Chapter 16

Maisie immediately retracted her hand after being lectured by the middle-aged woman. The older woman checked the white handbag thoroughly for any dirt, then examined Maisie from head to toe. Realizing Maisie’s clothes were commonplace--inexpensive--she spoke with contempt, "You think this kind of place is for the likes of you? Thank God you didn’t soil the handbag, you wouldn’t be able to pay for it."

Maisie was on the brink of tears as she looked at the fierce woman. All she wanted was just to have a closer look. She did not expect the lady to be so bossy and arrogant. Indeed, she could not afford a Hermes handbag worth 500,000 bucks, but everyone had their pride, even if she was a lower-class citizen. How could she just humiliate her like that?

"How dare you speak like that to my Maisie?" Sean was enraged seeing that Maisie was about to cry. Maisie had suffered a lot for the past five years because of him and now that he was the Supreme Leader of the world's foremost secret organization, he could not allow Maisie to be humiliated in front of him, could he?

"Maisie, are you alright?" Sean went up to show his concern.

Maisie tried to act tough and forced a smile. "I’m fine!"

The middle-aged woman regarded Sean and saw his clothes were far worse than Maisie's. "Young man, are you her husband? Please take better care of your girl and tighten her leash. You won’t be able to pay if you stain the handbag."

"Who said we couldn’t pay for it? How dare you look down on us? Do you have any idea who he is? He’s the boss of the Royal Imperial Hotel!" Howard came up and made things worse.

The middle-aged woman regarded Howard and pointed toward Sean.” He’s the boss of the Royal Imperial Hotel? Are you trying to make me laugh to death?" she replied hearing Howard comment.

"If he was the boss of the Royal Imperial Hotel, then I would be the richest lady in the world. Look at him; how dare he present himself in this high-class venue. Doesn't he know what shame is?"

"We’re not joking; he really is the boss of the Royal Imperial Hotel!" Marilyn said, barely believing it herself.

The middle-aged woman was even more scornful. "Him? The boss of the Royal Imperial Hotel? Pfft! You guys can keep listening to him talk big; he doesn’t seem to fear being laughed at!" The middle-aged woman did know that a mogul had bought over the five-star Royal Imperial Hotel for 500 million bucks as the news spread through the city like wildfire. She was the owner of this Hermes outlet and had seen people of different kinds. With just one look, she could discern their financial status, and people like Sean were obviously a wolf in sheep's clothing. She was keeping a close eye on him.

"Apologize. Apologize to Maisie, or you’ll regret it!" Sean was furious at the sight of Maisie being humiliated in front of him.

The middle-aged woman, with a very disgusted look, said, "Regret? You? Who do you two think you are to ask an apology from me? I suggest you two not cause any more trouble here, or else I’ll call security to chase you all out."

"You sure you do not want to apologize?" Sean said coldly.

The middle-aged woman roared impatiently, "Are you lot leaving or not? If not, I’m calling security right now!"

"Sean, let's go!" Maisie pulled Sean to the exit with a sad look on her face. Sean grabbed hold of Maisie's little fingers. "Maisie, don't worry. I won’t let you be humiliated just like that!"

Sean then took out his handphone and dialed, "Connect me to the officials at Hermes!"

"Yes, your Highness!" A respectful voice was heard from the speaker.

"Pretend all you want!" The middle-aged woman sneered hearing Sean's conversation over the phone.

'Connect him to the officials at Hermes? What a joke.' She was the owner of this Hermes outlet; even she did not possess the contact number of the officials. Of course, he did not.

The woman was not in a hurry to chase Sean out of the store; she wanted to see what kind of trick Sean was going to pull. She vowed to humiliate Sean later.

Sean looked at the woman as soon after the conversation, "Ten minutes. You will regret your behavior in ten minutes!"

"Oh really? Then, I shall wait ten minutes. I really am curious as to how you’re going to make me regret this." The middle-aged woman was excited as well.

Howard was trembling. In his opinion, Sean taking a joke way too far.

'Contact the officials at Hermes? Who is he trying to scare!'

Marilyn sneered. "Hey, Howard. We can’t be seen with Sean in ten minutes; Hermes’ officials are not people we can afford to go against."

Howard totally agreed; Hermes was a very huge corporation that sold world-class branded products. Even if he had an annual salary in the millions, they would not even look in his direction.

"Sean, stop fooling around. Let's go!" Maisie was really embarrassed now.

'Contact Hermes' officials? How was that even possible?'

She had been with Sean for five years and she knew very well what kind of person Sean was. To her, Sean was just being stubborn and just talked his way into even more trouble. If they did not leave this instant, they would be in big trouble once the officials arrived.

"Quite the imagination you have, young man!" the woman scoffed, assured that Sean was making up stories at the sight of Maisie so panicked.

Sean looked at Maisie, his eyes crystal clear. " Maisie, please believe in me, will you?"

"I…" Maisie was stunned at Sean’s determination. For these five years, Sean always obeyed what Maisie said and never complained. Sean was not the type to handle issues with feelings. Could Sean really have known the bigwigs at Hermes?

At this moment, at France's Hermes' official building, an elderly man received a call and was so infuriated that he slammed the table hard. "F*ck! Get whoever’s in charge at the Great Central Land. Are they trying to ruin everything?!"

This elder was the head of Hermes, and the one who just called was one of the higher-ups from the Peerless Dragon, claiming that someone had just offended the current Supreme Leader. This made the elder drench himself with cold sweat. He knew that if the Supreme Leader was crossed, with the snap of his fingers, Hermes would vanish from the commercial world.

As time passed, Maisie became even more nervous, gripping her sleeves tightly.

"It is almost time, young man!" The middle-aged woman smirked.

Sean nodded in agreement. "Yea, it is about time. They should be arriving!"

Tap tap!

At that, a man in Western suit came rushing into the shop. "Which one of you is Sean Young?" the man said eagerly.

"Manager Wright!" The middle-aged woman recognized the man and was delighted. He was Hermes' person in charge in the Great Central Land.

Howard was shocked. "Nice work, now Sean pissed off the Hermes corporate bigwigs. He’s in huge trouble now!"

"Howard, we should go!" Marilyn was terrified. She knew that Hermes was a world-class corporation. They were not people she could defy.

Sean looked at the man. "I’m Sean Young!"

"Yes, that’s Sean Young, Mr. Wright. This young man has been harassing me here. Do you need me to call security to give this young man a good thrashing before you chase him out?" the middle-aged woman said cruelly.

Maisie was terrified. She never expected the higher-ups from the Hermes to really show up.

Just when the crowd thought that Sean was done for, the man came to Sean in a split second, looking very serious. "Mr. Young, I am Hermes' representative here in the Great Central Land. I’m here to offer you my respect!"