Rewriting My Heart's Fate

The crowd gave me a standing ovation.

I smiled and bowed at the judges before turning around. I just so happened to see Penny's shocked face.

She must've never thought that my work would cause such a commotion. She finally realized that she shouldn't look down on me.

The fashion show ended after my model made her last pose, the cameras flashing nonstop.

Confident that I would win, I walked off the stage and waited for the organizer to announce the competition results.

The competition had come to an end, and the works of all the competitors were presented. The judges headed backstage for the final selection of the best work today.

I was on the edge of my seat, waiting as I played with my fingers despite knowing for sure that I would turn out to be the champion.

With my design, I was sure that I'd win!

Not long after that, the host spoke into the microphone, "The winner of the best design is..."

He paused for suspense as he stared at the opened envelope in his hand.

Everyone went quiet. I held my breath. My heart raced, although I was certain that I would win.

to our winner,

who was beside me, was so thrilled that he

backstage to see me after that. "Congrats, Ms. Wiley! Your design is one-of-a-kind! Are you interested

him a polite smile. "Thank you, Mr. Crane. I'm honored, but I plan to start my own studio to

little surprised, but he recomposed himself and gave

quite the courage

but I believe that with your talent, you'll be able to make

contact me if you ever need help with

he handed me his card. He gave me a meaningful

card tightly. Why should I dwell in Ethan's

and controlling of me because I was

on him. It was my problem for being too cowardly. But now, I had what it took to start my

my thoughts after my victory, I made it

the beginning,"

come up with designs to emphasize the beauty of our culture and

culture!"

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moment I finished giving my speech. The people were impressed by my words and were all looking forward to seeing what I could do