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    The truth was different, though. Her pair of questions looked straightforward, but the first one? It was designed to trip people up. Anyone without expertise in jewelry design would probably nail the second question. The first one, however, was a different story.


    Most people didn’t really get this particr jewelry collection. They’d mess up the first question. Plenty of folks who actually owned pieces from the line fell into the same trap. They figured the whole thing started with the clover nt.


    Kiley’s n wasing together. If Maia got it wrong, that would expose her as a fraud. She’d look like someone pretending to understand jewelry design—someone who couldn’t even handle the basics. Kiley wouldn’t have to lift a finger at that point. The actual designer, Anti, could step in and give the right answer. Maia would be humiliated in front of everyone. Her reputation would take a hit. People would see her as a wannabe, someone trying to con her way into the upper crust.


    But what if luck was on Maia’s side? What if she stumbled onto the correct answer? No big deal, really. Kiley had a backup n. She could pivot to Maia’s prison time. The conversation could shift in that direction.


    Either way, Kiley came out looking clean. She could y the victim—someone who’d been fooled by Maia’s act. This whole thing gave her an opening to snatch back the Cooper family’s business interests that Maia had gotten her hands on.


    Kiley’s mind went back to a specific detail. Mariana, her younger sister, had lost Aurora Apparel Company. Maia had taken it from her.


    Rosanna’s eyebrow went up. Confusion crossed her face. Why was Kiley bringing this stuff up now? Everyone knew the answer already, didn’t they? The jewelry drew its inspiration from the clover—a rare type of the regr clover, actually.


    Western folklore talked about how rare it was, how lucky you’d be to find one. The darker section of the leaf formed a heart shape. The really fascinating part? You might search through a hundred thousand alfalfa nts and maybe—just maybe—you’d discover one four-leaf clover. The odds sat at roughly one in ten thousand. Stumbling across one meant serious good fortune.


    Rosanna’s opinion was prettymon. Most people saw it the same way.


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    Maia grabbed the microphone. A soft smile appeared on her face. “Of course. People look at this collection,” she went on, “and they connect its design to the clover nt. But that’s where they’re wrong.”


    Her confident delivery grabbed everyone’s focus. Hushed whispers rippled through the crowd.


    Someone said, “Wait, the Clover Series didn’te from the clover? Am I hearing this correctly? She’s got to be confused.”


    Another voice chimed in. “No way, right? The whole series became famous because of the good luck angle. Four-leaf clovers are super rare.”


    Maia kept her cool on stage. Her exnation continued without hesitation. “People also call this collection the Alhambra Series. Its design came from somewhere else entirely. The Alhambra Pce sits in Dranaga, Voltagra. The original designer found inspiration there. A fountain in the pce garden had a four-leaf pattern. That’s where the name originated. Symmetrical patterns define the design. It looks simr to a clover. The four leaves stand for luck, health, wealth, and love. But here’s the thing—the original concept represented something different. Eternity and symmetrical beauty.”


    Nobody made a sound. The audience had gonepletely quiet.


    Over on the live stream, though, thements went crazy.


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