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.

on my own and get caught, you’ll get off scot-free. At most, you won’t be allowed to

from advancing any further in this competition,” Annette interrupted with

curiously. “Do you have a beef with

previous jewelry competition. The suppliers had approached me first. However, they changed their mind after seeing her work and chose

empathize with Annette. “That

feel the same way if someone snatched away

content with getting into

on the same page. That’s what I think too! Natalie has no right to come here to gain fame and glory, let alone stop us from

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

eye and held out her hand.

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

Natalie, Lina, and Sally sat on a couch in the room next door. All three of them were looking at a

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