Chapter 26

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Timothy noticed that Mia ended up eating four pancakes, two slices of toast, and a bowl of cereal.

Did she always have such a hearty appetite?

Once breakfast was over, Laura abruptly held out an invitation. “Mia, I got you a spot as a contestant in this competition.”

Mia looked at the invitation. It was for the Fleur International Design Competition.

Startled, she asked Laura, “When did you do this, Grandma?”

“Well, you sent me some interior design sketches a while back, and I just so happened to hear about this competition, so I got you a spot,” Laura explained. “Give it a try. Mia. I think you’ll do a great job.”

Mia stared at the invitation with a look of melancholy. She considered joining this competition years ago, but after marrying into the Barrett family, she devoted all of her time and attention to Timothy. In doing so, she neglected all of her past interests.

Shelly strutted into the dining room and said casually, “Mia, that’s no ordinary competition. Considering how unskilled you are, you shouldn’t bother joining.

humiliate the entire Barrett family

snapped, “Shelly, you didn’t even graduate from college, so keep

that her own failures had been exposed, Shelly ran off in

the Lanes were the ones who organized the competition, so she

the Fleur

of a few things in the competition. Why

“She’s so biased. You need to try and find a way to stop

that, Maya’s gaze turned cold. “That’s easy. Tomorrow’s the final day to register for the competition. I’ll tell them to

smirked smugly. “That’d be great. I’ll head over there tomorrow to enjoy the show in person. What’ll it be like to see the excited Mia being disappointed once she finds out the registration

was smiling tauntingly as

give me a play-by-play afterward,” Maya said before ending the

could a woman like Mia, who came from a poor background, be worthy of competing

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Mia left the Barrett residence with the invitation in

was followed

how

in secret a few days ago. She had asked him

didn’t expect it to

her eyes and said nothing. Timothy barely knew anything about her, so she wasn’t

got your tongue,

tucked her hair behind her ear and answered, “Nope,

“You’re lying.”

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