Escaped My Ex, Got Snatched by His Rival - Chapter 585

Chapter 585: Wishing ill for others sometimes backfires (2)
“Here you go, Miss Penelope,” the shop assistant said as she brought Penelope to the trial room and asked, “Would you like me to help you?”

“No need,” Penelope replied with a frown. She glanced at the woman whose nails were chipped and her face scrunched up. Who knows whether this woman even cleaned her hands when she didn’t even know how to manage them?

She entered the trial room and closed the curtain behind her. Soon she started to unbutton her top; however, as soon as she pushed the fabric off her shoulders, she felt her left hand hurting even harder.

“Ah, what the—I think I need to get a spa and a massage,” muttered Penelope. But when she pushed down the top, she realised that something was wrong as the sleeve of her top seemed to be stuck to her arm.

She wondered if the sleeve ended up getting caught in something but as Penelope pushed down the sleeve and her bare skin came into view, her eyes widened.

“…Th—This… what—what is this—”

Penelope stared at her left arm before letting out a shrill scream, “AHHHH!!!!”

Her scream was so loud that not only the people inside the shop but also on the street heard her. They all turned to look at the boutique while wondering if someone was getting murdered.

The shop owner turned to look at the trial room with a frown and walked over to where the shop assistant was standing. “What’s going on?”

“I don’t know. I offered to help her but she refused. I think she might have slipped inside while trying on the dress. the assistant offered, feeling a bit annoyed. Now that Penelope had caused trouble, it would be she who would be scolded.

If she couldn’t do it, was it wrong to accept help?

The shop owner was also worried. If Penelope fell and broke her bones, then their shop would be in trouble; thus, she hurriedly knocked on the door and called out to Penelope, “Miss Penelope, are you alright? Do you need us to help you?”

But Penelope was in no state to reply. She was looking at her arm, which was once slender but was now swollen and stiff; it was slowly turning blue and the skin looked as if it was dead!

What the hell was happening to her? Penelope screamed inwardly. She raised her hand and touched the skin, which was swollen up and the second her nail touched the skin, she felt an excruciating pain shoot all over her head and body.

“Ah!” Penelope winced in pain as she banged her hand on the wall next to her. Her face was twisted in pain as she tried to stand back up because the pain was too much!

How did this happen to her? How could such a thing—

Her thoughts went back to last night when Roman had fed her that pill because she failed in getting her job done. Her expression turned pale and her eyes started to get filled with terror. Don’t tell her that man—it was him who did this to her?

Outside the trial room, Regina arrived and looked at the shop owner with a frown. “What’s going on? Why did my daughter-in-law scream like that?” Even though she had no relation with Nicolai, she wanted to assert her presence as Penelope’s mother-in-law.

“She is not replying to our queries,” the shop owner replied honestly.

Regina frowned before calling out to Penelope, “Honey, are you alright? Do you need me to call someone for your help, sweetie?” As she spoke, she did not forget to blame the shop owner and her assistants. “Couldn’t you have paid more attention to her? If something happens to her, see how I will deal with you and your shop.”

The shop owner was not pleased with Regina and Penelope; it was bad enough that they delayed her appointments and now this. She offered the woman a tight smile before saying, “I will see if  Miss Penelope needs our help.”

However, before she could push the curtain aside, Penelope, who woke up from her daze, caught the curtain and said with a fake laugh, “It’s nothing. I just saw a cockroach and nothing else.”

She couldn’t let anyone see her arm like this; if they saw her in this situation, she was worried that her engagement would be cancelled.

What was she going to do now? She thought that she was going to get rid of that bitch but ended up causing trouble for herself. If her adoptive parents found out the truth, then it would be the end of her; she couldn’t let this matter be known to others.

“Oh, I see,” Regina nodded and laughed along with Penelope while having no idea that Penelope was cursing her for laughing when she was in so much pain.

She wore her clothes back and then stepped out of the trial room before saying to the shop owner, “Skip this one and bring that white one out. Use the same measurements for my old gowns but leave the sleeves a bit loose and puffy.”

“Alright, Miss Penelope,” the shop owner did not know why Penelope suddenly changed her mind and picked up a cheap gown but she was wise enough not to question the woman.

“You should also try some new heels?” Regina recommended. She wanted to spend some more time with Penelope so that she could talk about some investments and projects that her husband asked her to put forth in front of Penelope.

But Penelope only smiled and shook her head before replying, “Forgive me, Mrs Regina. But I am too tired; I just want to go back home and sleep. I will check the heels some other day.” What a joke! She needed to call Roman and find a way to deal with her current situation first.

When Regina heard Penelope’s response, she was not happy but she also understood her position and tactically nodded. “I understand as a bride-to-be, you must be having a hard time as well.”

Penelope smiled at the woman and didn’t say anything else. She hurried out of the shop before asking the driver to send her back home, where she called Roman almost at once.

The man picked up her call at the third ring and Penelope shrieked before he even answered the call.

“What have you done to me!!!?”