Escape from the evil lady (GL)
Chapter 121 - 29. Baseless accusations

Chapter 121: Chapter 29. Baseless accusations

Until recently, the Anderson floral salon was considered the most popular place for selling flowers in the capital. There were many high society representatives among the regular customers of this salon, and even the imperial palace went there several times to order flowers to decorate the banquet hall.

In other words, the Anderson Salon, like its owner, was undoubtedly bathed in glory and luxury. At least, that’s exactly how it was, until one day a real evil fate literally fell on this place.

Setbacks continued to haunt Wilson Anderson from the very moment another store with a similar theme, owned by his competitors, opened in front of his own store. Its owners were a young married couple who, obviously, were completely new and knew nothing about business. For this reason, Anderson didn’t even take them seriously, and only visited their store once, purely to mock them.

However... For an unexpected reason, this inconspicuous shop, which opened very recently, has become wildly popular from the very first day! Customers literally lined up in front of him in a queue that could take up half the street.

Meanwhile, Wilson Anderson himself had fewer and fewer visitors, because they all continued to go to this store located across the street. And this circumstance continued to infuriate the man more and more.

And one day, the moment came when his patience reached an extreme point.

It was one of the usual working days when Wilson noticed that one of the employees of his salon had been hanging around for some time. Wilson got angry and approached him:

— Hey! Why are you messing around in the middle of the day? What do you think I’m paying you money for?

The employee was confused by this remark of the owner and fell into a stupor.

— But, my lord, what should I do? We haven’t had any visitors yet, have we?... — he asked.

— what? None at all?

— This... — the employee hesitated, — There was one person, but as it turned out, he just got the wrong place, and was actually going to go to that store opposite...

— .....

At that moment, there was a tense pause in the cabin.

«S-sir?»

Wilson Anderson exhaled angrily when he finally realized that he was no longer able to tolerate this outrage. Of course, he couldn’t continue to sit idly by as his own business continued to crumble before his eyes. And it was the fault of those arrogant brats...!

«That’s it, I’ve had enough!»

Determined to put these arrogant newcomers in their place, the man slammed the door loudly before leaving the store.

***

Today started unusually well. And all because Jeremy was busy recalculating our revenue, which we received during the first month of our store’s operation.

— Wow!

I was really amazed by the amount that came out. Considering that we didn’t even do any advertising, such a stream of customers seemed incredible. Despite the fact that we have only recently opened our business, we have already been able to recoup the amount of the initial investment.

What is this, if not a real miracle?

«As expected, I was just born with business acumen!»

— After all, your idea of opening a flower shop was definitely a good one! — Jeremy exclaimed at this time. The guy with the sparkling eyes was counting the money at the cash register, and watching this, considering that not so long ago we were desperate fugitives without a penny in our pocket, was a pleasure.

I was flattered by this compliment, but still, since I wasn’t the only one involved in this case, I felt it necessary to praise Jeremy as well. After all, he also contributed a lot to all of this.

— This is not only my merit. First of all, we were able to achieve success so quickly thanks to your organizational skills!

Despite the fact that the idea to open a flower shop originally belonged to me, but my friend was primarily involved in organizing the delivery of goods and other legal issues, since I didn’t understand much about it myself. After all, unlike me, who had previously had nothing to do with such cases, Jeremy was more experienced and even studied at the Faculty of Management in his previous life. So, we can say that we really made a good team.

My friend and I were overjoyed, recalculating our income and excitedly discussing our plans for the future.

However, at this moment, our monetary idyll was suddenly interrupted.

That’s because the main entrance door leading to our store swung open too abruptly.

Bam!

There was a man standing in the doorway, and Jeremy and I both grimaced at the sight.

Still, I couldn’t have expected that this arrogant guy would actually show up here again.

— I demand that you stop cheating and poaching my clients! — he shouted literally from the doorway.

«.....»

My friend and I exchanged glances and blinked distractedly.

«Wh-what?» Jeremy asked.

«Even though I don’t know what tricks you used, I’m not going to stand for it!» Wilson Anderson continued to get indignant, «Weren’t you the ones who talked about fair competition? And what has become of your principles now?!

If last time this man openly mocked us, now he has moved on to such vile accusations. To be honest, it was hard for me to keep my patience either. And before Jeremy could speak, I got in first:

— How can you blame us for your failures, which are solely your own fault?

I straightened up and resolutely stood in front of the owner of the neighboring store, folding my arms on my chest.

«What?» he shouted.

— My husband and I have also worked hard to achieve our goal, so our success is well deserved! — I said.

— «Deserved?» How the hell can you say that when you don’t know anything yourself? Do you think money is made that easily? It’s obvious that you two have done something, or someone is behind you!

I exhaled angrily.

— And what did we do? Do you have any proof?

— ...

While the man continued to glare at me, I confidently said:

— Instead of continuing to send these unfair accusations at us, you yourself should make efforts to change the situation. Isn’t that what they call fair competition?

«Phah! This is ridiculous!»

When the girl, who was completely green, continued to make such grandiloquent speeches in front of him, it was really difficult for Anderson to hold back his laughter. He knew what it was like, because he had done the hard work himself before climbing to the top. In addition, the Anderson floral salon was a family business owned by his father and grandfather. So the success of his store was quite consistent and understandable.

As for these pompous youngsters who literally came out of nowhere... Wilson really couldn’t find any other explanation, except that there was clearly something fishy here. And he was definitely going to get to the bottom of it! That’s just it...

At that moment, as I continued to criticize this man about his behavior, I suddenly discovered that at some point his gaze was not directed at me at all, but... somewhere behind my back.

Puzzled by this, I turned around, but there was nothing behind me except Frank and Judo, who were currently tending to our plants and watering them. I doubted that such a harmless sight could have caused such a reaction from Wilson Anderson.

Then what’s the matter...?

To my surprise, when I turned back, I suddenly discovered that this man had completely lost all his ardor. Abruptly turning pale, he retreated from our store before I even had time to blink.

«Huh? Why did he leave so quickly?»

I expected that it would not be so easy for us to get rid of him, but the owner of the neighboring store really left so quickly... However, it is possible that he has some urgent business or something like that. Anyway, I decided not to dwell on it and spent the rest of the day peacefully.

And the next day...

I suddenly found out that the Anderson salon was permanently closed for an unknown reason.