Flora’s Guide to a Second Chance at Love and Life

"Mr. Howell!"

The room fell silent as everyone recognized the visitor. It was Howell, the lead designer of the Rose Design Team! Why would he suddenly show up here?

"Mr. Howell," the judges, except for Louie, greeted him politely.

Louie glanced at Howell and then at the audience, quickly deducing that Flora must have called him in. Looks like he wouldn't need to step in after all. He began to enjoy the unfolding drama. Kaylee had no solid evidence to clear her name-how on earth was Howell planning to help her?

Lily, too, was taken aback by Howell's appearance. Her dream was to join the Rose Design Team, but she'd been rejected numerous times for lacking sufficient experience and talent. Seizing the opportunity, she confidently declared, "Yes, this is my original design."

Howell looked at her and asked, "Are you absolutely sure this is your original work?"

"Yes," Lily affirmed with a nod.

continued, "Miss Lily, your design 'Chasing the Light' blatantly infringes on a dress our team designed last May. We

the shock that rippled

Infringement? What infringement?

pulled a photograph from his briefcase and handed it to the judges. The cameraman zoomed in, ensuring the entire audience could see it clearly. It was a photo of a model on

of Lily's dress was strikingly similar to the floral pattern on the sleeves and

didn't require designs to be 100% original, any inspiration taken had

one saw this twist coming. Moments ago, Lily was righteously accusing Kaylee of plagiarism, and now she was the

composed,

Miss Lily. Any further

Team would ruin her

identical to one our team created last year, and we never