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Serena Jennings gave a slight smile and asked ire, “How much did Ms. Shaw spend to hire President Lockwood <b>as </b>an assistant, is it
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The word “also” from Serena made ire’s smile slightly stiffen.
She proactively took Caleb Lockwood’s arm, “Caleb, why would Serena talk about you this way, how could you be so cheap?”
“Anyway, he only charged two hundred to drive,” Serena deliberately brought up this matter.
Judging from ire’s reaction, she clearly didn’t know that Caleb drove Serena home that night.
Serena was going to divorce Caleb.
But it didn’t stop her from enjoying seeing ire ufortable.
ire’s gaze at Caleb was clearly curious about what the deal was with the two hundred between him and Serena.
Unfortunately, Caleb’s gaze remained on Serena’s face all along.
“I charge two hundred not only for driving but also for sleeping together.”
Caleb said this casually, and now it was Serena who felt a bit uneasy.
However, the one who felt the most ufortable was ire.
She barely maintained her smile but inside she wished she could tear Serena apart.
Why was it that, even though Serena and Caleb had been separated for so long, Caleb still wanted to sleep with her?
ire gripped Caleb’s arm too tightly, drawing his attention.
“ire, are you feeling unwell?”
“No…” ire came back to her senses and shook her head, “Maybe the sun is affecting me.”
Caleb reached out his hand to shield ire from the sun.
Watching the shadow of Caleb’srge hand <b>cast </b>on ire’s face, akin to a blooming smile, Serena pushed her suitcase and silently
stepped away.
“Isn’t Peter here for your finals?”
Not expecting Caleb to still be speaking to her, Serena casually replied, “He has a meeting in the afternoon.”
Peter initially wanted toe, but as a director of FY, he couldn’t skip a board meeting just for Serena.
“Let me take that!”
Without waiting for Serena’s agreement, Caleb took her suitcase away.
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He held a suitcase in each hand and walked into the hall first.
ire and Serena faced each other.
“Caleb is just so thoughtful.”
“Because he’s my husband, who else would he be thoughtful for if not me.”
Serena’s retort made ire’s expression change suddenly.
“Serena, Caleb doesn’t love you; the one he loves is me!”
ire proimed fiercely.
Serena felt nothing inside.
After all, she already knew this long ago; it was nothing new.
“Wait until he actually marries you, then it’s not toote to say that.”
After leaving this remark, Serena walked into the hall.
Today was the finals; it wasn’t worth getting distracted by ire and Caleb.
All ten finalists were in arge enough preparation room; Caleb handed one suitcase each to Serena and ire.
At that moment, Leo Grant and Ronan Ross arrived.
Seeing Caleb, they were not surprised.
“President Lockwood is sessful in business and still so considerate to his girlfriend.”
Leo teased Caleb.
Caleb smiled politely without saying much.
They didn’t specify who the girlfriend was, but Serena knew well that Caleb’s public girlfriend was definitely not referring to her.
“I’m about to catch a flight, contact Mr. Miller if you need anything, I’ve left him here.”
Caleb said softly to ire.
Serena recalled that Caleb used to bring Mr. Miller, his special assistant, on every business trip; unexpectedly, he made an exception this
time for ire.
“If there’s anything you want, just send me a message on WeChat, I’ll buy it for you.”
“No need, I don’t want anything, plus you’ve already given me so many things.”
“This time is different… it’s to celebrate your victory…”
As Caleb spoke, he nced at Serena, meeting her gaze unexpectedly.
Serena immediately withdrew her gaze, pretending to organize her luggage.
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Caleb’s smile widened.
Leo and Ronan both felt that Caleb and ire’s reluctant–to–part look was just like a young couple in love, marveling at the beauty of
youth.
“You’re… the one Peter rmended…”
It was only at that moment that Leo noticed Serena.
“Chairman Grant, Mr. Ross…”
Serena greeted them proactively, but Leo’s gaze at her was full of disdain.
“You were the one who actively asked me for a chance, but ended up not even submitting a final product.”
Leo’s words took Serena’s memory back to when her uncut ruby gemstones were taken by Caleb.
