"Your time is over...MY DEAR BEST FRIEND." Lalith muttered under her hot breath.
"Hey" a joyful voice sounded from behind her.
The intense emotion she had in her eyes subsided and she smiled a bit. Titling her head she found a red head girl standing next to her .Shether, her super loyal friend cum colleague, her college desk mate in abroad and the only genuine person who cares for her.
"So? Are we ready?" Resting her hands on Lalith shoulder Shether said with a mysterious smile.
Lalith nodded then gestured her to look at the front. Shether looked ahead and in a seconds cursed.
"What a bitch or should I call her fake queen." Shether's hatred can be felt by her words. "Lalith I told you not to trust her. But you.... Baby, Not every friendship gets deeper with time. So what if she was your childhood friend. Look at her, how see is enjoying the fruit of your hard work."
Lalith who was also looking at the same, deepened her gaze. Lalith was thinking of the time in her childhood and her honest friend and lost the kindness in her.
She was aware of the consequences because of the plan that she decided on. Thinking that people really change, she removed the slight emotion and hesitation she felt for her that friend.
"She can enjoy all she want. Anyways , everything will be changed in few moments. So let her enjoy first. Ohh and the higher a person falls from, the more injuries he gets." Lalith smirked.
The girl in the center of the crowd feeling the intense gaze also felt uncomfortable and saw three person standing near the elevator. A slight fear emerged in her eyes but thinking that someone was backing her up, she felt relived.
The CEO of the Sebiac fashion industries, miss Rosella arrived just before the meeting and seeing her everyone entered the meeting room hurriedly. Walking past Lalith, Rosella entered followed by the three of them.
Taking her seat , Rosella looked up with a blank face then gazed at everyone present in the room . When she reached at Lalith, she suddenly smiled before looking away.
"Good morning everyone, I hope you are aware of today's meet up. So let me remind myself first. Miss assistant!." She called for her assistant. Rosella was reaching fifty but looked as if just thirty something in her age. She inherited the Sebiac by her mother, so she knows the industry quite well.
Standing up from behind her assistant nodded in the form of greeting before doing what she was told.
"According to the rules the contract, the person who wins the World's highest meet of designers, can be promoted to the vice ceo position, only lower than the ceo and worked untill the next meet up." She said before bowing to Rosella then sitting on her seat.
"As you all know who won, so without waiting let's call her to sign the document." Rosella gestured her assistant to give the file. Taking the file she looked at Windy, yes Windy. Windy was Lalith's childhood friend. Who betrayed her by stealing her design then drugged her.
While looking at Windy, Rosella parted her lips, seeing that her name was going to called out . Windy stood up with a smile;
"Lalith" Rosella called out before retreating her gaze to look at Lalith.
Windy who was almost stood up with a smirk looked at Rosella then Lalith in shocked expression. An unsettling feeling emerged in Windy's heart.
"Mam, I think you don't know who was winner of the meet up. It's me, not Lalith." Windy said in a convincing tone.
"You?" Rosella chuckled then gazed at Lalith who still sitting there silently with a smile. "Have you seen your design or have I not seen your design? To think that you won , it's pretty courageable." Rosella taunted.
"Miss Rosella, it's true Windy won ." One of Windy's follower present there said and the others also backed up.
Rosella who was facing these people, gazed at them as she was looking at the fools. She was aware of the situation, so before saying anything she looked at Lalith. Lalith nodded at Rosella in a form of agreeing.
"Oh really, have you all not seen your phones before coming to the meeting. A notification I sent to everyone ten minutes beforehand and that is the screenshot of email I received this morning by the world's best designer meet up organisation." Rosella said as matter of fact. Making everyone hurriedly took out their phones. Even windy taken out her phone too. Only Lalith and Shether was sitting there without moving.
Taking out her phone, windy looked at the message and seconds after seconds, shock filled her eyes. At the end of screenshot there was a sign of one of the world's best designer Aster. Making it genuine and right. Windy slumped in her chair.
"Now, what are your thoughts everyone." Rosella called everyone out making them realise that all were still looking at their phones and was makeing sure they were seeing right.