You Complete Me novel (Skylar and Coralie)

Chapter 23

As a shop assistant, she had never seen President Holland in person. She looked at Skylar who was

holding Coralie's arms, and she immediately realized who Coralie must be!

"President Holland? I'm sorry, I didn't know that she's Mrs. Holland... I thought..." the shop assistant

attempted to explain.

"You thought? So, did you think that you can talk to a customer in this manner, just because she isn't

Mrs. Holland?" asked Skylar.

Skylar stood there with a resolute aura.

The shop assistant really wanted to bite off her own tongue.

"I'm sorry, President Holland. I was wrong. I won't do it again." she apologized.

At this point, the shop assistant had no idea how she could make up for her mistake. It was not the first

time she had refused to serve a customer who looked like they could not afford buying anything here.

However, never did she imagine that this time, it was Mrs. Holland.

"Who was the lady trying the clothes on earlier?"

Skylar asked Coralie.

"She's my ex-husband's current wife."

Coralie answered.

Although it was a mouthful, her words explained the complicated relationship between the two ladies.

Skylar nodded. At this time, the police had also arrived. The staff had already told the police about what

had happened just now.

When the police came over, Skylar said to the plaza manager, "Take that video to the police. Leave the

rest to them."

After that, he took Coralie and left.

"Thank you."

It was not until they got into the car that Coralie thanked him.

After so many years, it was the first time that someone stood up for her, and it was when she needed

help the most.

"You're thanking me? You were bullied while holding the title of Mrs. Holland. I have nothing to say. You

are such a good-for-nothing."

Skylar looked ahead calmly, showing no emotion.

In A City, the Holland family was one of a few enterprises at the top of the pyramid. Indeed, as he said,

the title of Mrs. Holland's name was such a powerful identity.

"Well, I am used to being a good-for-nothing."

Coralie puckered her mouth. She thought about the past few years that she had not cared for herself

and was slaving away at house chores and taking care of her mother in law. "How could I have had the

confidence?" she muttered.

Now that she was free of that, she had to work hard.

"You're my woman. You may be a good-for-nothing, but you can't be bullied by others," said Skylar.

He looked at her coldly, but Coralie felt the warmth in his words. She was momentarily stunned and

thanked him again, "Thank you, Skylar."

No matter how he looked at her, he did help her today.

"Thank him. That's what I should do." she thought.

"Let's go to the S Brand flagship store."

Skylar ordered the driver.

"What are we going to do there?" she wondered.

"Didn't you like the dress just now? Let's buy it from another store." Skylar replied.

Skylar took Coralie to the S Brand flagship store. After buying the dress, she went to get her makeup

done.

In the dressing room, Coralie changed into the dress and sat in front of the dressing table. The makeup

artist circled around her several times and could not help but nod, "Such a pure canvas to work on."

"What?" Coralie asked.

She was puzzled.

"Don't worry. Leave everything to me." the artist assured.

The makeup artist styled Coralie's hair very simply and began applying make up on her. The process

only took about half an hour.

The makeup was done.

The makeup artist had styled her very minimally yet elegantly.

"We're done." The makeup artist pushed the door of the dressing room open.

While Skylar was sitting on the armchair outside, he was observing the stock market on his tablet

computer. Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.

Coralie stepped out in the white high-heels the stylist had chosen for her and stood in front of Skylar.

She asked softly, "Does it look good?"

She hid her hands behind her back and clutched them nervously, waiting for Skylar to look up at her.

After Skylar finished a transaction, he raised his head and looked at the woman in front of him. With

just a glance, he was stunned.

He opened his mouth slightly and wanted to say something, but he did not.

Coralie looked at his expression, and her nervous mood became even more uneasy. "It doesn't look

good? Then I'll go change."

After all, it was for the banquet for the Holland family. Although she thought it looked good, Skylar had

an absolute say in what she wore.

"Let's go. I don't have so much time to wait for you."

As Skylar said so, he grabbed her wrist and took her away by force.

When they arrived at the Hilton Hotel where the family banquet was held, it was already 4 o'clock. The

family banquet was held early to cater to Skylar's elderly grandmother's routine.

"Will... will your mother be here?"

As soon as they arrived downstairs, Carolie's thought about it for a while and asked this question.

After all, when she was in college, Madam Holland said those awful words to her.

Coralie still ended up marrying her son. Although it was only one year's contract, this fact was kept

secret from Madam Holland.

"Why, do you want to see her?" asked Skylar.

He was walking at fast pace initially, but when he heard her question, he slowed down.

"She met me once when we were in college. It seemed that... she didn't like me at that time." Coralie

said.

Skylar knew that Coralie had met with Mrs. Holland, but he had no idea what his mother said to Coralie

that day.

He only knew that after he graduated, he had lost contact with Coralie.

"She's not going to be here."

Skylar answered.

When they got on the elevator and arrived at the banquet hall on the fourth floor, Coralie realized for

the first time that the Holland family was a huge family.

There were about a hundred men and women in the banquet hall, all wearing different styles of formal

wear, and each of them seemed to look very wealthy.

At first, Coralie wondered if this dress would be too eye-catching, but now it seemed that she was the

one who was the most low-key.

"Oh Skye, here you are. And Coralie too," an elderly voice said.

Grandmother Holland had late stage cataract and her vision was blurry. However, when Coralie and

Skylar appeared in their matching black and white outfits, she still recognized them at a glance.

"Granny," Skylar greeted her.

Skylar held Coralie's hand, walked past the crowd, and went straight to Grandmother Holland.

While Coralie walked through the crowd her hair swayed slightly on both sides of her cheeks. Her light

makeup made her perfect facial features look delicate and beautiful. Her bright and clear eyes fixed on

the direction of Grandmother Holland with a slight smile. The white evening gown she wore, although

very simple, hardly concealed her impeccable body figure.

Her appearance caused quite a stir among the crowd.

"Granny."

Coralie also called out "Granny" alongside Skylar.

"My good grandchildren. I am happy to see you two here." said Grandmother Holland.

Although there were many descendants of the Holland family, everyone knew that the grandmother

favoured Skylar the most.

The observant people immediately recognized the emerald bracelet on Carolie's hand.

A middle-aged woman in a dark purple evening gown with a plump figure came over. She cast a

strange look at Coralie's emerald bracelet and said to Skylar, "Skylar, Valerie wanted to come, but her

exams are coming up. She had to revise for it so she couldn't come. Please don't blame her."

Coralie noticed that when this woman mentioned the name "Valerie", Skylar's face, which had always

been indifferent, had a flash of change.

She could not help but ask, "Who is Valerie?"