A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 174

Maron could not help looking at Cordy, who remained composed from the very start, just then.

He had definitely been surprised to run into her at the studio today, especially when he had done his best to ask Cordy to stay in Astonia all those years ago. He could have helped her push her way to the pinnacle of the international market, not to mention that the nation’s royalty had contacted him, asking for Lovely’s personal designs.

She refused, however, saying she was choosing something more important than fame.

She only agreed to meet Maron before returning to Zidonia to thank him for years of support, saying that she might retire from the fashion industry and focus on business instead. He naturally did his best to persuade her not to leave, insisting that he would never demand a yearly quota of designs from her. All he wanted was for her to not give up on her own dreams because he could feel her passion for fashion design.

Thankfully, she listened, and it was why her breathtaking designs occasionally appeared in the market over the last few years.

Even so, the audience remained skeptical.

“It’s just words!”

with such international renown should not be suffering

voice, he

I

of the world’s most famous fashion magazine and

a public figure willing to speak up for another person, even putting

need to question his integrity, but the audience members bribed by Kyle would do what they must

identity,” Cordy said bluntly

scouted her,

everyone, and she therefore refused to reveal her face as Lovely. It naturally got her on the wrong side of multiple nations and their

took up the role as her referee, and promoted her designs so that they were accepted by the world

just as her career as a fashion designer rose to

not easy for her to find someone who did not hate her for her past, even accepting