the lowest of tone, with her head bowed.
“Dad, I didn’t want to embarrass you. I just wanted blending in after all these years.” Her low pitched voice cracked, as she wiped a tears off her eyes.
Oriana’s emotional words instantly turned the situation around.
“What’s really going on? It seem Patrick doesn’t love this Oriana girl.” Someone muttered.
“Look at Gabriella crying as though she’s the victim, whereas, Oriana is the real victim.”
Another chipped in.
“It’s Monica that should be blamed! Why couldn’t she also buy Oriana a dress. Is it because she isn’t her biological daughter?”
The situation had swiftly changed direction. Monica really was caught off guard. She wasn’t aware that the Luminous dress she bought was fake!
Patrick yet again felt embarrassed. He stood shamefully with his hands in his pocket.
Monica and Gabriella stared defeatedly at Oriana. And yet again Oriana had outsmarted them.
Monica being a veteran actress knew she had to salvage the situation and save her already soiled reputation. She swallowed her pride and pulled Oriana’s hand, “Oriana we’re sorry. It really is our fault…”
She took the initiative and admitted that she was wrong. If Oriana forgave her, then the situation would most likely.
cool off.
Oriana understood the blackmailing game that Monica was trying play.
“I’ll just leave.” Oriana muttered and honorably left the party.
Monica’s froze as she watched Oriana exist the hall. She wasn’t just furious but greatly upset!
On exiting the party hall. Oriana brought her phone. She turned on her WiFi and her phone beeped indicating messages from her chatting app.
“Did you ruin the event?” North had sent.
“Yes, I did!” Oriana responded..
North and Oriana were really best of friends.
When Oriana returned to LA. She had requested North to watch over Monica’s activities.
Monica had used some connections to purchase the LUMINOUS dress.
Oriana glanced at the time. Gabriella’s birthday party was to end soon. Although she wasn’t aware of what Monica had planned, she had already asked North to replace
Monica’s order with an imitation.
North was one of the hottest actresses in the entertainment industry. She featured both in global and national productions.
Popular brands didn’t hesitate to endorse her to their companies. She was the global model of LUMINOUS, and the first to launch their products yearly. So it was quite easy for her to change Monica’s order.
As she was planning to return the message, Oriana heard a footsteps behind her and then saw a handsome figure walked beside her. It was Derrick Domino!
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