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

Chapter 1624

"Let them know I'll be at the gala tonight at seven."

Fiona ended the call, the phone card she had been fiddling with now slightly creased in her palm. With a quick flick of her wrist, she sent it spiraling into the nearby trash can.

A lot of her issues could be traced back to her own stubbornness. If she could just let go, life would be a lot less complicated.

Turning her attention away from the phone, she opened her laptop and clicked on the latest email. It was filled with information about International Glamour. As she skimmed through it, a familiar face jumped out at her.

Zoe.

The woman she'd seen linked arm-in-arm with Jackson outside the Woods Corporation.

shove the thought aside, but it kept creeping back, relentless as

the documents. As for the real decision-makers at International Glamour, Zoe was likely not in their league yet. Logging into her messaging app, Fiona fired off

all the intel you can gather on

thumbs-up emoji popped up in response. Fiona then casually forwarded her latest design sketches to the competition organizers. Having cleared the preliminary round, she was now in the semifinals. This time, she submitted a

departure from her usual vintage vibe. Her bracelet design, which traditionally relied on gold and silver, instead used a daring pale green as the main color with

this design felt more like something from the early

from that era weren't overly complex but required precision and meticulous craftsmanship,

amazing. If I could reach her level, my life would

bet H is a woman, maybe

age, I'd love to

Fiona was about to shut her laptop, a new email

an invitation