Chapter 39 – On the Catwalk

The Grand Sea Hotel in the evening was extraordinarily luxurious under the influence of the lighting.

Bella stood in the entry. She wore a white shirt and a simple black skirt. As she stood there, she drew a deep breath in then stepped through the threshold.

Tonight, would not be a peaceful night.

The show was being held on the second floor of the Grand Sea Hotel.

When Bella arrived, the guests had gathered, drinking, and talking. Everyone, there was dressed in luxurious clothes with heavy makeup, and they had their roles.

Bella’s face was bare, it had no makeup on, her complexion was white and translucent, she was naturally proficient. Although the clothes she wore were simple, Charles Williams’ only chose clothes that were high-end brands, which were also from the hands of famous designers.

Her appearance was very outstanding. Otherwise, Martin Smith would not have given her a second glance. Currently, no makeup was more notable in the crowd than the women with heavy makeup.

Even some men with wine glasses had come up to her.

“Miss, you look familiar.” A young man came over and wondered. “This is Lynn Sanders’ sister, the star of the nude picture scandal.” He smiled at her undignifiedly and said. “I studied all your nude pictures carefully, wow, what an amazing figure you have!”

Good, fantastic! This was probably one of the purposes that Lynn called me here. To let me be humiliated and mocked in public.

Bella Brook clenched her fist tightly, and her eyes showed annoyance.

It was unnecessary to be afraid of “fake news.”

Directly she ignored the aggressive man in front of her, Bella went straight into the crowd and continuously called “Lynn Sanders.”

It was hard to get through the sea of people, and then she spotted her mother in the crowd.

“Mum.” Bella hurriedly greeted her. Bess Brook wore the same dress she wore the last time they attended one of the Grand Sea Hotel events. The wound on her face had healed. She covered the scar near her ear with hair, it looked somewhat fashionable.

When they approached each other, the crowd of people around them all looked with disgust. Everyone’s eyes were staring. It was as if they were grading them, the brazen eyes shone on their backs.

Bella casually grabbed her mother’s hand and walked her to the side of the room, her voice groaned, “Mum, how could you come to this place. Lynn Sanders is terrible for you.”

“It doesn’t matter. I, I just came to see the show.” Bess was nervous, and tried to calm herself down with a deep breath and a smile, “Why did you come? Aren’t you busy with work?”

“You came, can I not come?” Bella sighed and grabbed her mother’s hand again. “Mum, let’s go. You’ve shown up, and Len Sanders has gotten what he wants if he plans to threaten you more.”

Bess blurted out, “How do you know that he threatened me?” Then she calmed herself and smiled. “Yes, I am nervous, I am afraid that our home will be destroyed again.”

“Mum, we should call the police. He is more concerned about his status now, and he will not dare to do that once he is arrested.”

“We cannot do that.” The face of Bess Brook became very unsightly. She was always gentle to Bella, but when she mentioned the police at all, Bess would immediately get angry.

Bella saw that her mom was distraught, and so she quickly said, “Okay, okay. Mum, I’m sorry. I will not repeat it. Don’t be angry. Let’s go. It’s not a good idea to stay here.”

“Wait.” Bess Brook regained her warm appearance. “I, I promised to watch Lynn Sanders’s show.”

“Right, your mother promised to see my very first show.” Lynn swayed over the arm of Martin Smith.

She wore her hair in curls and a glittering ruby necklace around her tender white neck. A snow-white tube top that had a large hole in the chest which revealed much of the lines of her breasts.

Martin wore a 3 piece white suit, so visibly they dressed to match. Charles Williams had always loved to wear white, but his suits were several times more expensive than Martin’s.

“Charles Williams did not accompany you today?” Martin Smith’s hands were broken the last time they met. So, everything he said sounded spiteful. Even though his heart pounded at the delicate appearance of Bella.

Bella looked at him coldly and with contempt. “Why would Charles Williams appear on this occasion? Do you think he would come to watch your first show just because it’s his hotel?” She sneered, “Even if I didn’t know anything about it. I know that Charles Williams’ attendance is worth more than any of the domestic stars. He is not stupid. After all, it costs nothing to rent a place like this for him. Would he care about customers like you?”

If Charles had appeared, it meant that Williams Group recognized the BD brand, and it would cause the acceptance of the BD brand by the aristocratic circle. This was more useful than any advertisement campaign.

Martin Smith became furious, so Lynn quickly grabbed him and smiled at Bella. “The show is about to start. Bella, Bess, please sit over there.” As she pulled Martin’s hand, she said gently, “Let’s go to the back and watch my show.”

Her eyes swept to the ceiling, verifying that a camera was situated on them.

Bella had no interest in watching the show, but Bess pulled her to the spot and sat down with her. “It doesn’t matter, we will leave as soon as it’s over.” Her hand clutched her bag tightly. She seemed paranoid.

Martin was determined to support Lynn. Most the models that came tonight wore masks except for Lynn Sanders, and occasionally there were a few who just had their face painted to bring out some unique features. Suddenly all the lights were dimmed, and the spotlight hit the T formed walkway, bringing a pretty figure into it.

“This is the new finale this year, it’s called ‘first love.’”

Then, as the host explained, Lynn Sanders walked along the runway in quite the dress. The spotlight moved with her.

She wore a white sling dress with a bright yellow organza skirt on the top. It was slightly playful, it didn’t scream ‘first love’ though. On the contrary, the length was just below the buttocks and said something more like ‘first lust,’ though it was very sexy.

When Lynn Sanders finished walking, she stood on the runway as the crowd applauded.

Bess Brook snuck away from Bella during that applause. Bella was shocked her mother would just up and leave her like that, so she followed her quietly.

As Bess stood in front of the elevator, she looked around nervously and kept glancing down at her phone.

Bella saw her get on the elevator and quickly followed, she watched the elevator stop on the seventh floor and then slowly go back down, Bess obviously got off on the seventh floor.

What was she going to do?