Chapter 10. Carelessness

(Ernesta POV)

After figuring the whole thing out for Silas, I started looking for ideas for the design.

Having an idea is not difficult, but having an idea that can meet the requirements is not easy.

Celebrating a decade is not a long time but for Noble Dame, it is an extremely important milestone and I want to make it as grand and meaningful as possible.

But it's often easier said than done.

Even though I've been walking along this street for more than an hour, I still don't have any inspiration.

I blinked and saw a flower cafe on the corner of the street. Just as I was about to turn, the phone rang.

It was a strange number calling the number Eulalia gave me.

I turned a hidden corner and carefully picked up the phone:

“Hello, who is there?”

“Ernesta Willems?”

I frowned, this was not the time to easily give up affirmation. I suddenly rolled my eyes and looked around.

Good, no one is suspicious.

Before I was about to speak, the woman proactively introduced herself:

“No need to worry, I'm Farah, Eulalia's manager. I already know about the two of you. She has a commercial to film right now, so come here quickly."

Having said that, Farah read a long address and hung up.

It's so cold.

She didn't even care if I agreed or not. In other words, she probably didn't think I had the right to refuse.

I gave a bitter smile and then turned to a nearby shopping center to change clothes.

I need to transform into Eulalia.

***

As soon as I arrived at the studio, Farah was waiting for me at the gate.

Don't ask me why I recognized her when I first met her. With that eye-catching dressing sense that often appears next to Eulalia, I can't help but be deeply impressed.

I really don't know who gave her fashion advice.

As soon as she saw me, Farah immediately pulled me in, looking surprised as she walked.

“God, you two look exactly the same. If it wasn't for knowing in advance, I would have thought you were Eulalia.”

I smiled coldly and said nothing.

Actually, we are very different now, it's just that I carefully dressed up to look like Eulalia, so Farah feels that way.

Stepping into the room, the number of people appearing before my eyes increased to five. As soon as they saw me, the voices immediately stopped, didn’t need to be reminded, they understood and lowered their heads, doing their own work.

It seems like Eulalia is also reputable, right? Or maybe they just don't want to be the object of her anger.

Farah let me sit down on a sofa, threw me a magazine, then leaned close to me and said with a reminding look.

“Today we will take photos in this style, see first. I don't care if you have experience or not, but if you screw up ....”

Farah's eyes turned threatening.

After saying that, she stood up straight, as if she didn't want others to find out, she smiled and looked at me.

“Okay, you usually like to drink milk tea, right? Let me go buy it for you. You can just watch it slowly, there's no rush."

Along with Farah's words, I could see the people around her looking at her with sympathetic eyes.

I can somewhat imagine Eulalia's everyday attitude at work.

Ha, even the manager can act so well, why can't Eulalia, it's so strange.

Farah took the phone and went out.

I acted like I didn't care and opened the magazine.

Actually, this job is not too difficult for me. At first, Noble Dame wasn't very famous. I also worked as a model but didn't show my face. Now it's just changed a little bit, overall, it's no different.

Today's advertisement is a jewelry set from the SW brand. It doesn't seem like this is a famous jewelry brand, otherwise, I wouldn't have known.

But their designs are quite to my liking, especially this necklace.

I touched the sample photo and an idea flashed in my head.

“Miss Williams! Please come into the dressing room.”

The makeup artist's voice caught my attention. I didn't hesitate and went in.

The makeup time was not too long, by the time I stepped out, a new atmosphere enveloped the studio. Seeing me enter, some people lowered their heads, some pretended to do other things, and it seemed like no one had any intention of telling me what happened.

Having worked in design for five years, how could I not understand what this state is?

I still maintained my original attitude and approached Farah.

"What happened?"

If it's not the product that has a problem, it's the company canceling the contract on time. In general, if there were no problems, they would not have such an attitude.

But Farah smiled at me.

“It's okay, are you ready? Let's start."

I glanced at her, lifted my skirt, and was about to get into the shooting position when suddenly my phone rang.

Farah was holding a jewelry box in her hand, her eyes looking at me carried a warning, but this call was from Zelda, I couldn't help but listen.

I ignored her eyes and took the phone to a hidden corner to listen.

Sure enough, my guess was right. Eulalia's attitude is usually not good, so even though it was time to take photos, no one dared to say anything when she was doing her own thing.

And now, it’s me.

Farah could only secretly roll her eyes at me.

As soon as the signal connected, Zelda's voice rang out.

“What's up babe, do you have any new ideas yet?”

“It's only been a week.”

I shook my head and smiled.

“Normally, it takes about a month for me to ask, why do you ask so early this time?”

“Because I am so impatient. I heard Kathryn say you're busy with personal matters these days, so can you do it? Do you need to call for more help? Although I still want you to do everything, it's not very good if it affects your personal affairs."

Zelda spoke at length. Her concern made me feel warm, even an outsider was like that, but my parents...

Seeing everyone's eyes focused on me through the reflection in the mirror, I suddenly asked Zelda.

“Zel, do you know SW jewelry?”

“SW? Yes, an emerging company whose products are quite high quality and in line with the trend, I am still planning to cooperate with that party. But recently they had some problems, so I didn't tell you."

"What's the problem?"

“I heard that they had a conflict with the producer. The matter was small, but it was reported by the media, so they lost a few contracts, and some parties actively stopped cooperating with them. But I found out, that’s just a normal conflict, the owner of the fashion company and the owner of the factory are mother and daughter, so no matter how chaotic it is, it won't affect it. Why do you suddenly ask about this?

“Nothing, Zel, I'm still busy, let's talk later.”

I hung up the phone and slid the screen to the left. My eyes stopped at Farah, I approached her to get the jewelry, but as soon as my finger touched it, the jewelry box suddenly fell, the lid of the box came off, the necklace and earrings hit the floor.

Along with that was Farah's panicked voice.

“Eulalia, why are you so careless? If there is any problem with the sample product, we will have to compensate."

I narrowed my eyes.

It seems that even if I am in Eulalia's identity, she has no intention of letting me live easily.

I squat down.

The earrings fell on my dress, so it wasn't a problem, but the necklace was different, two stones had come off, and there were scratches on the stones.

At this moment, a woman ran in from outside.

“Oh my god, who dropped it? This is a new product, there is only one set.”

The woman nervously picked up the necklace, her face showing pain and some fear.

From the discussion of the people around, I knew that she was Anise, who oversaw the collection this time.

Anise stood still, looking at Farah.

“Farah, the contract between the two parties is canceled, your side has already paid the contract compensation costs, but this is the property of the business, if your side has damaged it, you must compensate.”

Farah didn't immediately answer but looked over at me.

Anise followed her gaze as well.

In an instant, I became the focus of the whole studio.