After the competition, Joshua offered to give Thalassa a ride home, but she politely declined.
As she watched Joshua's car pull away, Thalassa lowered her lashes, about to hail a cab, when a smooth voice stopped her. "Thalassa."
Turning around, Thalassa caught sight of Callum approaching her with a gentle smile.
She blinked in mild surprise. "Mr. Gordon, you haven't left yet?"
"I was waiting for you," Callum replied, his eyes twinkling with a neighborly warmth.
"Waiting for me?" Thalassa echoed, puzzled.
you a lift. Saw you almost got into Mr. Whitman's
so formal, waiting around to play my
"Skipping out on my private invite to compete, huh? Strutting your stuff in the competition
smoothly shifted the conversation
unknown designer. Even if I create the perfect piece, it's
every designer thought as much about the business side as you, we'd all starve," Callum joked
she could refuse, Callum
her into the car, especially
spoke up. "Thanks for earlier. Without you, I wouldn't have been
beyond formalities at this point, aren't we?" Callum said with
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