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.

shocked. “You’ve lost it. Have you thought about the consequences? If I do it on my own and get caught,

to stop Lina from advancing any further in this competition,” Annette interrupted

looked at Annette curiously. “Do you have a beef

wretched woman stole a large part of my resources in a previous jewelry competition. The suppliers had approached me first. However, they changed their mind after seeing her work and

empathize with Annette. “That does

way if someone snatched away

and respect for jewelry design. She should be content with getting into the

That’s what I think too! Natalie has no right to come here to gain fame and glory, let alone stop

is an idiot for trying to do it all on her own. She’s just presenting her head on a silver platter,”

looked Annette in the eye and held out her hand. “Here’s to

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

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

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