Revenge is best served cold

Chapter 251 Celebrating the Victory

To my surprise, Liliana remained silent for a long time after hearing my words. When she finally spoke, she shook her head. "No."

I stared at her, shocked.

There was a hollow look in her eyes as she continued, "I still have my father to take care of. Getting involved in all of this would take too much time. I know you're a good person, and I'm sorry. If it weren't for you, my dad wouldn't even be in this hospital. I'll pay you back every cent."

She avoided my gaze, her eyes brimming with unshed tears.

I had never wanted to force her into anything, but I couldn't help trying one last time. "I understand your worries. But Elsa didn't just take away your future. She's stolen from many others too. This isn't the first time she has plagiarized someone's work. No one has ever exposed her before.

"I finally found you. If even you won't stop her, she'll just keep hurting more people -maybe even you again."

Liliana let out a long sigh. "She won't be able to steal from me anymore. I've already decided I'm done with design. There's too much uncertainty in this industry. I can't afford to take this gamble."

After hearing that, I realized my words wouldn't change anything.

I nodded, swallowing my disappointment. "I see. Then just focus on taking care of

your father. If I get the chance, I'll come visit."

sigh, I pulled Eric

heading home, I stopped by the hospital one more time to cover some additional medical expenses. Only then did I leave with a

Eric looked like

and smiled. "Go ahead. Just say what's on your

me, let out a soft chuckle, and shook his head with

and said in a calm voice, "She has her own struggles. I can't force her. At this point, I'll just have to

Even after living through everything again,

Elsa and Jeremiah, my resentment made it easier to be ruthless. But facing someone like Liliana, someone just trying to survive, I couldn't bring myself to be like Elsa and

ways to expose

one.

contestants a week to submit their designs. Once I sent mine in, all that was

week later, the results were announced. There was only one first-place winner. Upon seeing Shirley written at the top, I couldn't help but feel

recognition. Competing

designer's banquet. And how would I

I had my own reasons

saw the ranking, I

and posted it on Twitter under my Shirley account.