The Queen's Back

"Barbara, were you the one who tipped off the entertainment reporters yesterday?" Brendan asked.

Despite asking a question, his tone was certain. He played with the walnut in his hand, and it rolled again and again in his hand.

Barbara thought she had been discreet when she contacted the reporters, but she didn't expect the man in front of her to call her out directly.

For a moment, she felt a bit conflicted.

'The man in front of me doesn't look like someone to be trifled with,' she thought.

Rather than hiding and being exposed in the end, she reckoned it was better to just admit it outright. "Yes," she said.

'If this man didn't have any evidence, he wouldn't have sent someone to the hotel to fetch me,' she thought. 'All I know is that he's the man in the bathroom yesterday. I don't know anything else.' "You admit it very quickly," Brendan said.

"Since you called me over, doesn't that mean you already know?" Barbara replied with a question as she looked at Brendan with her big, innocent eyes.

Brendan warned, "Just this once. Before you do anything next time, think about your identity."

He was only doing this out of consideration for the fact that Barbara was Mona's cousin.

Barbara was still in a daze as she was led out of the villa.

She thought she would have to come up with an excuse for herself again, but unexpectedly, she ended up leaving just like that.

She had to think carefully before she did anything next time.

Six days was neither long nor short. Time passed as Maxwell counted the days on his fingers.

Noretin Design Competition was held in a lecture hall in downtown Noretin, which could accommodate over ten thousand people.

one after another. They all wanted to see what this year's designs were like and which lucky

a mask, followed Leander backstage. Haley held a dress designed by Mona. It was tightly

all kinds of people. It would not be an exaggeration to say that

they reached the backstage area, Mona, Haley, and

them carefully removed the dust bag from the gown. They did it

this time. The top three from each city took part, and there were several hundred cities that sent contestants. Excluding some cities that did not participate, there were hundreds of groups in the first showcase alone. There were two more improvisation rounds to follow,

among these people was

a direct mentee of Danielle participating in this competition at Noretin. Danielle was almost retired, but her reputation in the fashion industry continued to

it really was her direct mentee participating in the competition, that mentee's skills should not

so nervous." This was

many people

round, with so many spectators, someone may like our gown. We can then sell

really more concerned about the outcome than a contestant." Hearing Mona say this made

Mona's phone rang, and she guessed

glanced. As expected, Maxwell's name appeared on the screen. Mona answered with

arrived,

I'm at

spoke, she gestured for Elara and

Even though

As usual, he was dressed in a black suit, but today, he was

somewhat at odds with his cold

he saw

bouquet of roses into

"If I keep counting the days on my fingers, I won't be able to hold on much longer. Mona,

small space at the entrance, there were only the two of them tightly embracing each other with no one else

edge of the bed when she slept. Previously, that spot