After modifying her design back then, she thought there was no point in submitting a finished product since she heard Leo had already
given a rmendation letter to ire.
“I’m sorry…”
Serena apologized sincerely, but Leo didn’t ept it.
Even Ronan sighed in disappointment as he brushed past her.
They each gave ire words of encouragement before leaving the preparation room with Caleb.
Seeing Serena’s unpleasant expression, ire’s eyes once again filled with the joy of victory.
The finals began.
The ten designers entered the stage one by one, bringing with them their prepared materials.
In the audience, Quentin Xavier sat with Sharon Sanders and Nancy Young.
The dim lighting made Quentin’s smug smile less obvious.
This time, ire was destined to win!
Quentin had already foreseen the result.
He was well aware of the other designers‘ level through the preliminary and semi–final rounds.
And Serena…
Quentin looked up at ire Shaw, who was shining on stage.
Quentin had been sending ire Serena’s designs meant for the finals, from the first draft all the way to the thirty–first.
With each revision, he sent it to ire.
As long as ire perfected and supplemented Serena’s final design with some unique creativity, like in the preliminaries, then Serena’s
final score definitely wouldn’t surpass ire’s.
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ire was preparing her necessary materials when she inconspicuously looked up, and even in the dim audience, she immediately spotted Quentin.
When Quentin saw ire throw him a bright spring–like smile, he felt his heart melt.
These days pretending to be a double agent by Serena’s side was worth it.
Since crafting a high–end jewelry piece takes a lot of time and effort, the finals require making finish products not entirely from the ground up.
The final round was set for five hours.
Participants had toplete their brought semi–finished pieces within these five hours.
ire prepared her assorted auxiliary stones and finally took out her pre–made semi–finished work-
A robot earringpatible with headphones.
She was extremely curious if Serena would be able to continue when she saw her design mirrored in ire’s.
The ranking positions for the ten designers on stage were based on thest semi–final scores.
Serena was first, ire was second.
Thus, their worktables were adjacent.
ire couldn’t resist turning her head to look at Serena.
Finally seeing her take out her own semi–finished piece from a box.
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Even before the semi–finished product was presented, the audience started cheering for Serena Jennings.
Serena looked up and saw Patrick Rhodes standing in the audience, waving his arms at her.
She was taken aback, and then saw Patrick being warned by the staff, sheepishly sitting back down.
Already shocked that Patrick came to watch the jewelry designpetition, she didn’t expect him to cheer for her in public, making
Serena even more perplexed and bemused.
At the adjacent workstation, even with a sweet and exquisite makeup, ire Shaw couldn’t hide the dissatisfaction on her face.
What does Patrick mean?
Only cheering for Serena?
She couldn’t believe that with her standing on stage, right next to Serena, Patrick could miss seeing her.
ire was aware of the change in Patrick’s attitude towards Serena.
However, she believed that the moment she won the championship, Patrick’s eyes would no longer entertain Serena, leaving only her.
With a smirk on her pink lips, ire’s mood lifted again, casting a disdainful nce at Serena,
Serena’s semi–finished robot earrings, no matter how refined the craftsmanship was, couldn’t possiblypare to her perfected design.
As Serena took out her semi–finishedpetition piece from the box, the sly smile on ire’s lips gradually froze.
In the audience, Quentin Xavier instantly stood up.
“Quentin, what’s wrong? Need to go to the restroom?” Sharon Sanders asked curiously.
“Oh, no… nothing…<i>” </i>Quentin slowly sat down.
Fortunately, the convention hall was dark, with the lights focused on the stage, or he would have a hard time exining his surprised
and unsettled expression to Sharon and Nancy.
Instinctively, Quentin nced at ire Shaw, whose face turned ghastly, ring at him as if she wanted to kill him.
Quentin immediately lowered his head, not daring to look again.
Being close to ire Shaw, Serena could catch the changes in ire’s expression from the corner of her eye.
While others were earnestly working on their jewelry, ire repeatedly exchanged nces with someone in the audience.
Serena knew exactly who that person was–Quentin Xavier.
“Our boss’s design… wasn’t a robot after all?” Sharon Sanders widened her eyes.
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