?Chapter 340:


    “Miss Hudson, I’m heading to Stonemont Estate.” Nte stood at the door of Sadie’s office, holding a package containing the Dewy Hibiscus series.


    “Drive safely,” Sadie called out without looking up from her desk.


    After Nte left, the studio became even quieter. The only sound that could be heard was the ticking of the clock and the asional taps on the keyboard. Sadie’s focus was on herputer screen as she pored over design after design.


    Her concentration was broken when her phone chimed with a new WhatsApp message.


    It was from Amy.


    Sadie’s heart skipped a beat, and a keen sense of foreboding came over her.


    She hadn’t had much contact with Amy since she left Majestic Ego.


    Sadie opened the message and froze as she processed the words Amy had sent. “Vivi resigned.” Vivi?


    Sadie’s breath hitched, and her fingers instinctively tightened around her mouse.


    Vivi had been her rival back at Majestic Ego and had always been hostile towards her. After Sadie left, Vivi had wasted no time taking over her position as the lead designer.


    Why would Vivi resign out of the blue?


    Sadie’s heart began to race as her thoughts became a tangled mess.


    Was there trouble at Majestic Ego, or was Vivi moving on to something else? “It can’t be…” Sadie muttered to herself, even as she struggled to dismiss the suspicions that formed in her mind. Try as she might, however, that feeling of unease from earlier seemed to rush back in full force.


    She quickly typed out a reply for Amy. “What happened? Do you know why she resigned?”


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    Sadie hit send and stared at her phone screen intently. The rhythmic ticking of the clock only served to heighten her anxiety. And then—Ding!


    Sadie frantically opened the new message.


    Amy’s reply was short. “She’s returning to her home country, your country.” Vivi wasing back?


    It felt like a bucket of ice had fallen over Sadie’s head. The timing of Vivi’s return… It couldn’t have been a mere coincidence.


    “Thank you,” Sadie typed with trembling fingers.


    Needless to say, Vivi’s return was not good news for her.


    She nced at the time; Averi’s sses were about to be dismissed. She needed to pick him up.


    Sadie saved her revisions and closed herputer. Then she grabbed her purse and coat and left the studio, her mind still a jumbled mess.


    As Sadie and Averi left the kindergarten, their hands intertwined, Averi clutched a handmade pinwheel. It spun with each skip he took, hisughter filling the air. “Look, Mommy! See how fast my pinwheel spins?” Averi shouted joyfully, holding it up.


    Warmly, Sadie smiled and tousled his hair. “It truly is amazing. You’re so talented, Averi!”


    However, the sudden ringing of her phone interrupted their moment. With a slight sense of dread, Sadie nced at her phone, seeing Nte’s name on the caller ID.


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