Hannah burst out, "Can you believe Sophia quoted Mr. Ferguson half our price? It's obvious she's targeting us on purpose!"

Half the price?

Briony just smiled.

"Briony! How are you still smiling right now?" Hannah glared at her, frustrated. "That's downright underhanded! She's blatantly breaking the rules-completely shameless!"

"It's fine." Briony patted Hannah's shoulder reassuringly. "Mr. Ferguson will come back to us."

At those words, Hannah finally relaxed. Briony never made promises lightly-if she said it with that kind of certainty, she must have a plan.

Sure enough, on the night of the Lantern Festival, Mr. Ferguson called again.

Sophia had messed up-badly.

She'd botched the restoration of a late 19th-century porcelain vase, leaving it almost unrecognizable.

Now, Mr. Ferguson had no choice but to come back to Briony.

told Hannah to refuse his

anyone who had no sense of professional ethics. Even when Mr. Ferguson offered double

Mr. Ferguson turned around and

was

afternoon, hoping to catch her. He stayed until nightfall, but Briony

to go; when she spotted Leander still waiting, she offered a "helpful” reminder: "Sorry, Mr. Hudson, but our boss

here the

"We have two exits. She used

was, realized what was going on.

as he stalked away in

...

but today was the Lantern Festival, and he insisted on

to talk him out of it, even scolded him, but

him to bring

front. Stewart, dressed head-to-toe in black, climbed into

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