The person who caught her was none other than her partner and jewelry designer, Annette Jenning.

“It’s me,” said Annette, putting down her hands.

Lacey Jones, the designer who had wanted to lay a finger on Natalie’s and Lina’s stuff, snorted. “What’s the matter? Are you going to report me?”

Smiling, Annette replied, “It looks like you admit to it. Don’t worry. I’m not going to report you. We’re partners, after all. If I report you and you end up getting kicked out of the competition, I’ll lose my partner and won’t be able to continue competing anyway. It won’t do me any good to report you.”

“That what do you want?” Lacey pursed her lips.

She had already known that Annette would not report her, so she had breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that it was Annette who had caught her.

“I don’t want anything. I’m just hoping that you’ll include me in your plans,” said Annette.

If I do it on my own and get caught, you’ll get off scot-free. At most, you

from advancing any further in this competition,” Annette interrupted with a flash of hatred in

at Annette curiously. “Do you have a beef

teeth, “That wretched woman stole a large part of my resources in a previous jewelry competition. The suppliers had approached me

empathize with Annette. “That does warrant a

the same way if someone

hate her. The main reason is that she’s an uncouth woman who doesn’t have the necessary understanding and respect for jewelry design. She should be content with getting into the finals. How dare she even think of winning? She should know

believe that we’re on the same page. That’s what I think too! Natalie has no right to

why we should work together. Julian is an idiot for trying to do it all on her own. She’s just presenting her head

Annette in the eye and held out her hand.

the chair and blocked it from view while the other knelt behind

Sally sat on a couch in the room next door. All

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