Go After My Ex-wife
Chapter 292 Apologize to Her

The head of the security guards trotted over and saluted Belle, asking respectfully, "Miss Morris, what is happening?"

Belle just got here not long ago. She could sense that it had something to do with Lexie's gown, but did not know exactly what had happened. She turned to Rosa and asked, "Rosa, what was going on exactly?"

"Go back to your work. It's not a big deal. I just taught a snob a lesson." Rosa waved them away with a domineering manner. "All you need to do is ensure guests' safety and property security, not including women's fight. Go away."

With Rosa's order, the security guards soon left.

Hanna cried even louder. She pointed at Belle and yelled, "Bitch! You've been nursing a grudge since you were driven out of the Harvey Mansion. Now you envy Miss Johnson's relationship with Mr. Harvey and incite them to bully Miss Johnson. You even make them hit me! I'm going to tell Miss Johnson. She will not let you off this time!"

Being rebuked by Hanna for no reason really irritated Belle. However, she could tell the fuss was not as simple as it seemed. She became worried. She was just about to ask Rosa and Hattie when someone preempted her behind, "What's going on?"

Belle span around with astonishment. Calvin, with his face darkening, came into sight.

Hearing Calvin's words, Hanna knelt up hurriedly, with one hand covering her face, the other clutching her stomach. "Mr. Harvey! They ranged against Miss Johnson. Look at the gown ruined by them! Miss Johnson is still waiting for it in the lounge. They refused to have the gown cleaned and even hit me! Mr. Harvey, please help Miss Johnson and me. Justice must be done." Hanna wept.

Calvin's eyes swept around the place. "Is that so?" he asked Belle with a scowl.

Unfortunately, Belle had no idea what had happened. She got stuck on the question.

"You took the lead in making trouble on your first day of managing affairs here. Are you trying to humiliate the Harvey family?" Calvin sulked, asking in a cold tone.

"What?" Belle cringed and didn't what to do.

"Go somewhere else. Why not stroll around the Fantastic Garden on the Central Island? There are generous gifts waiting for you. It's just a small incident here. Don't waste your time watching the fuss." Calvin said to the onlookers around in a husky voice.

People knew that once Calvin intervened personally in incidents, there would be nothing interesting they could see. Soon, the crowd dispersed.

"All of you come with me," Calvin ordered, his eyes sweeping across their faces.

With that, he turned to walk towards his office in the Ink Garden.

Hattie and Rosa exchanged glances. Hattie had never seen Calvin being this stern before. Uncomfortable as she was, she followed Calvin involuntarily.

Hanna was willing to follow as she wanted justice.

Calvin's look was scary. Belle was afraid that the situation would go ill with Rosa. After all, Rosa wasn't a Harvey. But Hattie was Calvin's cousin, Paige's relative. Calvin couldn't treat her badly.

Calvin's words made Belle feel painful. She decided to go with him to figure out the situation. The four of them all looked downhearted along the way.

Arriving at the office, Calvin brought the other three in and left Belle waiting outside. "You stay outside," he said.

Belle had no choice but to wait outside, worriedly. From inside, she could vaguely hear Hanna weeping, Rosa refuting, later, Hattie begging. It made her even more worried. Pacing up and down anxiously outside the office, Belle had a sense of foreboding that it might have something to do with her.

After more than an hour, the door was opened.

Hanna held her head high as if she had got what she wanted. She gave Belle a snort before she walked away.

And Rosa looked aggrieved. She walked out in low spirits.

Surprisingly, Hattie slouched out, looking downcast, not as high-spirited as before she had got into the office.

Before Belle could ask them about something, Calvin called her, "Belle, come in."

Belle looked at Hattie and Rosa, feeling perturbed and perplexed. Even so, she got in with all the composure she could muster.

Calvin was sitting behind the desk with a solemn expression. After Belle came in, he looked her up and down, with a suggestion of mystery in his eyes.

Belle was sent into a tizzy by Calvin's gaze. She moved closer and ask in a low voice, "Calvin, what happened?"

Calvin drank water unhurriedly, with his hand turning a pen. He didn't say anything.

The gown lying on the desk was just a pile of rags now. It was ruined beyond recognition.

Belle stared at the gown and associated it with life. A person gets all the attention when he is at his best. Once he is down, everyone hit him. By then, he will be a nonentity. "Was it intentional?" After a long interval, Calvin started to ask, sullen.

