CEO's Passion: Love by Mistake

As soon as Natalie entered the office, Lina had beamed at her with all the amicability in the world. Thus, she was more than happy to make friends with such a person.

“I know of you.” Lina then withdrew her hand. “You're also a renowned costume designer among the younger generation in the country.”

Such a compliment rendered Natalie a tad embarrassed. Chuckling, she countered, “You flatter me, Ms. Cohen. At the moment, I'm not a renowned designer yet.”

Rubbing her chin, Lina pondered for a moment. “It's indeed not quite the case if you're using the name you gave me earlier, but in concert with the identity of Mina, you're considered one of the top-notch costume designers among the younger generation in the country.”

All at once, Natalie's eyes widened in astonishment. “How...”

“You're surprised, and you wonder how I knew that you're Mina, yes?” Lina said with a smile.

At that, Natalie merely nodded dazedly.

Lina then draped a friendly hand over her shoulder. “Actually, I've seen you before. I attended one of your shows abroad, and you used the identity of Mina during the curtain call.”

wonder you knew, then.” Natalie finally understood why she was aware

her hand, Lina admitted, “I came here to look for

something the matter?” Natalie looked at

serious. “Actually, it's nothing major. It's just that I recently got a huge project. A princess from a particular country is having a coming-of-age ceremony soon, so her father—the king of that country—put up a few priceless gems to be designed into

Natalie inquired while rubbing her

bagged this huge project through my connections with a senior, but the princess is simply too fussy. She complained that the jewelry must be paired with a complementary

designer to design the complementary

what I'm doing!

inquired inquisitively, “Why me? While local designers are no match for those abroad, there are

However, costume designers who are of my age don't really have much talent yet. I only knew that you had returned

asked, “And so, you came to seek

the young ones aren't qualified. As such, you're my only option. For that reason, I came to Design Association and asked Mr. Horner to call