Lina narrowed her eyes and asked, “Are you sure you don't want to forfeit?”

Lucy nodded. “Yes, I'm sure.”

“All right, then. You may take your seat and carry on. I just hope you won't regret this choice later on,” Lina said with a shrug and placed her microphone down.

Lucy's heart was racing as she sat down in her chair.

I have a really bad feeling about this... Why would Ms. Cohen say that? What is she implying? For some reason, I think she's either trying to give me a hint or mock me.

Lucy decided to dismiss those thoughts when she looked at the judges' panel and saw Lina scribbling on a piece of paper.

it. Ms. Cohen was just concerned that I wouldn't be able to perform at my full potential when she saw how

mind, Lucy lowered her head and continued racking her brain to come up with a design that would

gave her an opportunity to forfeit and save her reputation, but she chose to

it clear enough, so there's no way she'd have taken the hint! Instead of giving her an opportunity, you've planted a seed of doubt in her heart. All that's

know me so well, Nat!” Lina

expression grew serious as she said, “All right, let's stop talking about Lucy and observe

few days ago, the two of them had been going through the profiles of the participants. Due to the overly basic information provided and the participants' lack of popularity, they couldn't really gauge their skill

her game face on after hearing that

came to an

staff collected their designs and handed them over

clasped her hands as she sat there waiting for the

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