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Mia slowly stood up. She could feel several gazes landing on her.

Shelly looked at Maya in disbelief. “Has there been some sort of mistake, Maya? How can Mia win first place? Wasn’t everyone saying that Wilhelmina’s actually Zoe?”

Earlier, Wilhelmina hadn’t denied that she was Zoe–everyone had taken it as her admission that she was. But now, if the first–place winner was Mia, didn’t that mean Mia was Zoe?

Shelly was on the verge of a breakdown. How could this be? Mia was a peasant from the slums who knew nothing. How could she be Zoe, the renowned designer?

Maya was close to losing control of her expression. She glanced at Timothy anxiously. As expected, he was looking at Mia.

Timothy watched as Mia stood up from her seat in the second row. Her

champagne–colored dress accentuated her smooth skin, and her face was alight with happiness. Even her eyes were shining.

She was nothing like the timid, lowly woman in his memories.

Zoe.

her. It was almost as if he wanted to burn holes in her

found he couldn’t really understand Mia despite being married to her for three

high. There was a faint smile playing on her lips. As she walked toward the stage, she saw Maya remaining rooted to the spot. She stopped and smiled meaningfully. “Did you mean

her fists and forced out a smile. “Congratulations on your

of congratulating me, I think it’s only right for you to apologize, Ms. Lane. After all, the Fleur International Design Competition is such an important competition. If mistakes like this were to

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mocking her! Still, she knew this wasn’t the right place for her to throw a tantrum. She suppressed her anger. “Indeed, this is a mistake on our part. We’ll do our best to make it up to

that’s the case, how about you present the award to me, Ms. Lane?” Mia didn’t budge. She stared

Mia. She turned to look at

his eyes were fixed on Mia,

noticed his gaze on her. She met it, refusing to back down.

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