Chapter 9 Fans rage

After Richard's various persuasions, Derek finally decided to accompany Diane.

It was Richard's body after all, and it would not hurt to listen to the fellow once in a while, but he had to make sure that he followed the rules that the secretary listed, as he would not want to get into trouble with the Queen of their country. That was the same as signing a death certificate.

"You know I can hear you right?" Richard snorted at Derek's thought while the person just sighed, he was starting to get tired of the constant intrusion.

"Just power off already." Derek said out loud, rolling his eyes, but he did not hear Richard nag him as usual, it was so quiet.

"Richard?" Derek called out, wondering what could have happened and, after a bit of hesitation, "Power on." Derek said and immediately, Richard's nagging voice came back.

"I can't believe you shut me out, that was not cool at all." Richard complained feeling bitter, but Derek's face carried a weird smile on it before he headed out to go meet the people who were waiting for him anxiously in his parlor.

"You're here." The secretary said with relief and gestured to one of the men who nodded and looked at Derek's face, scrutinizing him closely, making Derek feel self-aware, "What is this about?" He asked, unable to keep mute any longer.

"He's just checking if you need anything else." The secretary stated as a matter of fact, "I'm a man, what else could I need apart from a suit?" Derek asked, feeling a little bit irritated at their behavior, it was just a launch party after all.

Sensing the irritation made the secretary hesitate for a while before she pulled out a watch, "Put this on then." The secretary instructed, pushing it into his hands.

"Your CEO treats me like I'm some pauper, in case you all have forgotten I'm the nation's prince, treating me like a poor man who has no clothes or accessories is quite demeaning." Derek stated coldly, although he had agreed to go along with them, this was getting a little bit out of hands.

The secretary's face changed hearing him say those words and laughed nervously, scratching the back of her neck, "I'm afraid you would have to say that to the CEO yourself, besides, I'm only doing my job." She said carefully, not wanting to offend the man before her, even if it meant throwing her boss under the bus.

Derek just gave a cold snort before leaving the room behind them as they headed into a car.

Due to the traffic, they got to the venue a little bit late and a spectacular scene was waiting for them on the red carpet.

When Diana arrived she stayed silently in her car while waiting for her escort to arrive as she was not ready to encounter anyone yet, she had done a bit of research on Richard and found out he was Angela's ex. She was guessing he would want to use this as an opportunity to get revenge on Angela, and she also called him because she could not deny the feeling of wanting to know more about him.

Reaching the venue, Angela was walking down the red carpet hands in hands with Joseph while putting on a shy smile.

Although it was just a dinner with a few people invited, it was a huge production after all with a lot of big shots coming, it was inevitable for the reporters not to come grace this occasion.

Angela kept on smiling at the camera when she spotted a familiar car in the corner of her eyes. It was Diana's car. Angela was able to recognize it because it was the same car that Diana had brought to the engagement.

Remembering her act the previous day, Angela secretly smirked before deciding to continue with her pity drawing act.

The reporters happily took pictures of the couple before them, while the fans who stood at the corner held their banners high, yelling out their support for Angela, when they noticed all of a sudden Angela started shrinking into Joseph's arms with a terrified look on her face as she gazed at a particular direction.

Even Joseph was shocked at that kind of reaction from her and turned to look at her wondering what was wrong and when he followed her gaze, he noticed the Rolls-Royce parked not too far from the area, his eyes immediately widened with realization, but he hid it as quickly as it came. He held Angela in his arms like he wanted to shield her from evil, making everyone wonder what was going on as they traced the couple's gaze to a Rolls-Royce not far from them, but it showed no sign of anyone coming down from it.

Angela felt pleased that Joseph went along with her acting, as she commended herself for being proactive. The only thing she needed to do was to get Diana out of the car and let her show her that although she was the Queen of the business world, She Angela Donald dominated the entertainment world.

She weakly stepped out of Joseph 'protection' and walked slowly to Diana's car, showing a bit of hesitation before knocking on the glass with excitement in her heart.

Angela could not wait to bring down Diana totally.

Diana frowned after hearing a knock on the window but after repeated knocks, she reluctantly wined the window down with a cold look on her face that even went colder as she saw Angela. She knew that the fellow was definitely up to no good. It could be seen through at a glance.

"Senior Diane." Angela greeted her, bowing down to Diana ninety degrees, causing the crowd to murmur as they recollected what Angela had said yesterday.

They could hardly believe that their goddess was being treated like this by someone else when she had done nothing at all to deserve it.

"Good, you know how to show respect to your seniors." Diana replied with boredom dancing in her eyes, "What brings you here, senior?" Angela said with a pitiful look, as she opened the car door, gesturing for Diana to get down, which Diana did not resist.

Everyone who saw this interpreted it as Angela being treated like a slave by Diana.

The moment the car door closed, and Diana was outside, an egg was thrown at her, making her face get colder than it originally was.