Company

Chapter 85

Tae walked through the all-white store, staff frantically trying to get things in place, carrying multiple gowns draped over their arms finding the right spot for them, men stood on ladders outside of the building windows, gold accents placed throughout the store.

"I seriously need all this shit cleared out in like five minutes! Like those men and ladder need to be gone! These gowns need to be up!" Tae spoke with anxiety, to one of the KLS staff she had never been nervous like this, but at this moment time was not on her side.

"If Kimora sees this shit like this, incomplete! I might as well just go home!"

Tae had no choice but to take matters in her own hands. She began clearing people out, staff that had been standing around were put to work. Slowly but surely the store took shape. Tae's anxiety yet to die down until she personally saw that Kimora was happy herself.

Walking in all her galore, Kimora stood in an all-black knee-length dress, black heels, and her hair in loose waves with a part down the center. She studied the store taking in every wall and corner.

"Ok ok, I'm loving. We could use more gold thingy things hanging in the middle, but we don't need it right now we can worry about it later." Kimora said as she pulled a piece off of her bagel and popped it in her mouth.

"Kim, that's enough! No more bagels!" Her assistant came barreling out of the backroom, yelling at her.

"Uhhhh unnnnn honey! this is my damn breakfast, lunch, and dinner." Kimora said giving attitude. "You can be too skinny, but you can never be too rich honey! And I am working!"

As the guest spilled into the beautifully designed store Tae mingled going back and forth between business partners, fellow designers, and guests. Manikins placed throughout the store dawning the beautiful gowns. A smile was glued on Tae's face as she took in all her hard work, everyone's hard work.

"Mrs. Heckard, someone's demanding to speak to you." A tall man dressed in a black suit, lightly touched Tae's elbow as he spoke to her.

"Oh, ok.... Where? Who?" Tae asked looking up at the tall security guard, he pointed a finger to the direction of the door.

Tae bit down on her lip, flaring her nostrils, and frowning her eyebrows. She lifted her fingers to her nose and pinched the brim of it and closed her eyes. "Why tonight? Of all nights."

Draya stood outside the front doors or the store glaring at Tae, the look on her face showed nothing more than disgust and a new hatred for Tae.

Tae smiled and excused herself from the group of people she was currently speaking with and walked ahead of the very tall security guard, she licked her lips as she slowly approached Draya, who was definitely dressed nicely for the evening.

"All white huh? Who you trying to fool?" Tae asked genuinely while giving Draya a smile.

"You bitch!" Draya spat out through her teeth, ignoring Tae's minor insult to her choice of wardrobe color. "You had Shod cancel my event last minute!"

The security guard stepped closer behind Tae once he heard Draya's comments, Tae felt his presence and politely waved him off, he nodded his head and took a step back.

"I didn't HAVE Shod do anything! I suggested he cancel on you." Tae paused and took a sip from her wine glass. "I guess he wasn't fawned of your actions, and took the suggestion into consideration.... I'm surprised you could even afford a Shod Santiago price tag." Tae tilted her head observing Draya's annoyed look.

"THAT''S FUCKING PETTY TAE AND YOU KNOW IT!" Drays voice raised a few octaves that weren't comfortable for anyone, her long pointy fingernail that was painted a bright red, stood inches from Tae's nose, the security guard stepped forward again, and a few people that casually stood closest to the door looked in the direction of the two women with confused expressions.

"Do NOT raise your voice! This IS NOT the time or place for you to be acting like you are on Basketball Wives!" Tae spoke through her teeth as she quickly looked over her shoulder at the few people looking in their direction.

Draya slightly laughed. "OH! I can get louder! I'll make sure everybody hears this convo!" She shifted her weight from her left heel to her right placing her hand on her hip and looking passed Tae's shoulder.

Tae looked at Draya for a few seconds letting her words sink in. "I'm petty?!" Tae paused for a moment. "Says the GROWN ass woman who leaked nudes on PURPOSE for attention! But, I'm the petty one!?" Tae stepped closer, the light breeze blow a section of Tae's curly hair across her face. "Draya, I'm realizing you the type of bitch to call on rain, then start complaining that your heels are getting wet. That's the problem with you 'Industry hoes' you're all about the moment. You want attention NOW! not realizing that some of the stupid shit you do for 15 minutes will fuck you up in the long run. All this shit could of been avoided if you would of just minded your fucking business."

Tae stopped her speech and stood there for a moment. A mixture of both women's perfumes filled both their nostrils as the wind blew, the tension between both women was nothing new, but even the security guard that posted himself inches behind Tae felt awkward, yet he still remained in a position to separate both women if it got to that point. Once Tae realized Draya had nothing more to say, she stepped back from her and took another sip of her wine.

"It's funny how much quieter you are when cameras aren't recording, but I guess with a bunch of fake wives around you you gotta be known to pop off to hold your own." Tae smiled and finished off the rest of her wine. "But, we both know you not really about that life." Tae's smile turned into a light chuckle as she began to turn around, walking past the security guard and back into the store.

Before getting to the doors Tae stopped and looked over her shoulder, "And don't ever fuckin put your finger in my fuckin face bitch." Tae said in a low but forceful tone of voice with her back still turned to Draya. She then walked back into the store and continued to mingle with the people.

Any remorse Tae had for Draya went out the window when she saw the photos of them on the web. A few people said she was being too hard on Draya by taking her swimsuit line and causing her connections in the industry to flake out on her, but Tae didn't think it was enough, Tae's privacy was violated at the hands of this woman, she once trusted her enough to even take half-naked photos with her not thinking that one day this woman would completely screw her over.