[I heard Juniper lives in Moulnds. Maybe she really is broke.]


    [Oh my god, Jennie the designer is going over to confront her personally!]


    Thatment set the inte aze. The livestream, titled “Juniper Gets Called Out by Designer for Posing as Wealthy," shot to the top of the trending list, and a flood of hatefulments poured in.


    Meanwhile, Jennie''s mind was consumed by a single thought: was this young woman her mentor? Desperate for confirmation, she pulled out her phone and dialed the number she had saved for her mentor.


    A momentter, a clear, ringing tone echoed through the silent store.


    Jennie''s heart leaped into her throat. She followed the sound with her eyes, her gaze locking onto Juniper. The girl was holding up her phone, an amused arch to her eyebrow, the screen clearly disying Jennie''s iing call.


    The hat, the phone number...


    It was her. It was really her.


    "Mas..." Jennie''s expression shifted from shock to pure tion. She felt an overwhelming urge to drop to her knees and bow right then and there. But just as she was about to speak, her phone buzzed with a text message from Juniper: [Keep it low-key.]


    Of course. She was so young, so brilliant. If her identity as the mastermind behind an international design award winner was exposed, it could cause a huge stir and disrupt her studies. Jennie instantly understood. She mped her mouth shut, her face breaking into a radiant smile instead. She had finally met her mentor! And she was just as beautiful and poised as she had imagined.


    But her joy was short-lived. A staff member entered the store, leading two security guards and pointing directly at Juniper''s group.


    "That''s her. They''re deliberately causing a disturbance. Please escort them out.”


    "Right away," one of the guards said, his face grim as he and his partner started toward Juniper.


    Escort who out? Jennie''s mind went nk with panic. Had her staff really thought her mentor''s expert


    critiques were theints


    the


    Someone who couldn''t afford clothes? Anyone else might be bluffing, but when her mentor said something was subpar, itwas because it was subpar.


    "Out!" Jennie shrieked, her voice trembling.


    The online viewers went wild. The chat feed scrolled at lightning speed.


    [It''s happening! Jennie is actually telling Juniper to get lost!]


    [Total poser, caught in the act!]


    Thements grew increasingly vicious.


    Ynda could have jumped for joy. A public shaming, broadcast live to the entire inte. After today, Juniper''s reputation would be in tatters.


    "I said, get out!" Jennie rushed past Juniper, then pivoted to face the approaching security guards. “There is no disturbance here. Your services are not needed. Please leave."


    The viewers: [?]


    What just happened? Weren''t they kicking Juniper out?


    "But your employee said she..." one of the guards began, thoroughly confused.


    "She?" Jennie tur


    eturned back toward


    Juniper, her posture suddenly


    deferential, her tone filled with the


    utmost respect.


    she is my most.


    honored guest. And from this


    moment on, I will be serving her personally."


    The announcementnded like a bombshell. Jennie was personally serving this broke girl? Ynda was so stunned that her hand jerked of liquid.


    sending a streaked was


    foundation spilling down the front of the trench coat.