CEO's Passion: Love by Mistake

The person who caught her was none other than her partner and jewelry designer, Annette Jenning.

“It's me,” said Annette, putting down her hands.

Lacey Jones, the designer who had wanted to lay a finger on Natalie's and Lina's stuff, snorted. “What's the matter? Are you going to report me?”

Smiling, Annette replied, “It looks like you admit to it. Don't worry. I'm not going to report you. We're partners, after all. If I report you and you end up getting kicked out of the competition, I'll lose my partner and won't be able to continue competing anyway. It won't do me any good to report you.”

“That what do you want?” Lacey pursed her lips.

She had already known that Annette would not report her, so she had breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that it was Annette who had caught her.

“I don't want anything. I'm just hoping that you'll include me in your plans,” said Annette.

Lacey was shocked. “You've lost it. Have you thought about the consequences? If I do it on my own and get caught, you'll get off scot-free. At most, you won't be allowed to compete. But if we're both caught, you'll—”

stop Lina from advancing any further in this competition,” Annette interrupted with a flash of hatred in her

you have a

a previous jewelry competition. The suppliers had approached me first. However, they changed their mind after seeing her work and chose to work with her instead. It was

could empathize with Annette. “That does warrant

the same way if someone snatched away my

reason is that she's an uncouth woman who doesn't have the necessary understanding and respect for jewelry design. She should be content with getting into the finals. How dare she even think of winning? She should

can't believe that we're on the same page. That's what I think too! Natalie has

on her own. She's just presenting her head on a silver platter,” Annette remarked

looked Annette in the eye and held out her

in front of the chair and blocked it from view while the other knelt

Natalie, Lina, and Sally sat on a couch in the room next door. All three of them were looking at a

conversation, as well as their every action, was