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“Quentin, why don’t you take Sharon and Nancy out for some market research?”
“…Oh…okay…”
Even though Quentin was a beat slow in reacting, he understood Serena’s intention and immediately took Sharon and Nancy out of the
office.
Now with no one else in the office, Serena didn’t have to worry about her rtionship with Caleb Lockwood being exposed or someone
seeing her blush.
“Caleb Lockwood, what exactly are you here for today?” Serena demanded.
“Didn’t I already say? You should withdraw from thepetition!”
Caleb’s tone left no room for negotiation; it was an order.
Serena found it amusing.
The golden opportunity she had waited so long for, and Caleb says to withdraw just like that?!
In Serena’s dark, grape–like eyes, Caleb saw intense resistance.
“Withdrawing… is to save your face because you won’t win.”
Serena still remembered thest time Caleb said something simr was when ire also started her own studio.
“Are you saying ire is participating in this New Star Jewelry Design Contest too?”
“That’s correct.”
Caleb’s answer was both within Serena’s expectations and seemed illogical to her.
“Didn’t ire obtain an introduction letter from President Grant, securing the opportunity to participate in the LD Jewelry Fashion
Week?”
Serena finished asking and just heard Caleb chuckling softly.
Theughter was disdainful.
As if mocking her ignorance.
“ire is different from you. Your goal is just a small jewelry fashion week, but ire’s aim is to make CL. the number one jewelry brand globally.”
Caleb vividly described ire’s ambitious goals, but Serena found itughable.
Even FY wouldn’t dare im they could be the number one jewelry brand globally.
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However, with The Lockwood Group as her backing, ire does have some possibility.
Winning the jewelry design contest could indeed bolster ire’s personal resume.
“Since she’speting, all the more reason for me not to withdraw.”
The words were meant more for herself to hear than for Caleb.
“So how many times do you have to lose to ire before you give up?”
Serena couldn’t answer Caleb’s question.
As far as her memory served, she always seemed to lose to ire.
She lost whenpeting for Caleb.
She lost the rmendation from Ronan Ross.
She also lost the anniversary gift for Leo Grant.
Serena’s face went pale, while Caleb’s lips curved upward.
“Serena, it’s important to know oneself.”
Caleb’s words ended there.
Serena’s embarrassment peaked.
At this moment, Caleb received a phone call, not a business call, but one from ire.
“Caleb, I have a social event tonight. Can you apany me?”
“Of course.”
“But then you’ll have to drink on my behalf again. I feel so sorry for you…”
“It’s no problem. It’s my duty.”
Listening to Caleb unting his affection for ire on the phone, Serena recalled how she had drunk to the point of vomiting to secure
an AMS order with Mr. Huang.
Later, she went to the hospital for a check–up and nearly had a stomach perforation. The person who took her home was Lana Xavier.
Where was Caleb?
Probably apanying ire!
Serena suddenly realized that Caleb only thought of her asionally when he wanted to vent his desires.
A chill surged through her, and she sighed just as Caleb finished his call.
Caleb was looking into Serena’s eyes.
Serena’s eyes were beautiful.
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Yet the gaze wasplex.
There was anger, disappointment, pain…
Soplex it was indescribable.
Caleb spoke softly, “What, are you jealous?”
Serena remained silent.
Having nothing more to say, Caleb turned to leave.
Just as he was about to walk out of Serena’s office, Serena’s clear voice suddenly spoke from behind:
“Caleb…do you really want me to withdraw?”
Caleb turned his head.
With no verbal response, it was taken as agreement.
“Then why don’t we make a bet!”
This bet made a rare hint of interest sh in Caleb’s deep, cold eyes.
“What kind of bet?”
Serena saw that Caleb’s appetite had been whetted, so she said, “A bet on who will win the New Star Jewelry Design Contest between
ire and me. If I win…you agree to divorce me.”
Caleb’s deep eyes seemed to stir like a hurricane when he heard the word “divorce” from Serena’s mouth.
Despite Serena’s calm exterior, internally she was a bundle of nerves.
What she feared wasn’t losing to ire in the jewelry design contest.
What she feared was Caleb not epting this bet.
The silence in the office stretched longer than Serena had anticipated,
Serena wasn’t sure how long the wordless stare between her and Calebsted until finally, she saw Caleb slightly move his thin lips:
“Alright, I’ll bet
After he spoke, Caleb left Serena’s office without turning his head.
Serena slumped in her chair, her heart pounding.
Caleb actually…epted?
Serena touched her chest, feeling no sense of reality.
The previously resistant Caleb now epted her bet about the divorce, leaving Serena uncertain whether it was because Caleb was overly confident in ire winning or for some other reason.
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However, regardless of the reasons, the stagnant divorce between Caleb and Serena finally took a fresh step forward.
For Serena, whether to advance her brand or finally divorce Caleb, this New Star Jewelry Design Contest was something she had to win;
losing was not an option.
After leaving Serena’spany, Caleb went to ire’s studio.
Stopping first at a flower shop to buy a bouquet of pink roses.
“Are you saying Serena is also participating in the New Star Jewelry Design Contest?”
When Caleb brought this news to ire, ire was surprised.
“Serena is just ridiculous; despite hitting walls so many times before, why does she keep copying me!” ire pretended to be regretful, “I open a studio, she opens one; I seek collectors, she seeks them; I want to go to LD Jewelry Fashion Week, she also wants to go…now I’ve
entered the contest and she’s registered too…”
“It’s called imitating.”
Caleb’s words made ire stifle augh inside.
As long as Serena’s image remained this way in Caleb’s mind, the position of Mrs. Lockwood would soon be hers.
“Serena has bypassed the preliminary selection and entered the first round through Peter’s connections. Although Lockwood Group is not among the top ten global jewelry brands, leave this matter to me, and I’ll ensure you’re also in the first round…whatever Serena has,
you’ll have too.”
Caleb’s voice was as indifferent as ever, yet his tone was confident.
ire believed Caleb would keep his word.
The two chatted for a while longer about this contest, but Caleb said not a single word to ire about Serena’s bet on the divorce.
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