Chapter 43
Mia lowered her eyes to conceal her true emotions at Shelly’s words. She’d already
signed the divorce papers; who Timothy wanted to cheer on and be with was none
of her business.
Later, no matter what else Shelly said, Mia ignored her. Soon, Maya walked on stage
to announce the commencement of the ceremony. “As we all know, there have been
some changes to the rules for this year’s competition.
“There will only be ten winners, which means one of the 11 finalists will leave with
nothing. For the sake of fairness, the designers‘ names will be concealed when the
judging is conducted. The announcement of the winners will also be different–we’ll
start from the tenth place.”
Mia looked at the panel of judges. Timothy was among them. Obviously, he was one
of the judges.
completely honest, she was quite nervous. At this
a WhatsApp message from Liam. “Don’t
”
an hour later, the judging ended. On stage, Maya announced the results.
… In ninth
top three. Mia frowned. There were four finalists
the top three would be the one
to glance at her. “Don’t tell me you’re dreaming about being
Mia. The competition’s tough this year, and that Zoe
think about
She was Zoe, though. Should she
the third and second place. Mia wasn’t among
her, but he’d already turned away
look.
winner. Maya saw Timothy and Mia’s interaction. Her eyes darkened slightly at
1/2
“And in first place is
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