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    Yvette scowled but couldn’t deny it—Monica had a legitimate invitation. Yet Yvette wasn’t about to back down. Her eyes gleamed with spite as she pointed at Elena. “That’s yours. What about hers? No invitation, no entry!” Her smirk grew wider, confidence overflowing. A country bumpkin like Elena definitely couldn’t design! There was no way Elena had an invite.


    Cathy stood quietly, letting Yvette do all the dirty work. She had never liked Elena, and she wouldn’t pass up an opportunity to watch her get embarrassed. Thepetition had kept Cathy too busy to bother with Elena, but now that Elena had walked in, Cathy wasn’t about to let her go unscathed.


    Monica, meanwhile, was thoroughly entertained by the show Cathy and Yvette were putting on. The look on Cathy’s face when she found out the truth was going to be priceless. Monica was practically counting down to the moment.


    Leaning in close, Monica said, “Elena, go on. sh your invitation and shut them up.”


    Yvette scoffed, still convinced she was winning. “Still pretending, huh? This is a high-sspetition. Did you seriously think just anyone could enter? You im to have an invitation? Fine, let’s see how long you can fake it.”


    Unfazed, Elena simply said, “I don’t have an invitation.” She didn’t need one—the association had handed her a judge’s pass instead.


    Yvette burst outughing. “Ha-ha! I knew it! Still faking? Aren’t you embarrassed? If you can’t keep this up, just walk away now!”


    Monica blinked, genuinely caught off guard. “Elena, wait—how do you not have an invitation? Unless…”


    Before Monica could finish, Elena casually pulled out her judge’s pass.


    “This is all they gave me. Can I enter now?” Elena said, holding up her judge’s pass without a hint of emotion.


    Everyone fell silent.


    Cathy and Yvette stared at the pass,pletely baffled. How on earth did Elena have one?


    Monica burst intoughter. “Elena, why didn’t you just show this earlier? This could’ve shut Cathy and Yvette up immediately!”


    Cathy’s face hardened. “No way! Where did you even get that?”


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    Judges were top-tier members of the Jewelry Design Association. Cathy was convinced Elena couldn’t possibly be one of them. Elena must have stumbled across it and decided to pretend! Some nobody like Elena, with zero design skills, had the audacity to show up here—and now she magically had a judge’s pass? Who would believe that?


    Cathy’s outrage snapped Yvette back to reality. “I knew it! There’s no way you actually have a judge’s pass. You must have stolen it! Cathy, get the staff to check whose pass is missing. Once they find out, this woman is going to be the biggest joke in town!” Yvette sneered.


    As if Elena would ever need to steal something so ridiculous!


    Monica shot them a look. “Hurry up and check, then. Stop wasting our time with all this nonsense.”


    Realizing Monica wasn’t going to back down, Cathy ordered the staff to investigate.


    The staff questioned every judge, but no one reported a missing pass.


    Cathy’s scowl deepened. “That’s impossible! Did you check with every single judge?”


    The staff hesitated before nodding. “Miss Garrett, aside from Helena, who was personally invited by the association, we confirmed with every judge. None of them lost their pass.”


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