"Did you make them do this?"

"Is that what you want?"

Calvin fired questions at Belle without mercy.

Belle was rendered dumbfounded. What did he mean?

She could tell from the gloomy look on Calvin's face it was serious. But she didn't know what to say now.

Calvin stared at her, looking dreadful.

"I don't get it," Belle uttered after pausing for a while. It had nothing to do with her. But from Calvin's questions, things were all set by her. Belle was aggrieved.

"You don't? Well, go ask Hattie and Rosa. I'm waiting here." Calvin stood up confidently and said coldly as if he knew it was set by Belle.

Belle was forced willy-nilly to ask Hattie and Rosa. After she got out, she found them sulking sitting on a sofa.

Belle made some inquiries patiently and found the truth. Rosa had told Hattie about the news of Calvin's engagement to Lexie. Hattie was puzzled and went to Calvin for an answer. But Calvin told her to stay out of this. On the other hand, Lexie became even more arrogant at the welcoming dinner. Even Hanna became disgustingly arrogant. Hattie and Rosa couldn't stand them and decided to help Belle teach Lexie a lesson by humiliating her.

At the welcoming dinner, Lexie took away Belle's job, leaving Belle with nothing to do but retreat to the lounge. Thus, Belle didn't have the chance to join Hattie and Rosa.

When Rosa had to preside over the banquet with Lexie, Rosa was almost driven crazy.

Lexie kept seeking the limelight and threw all the troublesome work to her. What was worse, Lexie sneered at Rosa for a few times on the stage, which was really humiliating.

The last time Lexie went on the stage, Hattie applied an ugly duckling sticker to her gown at the back and also spilled some tomato sauce on the gown. After that, when Lexie turned to go off the stage, she heard roars of laughter behind her. After she figured out what had happened, she got furious and clamored to drive Hattie out of the banquet. Rosa was even madder. She stomped at Lexie's gown and Lexie almost tripped up. This caused the latter to fly into a rage. Seeing this, Hattie and Rosa sneaked away immediately.

Lexie howled with anger and reported it to Tristan. Tristan called Calvin over, demanding him with a stern air to give serious treatment.

Lexie had to take off the gown and stay in the lounge, while Hanna took the gown to call Hattie and Rosa to account. That was how the fuss began.

Now Belle knew the whole story. But this whole thing brought her nothing but a headache. The two young ladies taught Lexie a lesson for her. That was ridiculous!

Belle was angry yet helpless.

She was filled with dread at the thought of Calvin's sulky look. Anyhow, she had to brace herself and went back to the office.

Calvin was leafing through an account book, poker-faced. He didn't even look up at Belle when she came in again.

"Umm... Calvin, I did not know about this thing. It had nothing to do with me." She stared at him while he was being standoffish to her. She tried to think of a reason to excuse Hattie and Rosa for doing that. Then, Calvin snorted and frowned, "You want to pass the buck?"

Belle almost choked on her mouth water on hearing the question. She tried hard to calm down.

"What do you want? I didn't know about it." she retorted, sullen. Hattie and Rosa had wanted to teach Lexie a lesson for Belle. But that was not what Belle wanted. Besides, Lexie had gone too far, indeed. Her temper was part of the reason why she got into trouble. Being selfish and overweening would just incur trouble. Everyone knew Lexie's evil deeds. Calvin shouldn't blame her for this fuss. What Calvin should do now was persuade her to change herself, instead of blaming others.

Calvin threw away the book in his hand, and approached Belle until Belle was cornered against a wall. He gazed at Belle and fired away coldly, "Don't you try to muddle through. It's not that easy. You know better than anyone what had happened between us. Why should they solve the problem for you? Was I the one who refused to marry? What kind of grievance are you nursing? Why don't you tell them the truth? You want to make them feel pity for you and mess around during the event. I'm telling you that as long as I'm here, don't you even think about it! Besides, you were entrusted with managing affairs here. And that's how you manage things? Answer my questions."

With a barrage of questions to answer, Belle couldn't attend to her temper now.

"What do you want then?" she asked with doubt.

"What do I want?" Calvin raised his eyebrow. A sneer flitted across his face. He spoke in a husky voice, "Apologize to Lexie, begging her to let it go."

Apologize? Belle screamed. How ridiculous! What had she done? Why did Calvin ask her to apologize?

That was going too far!