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.

Ferguson had no choice but to come

Briony told Hannah to

work with anyone who had no sense of professional ethics. Even

Mr. Ferguson turned around and

family was thrown

Hudson-waited outside the studio all afternoon, hoping to catch her. He

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

"I've been here the whole time-I didn't

"We have two exits. She used the

what was going on.

face darkened as he stalked away

...

but today was the Lantern Festival, and

even scolded him, but

called Carl and asked him to

dressed head-to-toe in black, climbed

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