Chapter 47
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Mia slowly stood up. She could feel several gazes landing on her.
Shelly looked at Maya in disbelief. “Has there been some sort of mistake, Maya? How can Mia win first place? Wasn’t everyone saying that Wilhelmina’s actually Zoe?”
Earlier, Wilhelmina hadn’t denied that she was Zoe–everyone had taken it as her admission that she was. But now, if the first–place winner was Mia, didn’t that mean Mia was Zoe?
Shelly was on the verge of a breakdown. How could this be? Mia was a peasant from the slums who knew nothing. How could she be Zoe, the renowned designer?
Maya was close to losing control of her expression. She glanced at Timothy anxiously. As expected, he was looking at Mia.
Timothy watched as Mia stood up from her seat in the second row. Her
skin, and her face was alight with happiness. Even her eyes were
she looked like she was glowing. She was nothing like the timid, lowly
that Mia was Zoe.
as if he
found he couldn’t really understand Mia despite
head held high. There was a faint smile playing on her lips. As she walked toward the stage, she
and forced out a smile. “Congratulations on
apologize, Ms. Lane. After all, the Fleur International Design Competition is such an important competition. If mistakes like
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her! Still, she knew this wasn’t the right place for her to throw a tantrum. She suppressed her anger. “Indeed, this is a mistake on our part.
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