Chapter 126

Hannah burst out, "Can you believe Sophia quoted Mr. Ferguson half our price? It's obvious she's targeting us on purpose!"

Half the price?

Briony just smiled.

"Briony! How are you still smiling right now?" Hannah glared at her, frustrated. "That's downright underhanded! She's blatantly breaking the rules-completely shameless!"

"It's fine." Briony patted Hannah's shoulder reassuringly. "Mr. Ferguson will come back to us."

At those words, Hannah finally relaxed. Briony never made promises lightly-if she said it with that kind of certainty, she must have a plan.

Sure enough, on the night of the Lantern Festival, Mr. Ferguson called again.

Sophia had messed up-badly.

She'd botched the restoration of a late 19th-century porcelain vase, leaving it almost unrecognizable.

had no choice but to come back to

Briony told Hannah to refuse

had no sense of professional ethics. Even when Mr. Ferguson offered double

turned around and

family was

the studio all afternoon, hoping to catch her.

Leander still waiting, she offered a "helpful” reminder: "Sorry, Mr. Hudson, but our boss already left

here the whole

two exits. She used the

Leander, slow as he sometimes was, realized what was going on.

face darkened as he stalked away

...

leave the hospital, but today

even scolded him, but Stewart wouldn't budge. In the end,

him to bring Irwin to the law

front. Stewart, dressed head-to-toe in black, climbed

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