CHAPTER 691: CHAPTER 691: HOIST WITH ONE’S OWN PETARD

Sharon Lancaster was disgusted by Heidi Leighton earlier, and now seeing her take a major fall, she immediately sneered and mocked her.

She looked at Heidi Leighton and said with a laugh, "This is hilarious, what do you call this? Trying to steal the spotlight and ending up in a mess, some people really want to outshine others but didn’t expect to stumble, huh? Mrs. Zhou had a severe allergic reaction earlier. You better not bring out those fake goods to embarrass yourself anymore!"

Heidi Leighton heard Sharon’s words, her face turned ashen, body unsteady.

The constant stares from the surrounding guests felt like countless sharp arrows piercing her, making her feel as if she were being publicly humiliated without clothes.

With a pitiable expression on her face, she stammered, "I’m sorry, I... I don’t know why this happened. Our department’s designer said these jewelry items were made with special materials. I didn’t expect them to cause such a reaction in Mrs. Zhou."

Sharon wouldn’t let her off, sneering coldly, "Oh, it wasn’t intentional, you just made Mrs. Zhou have such a severe allergic reaction. If it were intentional, wouldn’t that be taking her life?"

Heidi Leighton had nothing to say, she could only lower her head and accept everyone’s contempt.

In her heart, she hated that designer to death, deciding to fire her immediately once she got back!

No, this wouldn’t be enough to quell her anger. She should make that designer compensate for all her losses!

Justin Leighton, seeing Heidi mess up, felt both disappointed and helpless, could only step in to smooth things over.

He took a step forward, sternly rebuking, "Heidi, what’s going on with you? You don’t do design work; those necklaces weren’t designed by you, right? Were you deceived by designers under you, causing this misunderstanding? Such carelessness, you’d better be more careful in the future!"

Justin’s words first reprimanded Heidi and then informed everyone that Heidi herself doesn’t design, she was deceived by designers, even the mishap wasn’t her fault.

Upon hearing Justin’s words, Heidi immediately understood.

With a face full of grievance, she sobbed, "Dad, I don’t know what happened either. I asked the designers to make anti-allergic jewelry, not expecting them to deceive me. It’s my negligence in management; I’ll certainly deal with them properly when I get back."

"You caused such a scene today, hurry up and apologize to Old Madam Lancaster!" Justin seized the opportunity to say.

As long as Heidi received Old Madam Lancaster’s forgiveness, today’s issue could be resolved.

Old Madam Lancaster probably wouldn’t want her banquet disrupted, certainly wouldn’t pursue the matter further; if the host isn’t concerned, no one else would persist.

Heidi heard Justin’s words, and immediately walked over to Old Madam Lancaster.

She sincerely said, "Ma’am, I’m very sorry, I just wanted to take this opportunity to promote the Nia brand, it was also to boost our sales."

Old Madam Lancaster wouldn’t fuss over it, but now she had completely lost favor with Heidi.

She felt Heidi had too many small schemes and liked to show off, not the type of granddaughter-in-law she preferred, especially compared to the low-key Nina Sinclair.

"Alright, seeing that it wasn’t deliberate, let’s leave it at that, but since Mrs. Zhou’s condition is so severe, you’ll have to cover all her medical expenses!"

Heidi wouldn’t dare refuse, she immediately nodded and said, "Yes, I understand."

Up to this point, Heidi couldn’t continue to press forward.

She quietly stepped back, trying to minimize her presence.