The Queen's Back

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When Mona arrived at her desk, she called Elara and Vespera over to update them about their workspace situation. As she talked about the studio

ed found for them, a smile broke out on Mona's face, and her heart was full of pride.

After their discussion, Mona made her way to Leander's office and repeated the same story about the workspace, as well as that she'd need Elara and Vespera to be all hands on deck to work on making the gown, so they wouldn't have any time to come to the office. Leander agreed eagerly. He'd originally been worried about the lack of space for the design department, but now that Mona had helped to resolve the matter for him, he was more than happy to oblige. So it came to be that morning that

la, Elara and Vespera made their way to the studio that Maxwell owned.

When the three of them left, the remaining coworkers in the design department looked on at Elara and Vespera with envy and jealousy.

They had every reason to be upset. It was an amazing opportunity that had been bestowed on Elara. Compared to them, Elara lacked the experience and the qualifications, but as they recalled the things they had said to Mona before, none of them could bring themselves to fight for the opportunity to be given to them instead. They could only stand down and suck it up.

When Elara and Vespera arrived at the studio, their eyes almost popped out. The place was too good to be true, and had way more facilities and amenities than they'd needed to design and make a dress. The space could easily accommodate a decently-sized company, actually. Not only was there a full sized pantry and break room, there was even a lounge where you could rest if you needed. "Wow, this place is

is amazing." Elara couldn't help but marvel. On her way over, she had imagined a studio about half the size of this one. Vespera wasn't as stunned as Elara, but she was surprised by the space too.

And so, for the next two days, the trio busied themselves working on the dresses. Elara even gave "The Designscape. the place a name, calling it

Mona and Vespera didn't have any objections, but they were amused by how much Elara gushed about it every day, saying, "The Designscape has this?", or "Did you know The Designscape has that?" It was certainly entertaining. On Friday afternoon, Maxwell went to The Designscape to pick Mona up. She said goodbye to her team members and went back to her family home with Maxwell.

was the day for Maxwell to fulfil his promise to Albert to

game

showdown.

rare appearance at the door to welcome them home. He then grabbed

scene unfold, she thought to herself, 'See, this

since Albert had been just a small boy when Emily died. Although their grandparents never made them want for anything, Albert sorely lacked motherly love, as well as a figure of authority in his life. Mona didn't come out of her own thoughts until Maxwell's

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She lifted her head and

out? Come on." Maxwell said softly as he lifted his

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easy smile on his face as he pulled

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and every morning when he opened his eyes, he could see her sleeping face. It never failed to put him in a good mood. Albert watched the both of them as they walked towards his room. From the devoted gaze with which Maxwell looked at Mona, he could tell that the random man Mona had found to be a stand-in for her fiancé turned out to be the right choice. Soon, all three of

as Albert had entered, he walked directly to his computer to turn it on. But then he realized that there was only one computer in his room, so he took his phone out and loaded the game on it. Looking at his brother-in-law, Albert said, "Come on, Maxwell. Don't spare any mercy and show me what you've got." Before Maxwell could ask what game and fished out the test from his bag. Handing it to Mona, he said, "Look all you want they were playing, Mona cut in and said, "Show

shot Mona

a look of

the answers myself and I skipped zero

In

with Maxwell. Even when his classmates asked him to join in on their gaming sessions, he found it meaningless because he

test. There was a large empty space on it with missing answers, and the score was less than 20%.

Albert did it himself, and his attitude had indeed improved. This comforted Mona